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Quinoa and farro (emmer wheat)
I have a Moroccan shoulder of lamb cooking in the oven currently. The obvious thing to go with it would be couscous, but I have also got Quinoa and farro (aka emmer wheat). I would prefer to cook one of these, has anyone cooked either of these? I guess Quinoa might be more suitable? Just steam it in the rice cooker I…
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is it ok to melt candlewax in microwave
I've got some part used scented candles that are in glasses. When they were used before the wick burned down thro the midddle and left quite a lot of wax upthe sides of the glass. I've scraped some of the thick wax down the glass to where the wick is now, but I wondered if I could put the candle and glass in the microwave…
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cleaning a smoke stained ceiling?
i was led in bed last night looking at my ceiling (no rude jokes please!:rotfl: ) and i was shocked to see how smoky yellow it had become as oh smokes. i have never cleaned the ceilings in the 7 years i have been in this house so this afternoon i have got the trusty cif out stood on the bed and scubbed a small patch and it…
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Making sweeties - need some help pretty please
Afternoon all, Well, I've been doing so well on the baking/cooking front that I thought it'd be fun to try making my own sweets. I whipped up some fudge (yum) and toffee (was almost clear!) from Mrs Beetons - but she doesn't really have that many recipies other than the basics. I want to make sweets for my christmas…
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scotchguard upholstery protector
Is it worth paying an extra £200 for this protection, or could I do it myself successfully? And also does it really work?
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Please help! I stained my cream leather boots with dark polish
I started polishing my beautiful cream leather boots with an old brush which must have been used in the past with brown polish and some of the residue was still on it. It's left a pinky tinge to the leather. I tried to brush it out and then used a damp cloth with a bit of washing up liquid but it's till there. I'm…
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Recommend a hand-held blender, please.
Having finally got round to making my own houmous but hating having to run it through the food processor (a lot of washing up for only a little final product) I am tempted to think about getting a hand-held blender/chopper/whizzer thingummy! Anyone got any particular recommendations? Also cannot find tahini in any of our…
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Keeping free range chickens - Help needed
We've been thinking about keeping chickens. There's only one thing that's stopping/worrying me. What happens when people have to go away on holiday or whatever ? I know from a feeding point of view I can either leave enough for a few days or get a timed release feeder. But I'd need to let them out in the morning and put…
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Can you keep chicken and rabbits together??!
Has anyone had any experience of keeping chickens and rabbits together in the same run or next door to each other?
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eggs: bought 30, smashed 9
:rotfl:Hi money savers, What's your worst experience as a money-saving wannabe? Just thought I'd tell you how my first week as a fully-fledged grocery frugal wannabe has gone. It might make you laugh... Friday night: Spent 2 hrs on myshopping planning meals for the week at asda which involved (nearly) every multisave offer…
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Daily Saturday 6th October 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 6th October. 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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What to use for embroidery?
I'm sure some clever person on here will have some ideas :D I've just started doing making rag dolls (well I've only made one so far, but I'm planning on a few more!) don't have an embroidery ring (is that what they're called??) and don't really want to go and buy one yet, until I know that I'm going to get use from it. Is…
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Ideas for a French Main Meal
I wonder if you kind people could give me some inspiration. We are having a group of friends around for a French theme food evening and I am trying to put my main course together and need some ideas please. I'm very much a 'chicken person' and was wondering if anyone had any fail-safe recipes you could let me have. I'm…
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how do you boil the perfect egg?
well i had me boiled egg and soldiers for dinner (todays craving) i looked at delia online and folowed her instructions and the !!!!!!!s were hard boiled :confused: and for an egg cup i used the egg holder bit out of the fridge as we dont have any egg cups :rotfl: so how do you boil the perfect egg? delia tells porkies! i…
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re-heating chicken...
Hi all I'm just after a bit of advice please. I was always under the impression that chicken should never be re-heated as it is high risk of food poisoning. Has this general rule changed now as I seem to read a lot on here and other places about batch cooking even foods with chicken. Mel x
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Real emergency-cant open my friday night bottle of wine!
Cleverly used my last few debenhams vouchers (nectar points) to buy a reduced bottle opener in the Debenhams blue cross sale. It seemed like a good idea at the time. its the type that work (or dont work) through pressure. You insert the spike (like a long needle) into the cork then pump up the pressure. I dont know how to…
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Custard in Bulk?
OK, further down the page we have a thread on making crumble topping in bulk, so how about custard? I usually have to make about 1.5L to feed us anyway, but OH brought me a massive catering size bag of Bird's Custard Powder (3KG I think). On the side of the pack are directions for making up catering quantities. If I had a…
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Freezing beansprouts??
I have far too many beansprouts for one person to eat and they're starting to look a bit sad! Do you think they'd be ok in the freezer or will they go all soggy and gross when thawed out?! I just don't know what to do with them! Any advice from you lovely OSers very gratefully received!
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Another Nigella question -sorry
I want to make 'Lunchbox treats' from Nigella Express. They are little balls made of chocolate, butter, cornflakes, rice krispies, sesame seeds, oats and rice malt syrup. They aren't cooked -they're a bit like rice krispie cakes -melt choc, syrup and butter and mix in dry ingredients and leave to harden in the fridge.…
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Can I make lots of crumble topping and freeze it...?
The title says it all! I love making crumble- esp when I can use up loads of fruit from the garden. BUT I always end up making a crumble for about 6 people which OH and I polish off in one or 2 sittings! :o SO I wondered whether it would be possible to make the topping up in bulk and freeze it.... I think I saw Nigella…
