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Archives for September 2007

Calling all breadmakers
Just a quick question can someone guide my in the right direction to look for whatgerm, bran etc to add to my bread in the bread machine.........which section in the supermarket or would I be better looking in a heath food shop????? :o
Crackling
We're having roast pork for dinner tomorrow and i love crackling. However when i cook pork the crackling ain't crackling! I score it, put salt on it and generally have it in the oven at a high temp for 15 mins. What am I doing wrong?:confused:
Wasp Sting OS help!
MY DH just got stung on his inner upper thigh and um, his 'family jewels' by a wasp that crawled up his trousers......... any suggestions for relief?? He's had an antihistamine already, just wondered if there is anything else we could put on??
How to get rid of nasty whiffs.....
Specifically for me; cat smell! I love my cats, but I hate that my house now smells of cat..... They have an enclosed litter tray with charcole filter, and don't wee or mess inside at all, but when I walk through the front door, all I can smell is cat, and it's driving me to distraction... Thought about putting this in…
Barbecue ideas
Hi, I used to have a link in my favourites to a big long list of favourite babecue recipes, can anyone help me find it. I think it was in this section somewhere. Jazzys
Daily OS Saturday 29th September 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 29th September 2007. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s…
wrapping paper for presents
My wife loves flowers in the home but since we cant afford to much we go shopping late evening to Tescos and lookfor reduced price flowers. Frequently expensive bunches are reduce to clear when close to date. If you're very brave and you see a member of staff reducing products its well worth asking if they are to be…
Sewing curtains - where to begin?
Hello, I was daft and bought curtains that were to long (couldnt find any the right size and i have electric heaters under the windows that i now know cant be covered up) So i went into two dry cleaners to be told that alterations would be £10 a curtain, and as i have two pairs... well £40 seemed a lot as the curtains were…
Veal
I've never (knowingly) eaten white veal because of the crating issue but recently was tempted to buy some rose(y) veal (which isn't crated) at a farmers' market but have no idea how to cook it, other than like a normal steak- can anyone give me some ideas please?
£40 meat voucher - what to spend it on?
I've got a £40 meat voucher for my local butcher (won in a competition) and I can't decide what to buy with it... what would you buy and what would you do with the meat you'd bought?? I have a chest freezer so storage is not a problem, I just want to make the money go as far as I can and get plenty of good meals out of…
Plugs?
Hi, Sorry been around the board and cant see what am looking for and hope you know what I mean...... Little while ago someome posted on the board about here little boy/girl turning the switches off in her sockets, someone posted a website for a thing that goes around thw switch to stop tiny hands doing it, does nayone have…
Food for a girls night in...
Hi everyone, as I have the flat to myself for the next week or so, I've decided to have a friends round for a sort of girly night in. As I don't have a TV, watching a movie is out so I thought I'd get my arsenal of craft stuff out and we could spend a few hours just playing around with stuff and making small things…
Frozen Food and Sachets.
I currently have a slow cooker winging it's way to me from Amazon, it's a morphy richards 6.5L reduced to £24.99. I have been looking on the slow cooker recipe threads and have seen a few nice recipes I will probably try, I was wondering can I use frozen meat and veg or not? I use to buy all my meat and veg fresh but tend…
help ideas for party food.
any good ideas for party food without breaking the bank?would like to lay on a nice creative tasty spread without it costing the earth! was thinking the obvious like sandwiches, quiche,sausage rolls, home made cloeslaw, homemade potato salad, aldi do delicious bread sticks.........then i run out of ideas a bit! any good…
Tencel laundry problem
I have a few tencel items and know you can't wash them in biological powder. However a skirt got into the wrong pile and went through a cotton wash with bio. It is now stiff as a board. Is there any way of salvaging it. I supect it is ruined.
When did you last clean behind your fridge?
Apparently a fridge uses less electricity if the back is regularly cleaned and dusted. I dragged mine out (it is fitted very snuggly between units!) today and cleaned behind it - BUT must admit (and I'm ashamed to do so!) this was the first time I've done this for, ooh, a year - or so! Anybody else admit to being as bad as…
Kenwood Chef a901 instructions
Hello I have purchased a Kenwood Chef A901 from my local charity shop and paid £10 for it and i can't find any instructions on net does anyone have a copy??, I found a701 instructions, Is there any difference between the a701 & a901. Cheers Brogusblue
a HM version of 'starbucks style' skinny peach & rasperry muffins?
Hiya! About once every 2 months myself and my OH walk across Hyde Park and go to the quiet Starbucks on the corner for a coffee... and i'm in love with their skinny peach and raspberry muffins. Does anyone have a relatively healthy (am on a diet!) recipe that would I could adapt to make similiar? Many thanks xx
Poison on your plate - Tonight with Trevor McDonald
This was on TV last week and scared me so much that I've decided to only buy whole chickens emanating from the UK!My boys were making so much noise during the programme that I didn't catch whether other foods were at risk. Does anyone know?
Ingedients for xmas prezzies, help needed
Hi guys :hello: I'm not sure if this is ok on this thread or it needs to be moved to the Xmas one, but as it requires info on ingredients i thought i'd ask you guys. :D I'm making the famous gift basket thingies for everyone this year and have decided to give the MIL a winter warmer type thing, i'm also going to try and…

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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to cut overdraft rates for millions but hike them for others – here's what's happening and full help
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