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OS cleaning products
Hi all found this website today in a magazine - http://www.carbolicsoap.com/ not for me as I am terribly attached to mr muscle, demestos etc, but for those of you that may be interested looks like they have some fairly interesting stuff.
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which supermarket/store
is cheapest for baking ingredients(i know the price of flour and butter have rose over the last week) but i'm still trying to save some money and am finding home baking expensive. so am trying to cost things like caster sugar(do i need to use caster sugar or can i bake with granulated), cocoa, flour butter, brown sugar etc…
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Sewing creases in?
I'm looking at getting creases sewn in the front and back of some of my trousers for work. I cant seem to find where to get this done. Any help would be great :)
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What can I do with turkey strips?
I have defrosted some turkey strips that I would usually stir fry, but I don't have a sauce to go with it, I do have rice/noodles/peppers/onion so I could do some sort of stir fry, but I am wondering if I could do a casserole type of meal with it..I don't have any pasta at the moment, so a pasta bake is out.. Any ideas?…
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Can anyone help with my menu plan please
hi everyone, ive been reading posts for a while now and the time has come that i need your help im sick of cooking the same things and need some insperation and the other thing is im on a very limited budget this week so need ideas how to use up what i have in. so heres my list, in the freezer i have: cauliflower brocolli…
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White armpit stains
Hi all, I bought my OH a new t shirt in July and for some reason the arm pits now have white-ish stains on them (all his t shirts are dark but haven't suffered similarly). Ordinary washing with bio powder hasn't worked, neither has liberally dousing the offending area with white vinegar or soaking in Bio-tex. I don't know…
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How best to organise a kitchen?
Can someone give me some tips on the best way to organise a kitchen. I've recently removed a cupboard ready for my new dishwasher - hooray!:j I've now removed everything from my cupboards to sort only i now don't know where to put anything. I'm left with a 60cm and double 120cm? wall cupboard, and the same floor cupboards…
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OS Daily Thurs 6th sep
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for thurs 6 sep. 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 welcome, please do…
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Sponge cake stuck in tin....
I've made a sponge cake to take for people at work tomorrow and the damn thing is stuck in the tin! I greased the tin but didn't flour it as well. (was trying to multi task and forgot!) It's not a loose bottom tin and now the damn thing wont come out! What can I do?! They'll be expecting cake! Thanks Stacey
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can I use lasangne sheets for canelloni?
can I use lasangne sheets for canelloni? I only have dried lasangne sheets.
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tupperware
where from? which is the best place to buy it from i know my local poundland has some but does anyone know if it is good economically to buy or will it need replacing after little use.
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potato ideas?
hello everyone i know potatoes are rather cheap and i would like to have them alot more as i dont really have them at all. i dont buy chips (do like wedges though) and OH dont like jacket spuds so we dont have them either... so what else could i do with them??:confused: i did a quick search to see if there were any threads…
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how many sheets of gelatine= 3 tbsp?
I want to do some turkish delight. I've found some gelatine sheets lurking inthe cupboard and have 4 sheets available. The recipe says '3tbsp', which is then soaked in water. How many sheets is the equivalent of 3tbsp?? :confused: The back of the packet says 1/2 oz of leaf gelatine (4 sheets ) will set 1 pint of water so,…
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help with my shopping please?
Hi, I'm finding it really hard to be a savvy shopper. I do buy the cheap stuff and will bulk buy on the bogoffs to save pennies. The trouble I have is time. I'm pretty busy with a F/T job, P/T job, P/T Msc, boyfriend and two horses to look after so getting time to prepare stuff is difficult. Does anyone have any…
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Excite me, making something exciting for OHs tea
Ok this is what Ive got in Chicken breast fillet ( defrosting now) courgette quark ( tub of) pasta/ lasagne sheets potaoes noodles onion mushrooms fr sweetcorn cheddar cheese creme fraiche milk fr peas stock cubes ( all sorts) herbs, spaices full range of storecupboard sauces, ketchup etc I was thinking chicken & veg…
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Handknitting and the cost of yarn
I've recently rediscovered knitting and have already produced a couple of scarves for Christmas presents. I'm dying to try something more adventurous and have a couple of patterns for sweaters that I want to try. However, when I price up the yarn it comes to over £60 :eek:. The particular pattern I have uses Rowan RYC baby…
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Bread...without a breadmaker!
Rightio, I have recently moved to Berlin for uni for a year, and quite fancy taking up the OS way of life. Although I'm not too bad with money, it'll do me good, and I've just seen a thread about the wonders of bread-making, and all the different shapes etc you can do. (Made me hungry!) Now...I have no breadmaker, but I do…
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Have slow cooked the
chicken(maybe for too long it now looks like chicken portions instead of what once was a whole bird lol) used no water and added the stuffing for the last hour, now i am looking to make some soup but the stuffing has sort of stuck to the bones/skin of the chicken............will these still be ok to use for stock and after…
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How long would soup keep in the fridge?
Hi all, Am due back at uni in a few weeks and rather than face their yucky canteen food, I am quite taken with the idea of taking soup in a flask :D Thing is, I don't have much freezer space and so was wondering, if I make up a pot of soup on a sunday, how long will it keep in the fridge? Also if anyone has any yummy…
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Christmas food - long sell by dates
I recently posted in 'Shop, don't drop' that my local Tesco superstore was stocking the shelves with Christmas biscuits, chocolates and food on Monday (3rd Sept). This was a light hearted, tongue in cheek post but it made me think. Given time in the production and distribution chain these products must have been…
