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OS party outfit.
Does anyone have any suggestions for an outfit for my daughter for a party she has been invited to. Miss Twit is 14 and not a girly girl. She wears a lot of black and eye make up á la Amy Winehouse. The party theme is Nursery/Fairy tale characters :eek: Last year, the theme was Barbie and Ken, she went as Punk…
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getting wet feet
Just a query - to stop me getting wet feet. I've got a couple of pairs of leather footwear that have started letting in a bit of water at the toes. They have lots of wear left in them - so in best O.S. fashion I am not planning on replacing them - just fixing what I presume is a hairline crack or something. I read…
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OS Daily Friday 23rd Nov 2007
Morning everyone Hi, this is the Daily Thread for today. 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,…
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Soup
We are coming back into the winter and I love a good bowl of soup to warm the cockles of ones heart. I was wondering if anybody has any tasty recipies ... nothing extravagant .. I have a general rule, If I can't prepare and cook it in 20 minutes it don't get made. I will however admit to cheating by using those packets of…
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Porridge
Please please please someone convince me that porridge is nice to eat!! My husband has it every morning made with water and ground nuts and seeds on - very healthy but it makes me want to puke just the sight of it. I would love to love porridge but just the thought of eating his wallpaper paste in a bowl makes me go green.…
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free range chicken breasts
Hi all does anyone know where I can bulk buy (ie:cheaper than 2 in a pack in sainsburys) free range chicken breasts. Living in south east london, no farms near me. thanks
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Help please!!
Hi all, sorry this is another menu thread but i'm at my wits end with this one. I really need some quick to make meal ideas i'm so sick and tired of being stuck in the kitchen so would really appreciate some help,unfortunatly my OH is pretty fussy so meals with Pasta Rice Jacket spud eggs Loads of tomatoes tinned meat…
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Burnt Cake
I decided to make a couple of fruit loaves this afternoon. When my oven timer peeped, the cakes weren't quite ready, so I put them back in for a few more minutes. I was called away on urgent business......ok so it was a game of Spider Solitaire or 6. I suddenly remember the cakes, but they are rather well done. :o The…
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Asda v Tesco online
I'm very excited (what a sad life I lead :p ) because Asda are to start deliveries to my area next week. Now I already have a trolley 'picked' on Tesco.com for delivery in the next couple of weeks but now wondering whether I might try Asda instead. Any hints, please, on what's good from asda? I'm quite happy to try own…
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Help - got some supermarket cheap veggies and dont know what to do with them
I was in Tesco yesterday and got a bag of Italian lettuce leaves (far too big a bag for little ol me but it was less than half price), some baby leeks and some baby plum tomatoes - all of them were on their sell-by date. Now I am stumped as to what to do with them - can you freeze raw leeks? Ideas would be fab. Thanks in…
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what is the diff in horse carrots...?
went visitng me mam today, and on the way there is a fruit/veg shop.. where i buy my sacks of pots... £6.00 at mo..... his fruit and veg is not really that much cheaper than the supermarkets but he was selling big nets of carrots....i think they were poss 12kg for £2.65..... when i asked about them he said they were horse…
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Unripe Mangos
I bought a couple of large mangoes at the weekend, they weren't quite ripe at the time and they don't seem to be ripening now Any ideas how to speed things up, I'e got them next to some Bananas at the moment Thanks
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Passata
Hi all, I had to open a jar of Passata last night for a small tikka sauce, and the jar says to use within two days. I haven't got pasta planned this week, so was going to just to make it into a sauce with garlic and mushrooms to freeze, but is there anything else I could do with it? Thanks :grin:
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Planning to cook a sponge cake for Christmas party but how long in advance?
Hi, I am planning to use my Christmas tree tin I bought from Lidl to make a Christmas cake for the family party planned mid-December. How long in advance do you think I could make this cake? I am planning to cover it in green icing and decorate the tree with some little sugar Christmas shapes too. I am working right up…
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Happy Thanksgiving
If you are an American celebrating the Thanksgiving hope you have a great day. I also hope the PACKERS beat the Lions.....
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Dried cranberries...
Does anyone know where I can get these?
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value swiss museli
i love museli. and i remember somewhere reading that start witht the basic and work up to find one u like to . think it was on martin lewis shopping prog. anyway i bought the tesco value one. it isn't gross , but it something i woudl struggle to eat as is. so was wondering if anyone knows if i could make flapjacks from it.…
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Old Style 22 November
Goooood morning everyone! Off to get the sticky........... Up early and having a quiet few minutes before the Small Penguins come down. Day off today, so planning lots of baking (Lumberjack cake, bread rolls, coffee cake) :j :beer: :T and possibly some housework :p :o Happy Birthday to kiwichick :bdaycake: Belated Birthday…
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adventures with fish...
I guess I am what they call an pescatarian - have been veggie since age 15 but for the last few years have been eating fish.... and I have to say I find it a bit intimidating to cook anything other than a filet from the supermarket. I was working up to trying a trip to the fishmonger but then I always have a dilemma (maybe…
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Washing woolen socks OS
My son has a pair of warm thermal woolen socks and I don't know how to wash them without shrinking them. I am looking for some OS ways because they are cheaper and easier.
