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Oyster recipes.
I have just heard that I may be getting my stick mitts on some fresh oysters. It all depends upon how many a friend sells at her seafood stall today. Last year, we got some and had some 'raw' the others I baked with some cheese I think :confused: I did bookmark the recipe, but that was on my old lappie and I didn't write…
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Cleaning jet jewellery?
Does anyone have any tips on cleaning jet jewellery? I have some very intricately carved pieces that I thought I might put on ebay? They had quite a lot of 'gunge', :o , when I looked at them under a magnifying glass. I Googled and followed the suggestions to use a little washing up liquid in warm water and a baby's…
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There is a Better Cleaner Than Stardrops
Today I decided to clean out my husband's lunch bag as it was filthy and the plastic was stained with tea and food. I got out the Stardrops and washed it but the plastic remained yellow and stained. I had never compared Stardrops with my other favourite cleaner before butI only wanted to use a J cloth as the plastic is in…
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Rice Krispie Squares
We made an attempt at making these ourselves yesterday. Just *melted* down some marshmallows and then mixed in some honey and the krispies. Think I used to many marshmallows this time but they taste nice and are SO MUCH cheaper that 50-odd-p a bar in the shops :grin:
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Baking without margarine?
I have been baking goodies for the kids lunchboxes and after school snacks for quite a while now but I am becoming concerned about the amount of margarine that recipes specify from a health point of view. Can I reduce the amount of margarine in recipes such as flapjack without it having a significant affect on the result?…
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Butter spillage
Wonder if anyone has got any tips on how I can get a melted butter stain.mark out of a top. In my greedy state I was having warm bread with butter and it dripped onto my favourite top. I've tried rubbing in some washing up liquid neat prior to washing but it is still there....Any suggestions please
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MumOfTwins
Spent yesterday reading through this lady's harrowing tale & felt it needed to be here as well as DFW board Hope this is ok with the mods as this lady needs all the help she can get! long story http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=553259 New support thread…
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dried apple rings
Just been given a bag of dried apple rings, Help what can I do with them Also got a bag of dried banana slices can I use them in some kind of cookinf as not a thing I like to Just eat. Side comment said I needed a breadmaker as hands dont work too well best friend bought me a Kenwood what do you think of this brand Thanls…
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OS Daily Sunday 20th Dec 2008
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, please do come in,…
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What's the name of ...
the organisations who give vouchers/do jobs in return for a job done for you, eg, if I did some ironing for someone they may rake my garden?
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Useless non-cook with some spare ingredients...!
I know this sounds odd, but I have some ingredients in my cupboard I don't use on a day to day basis. I bought them all at some point for a specific purpose and now they're utterly redundant. I am the world's most useless cook. Even with an expert next to me I can throw *their* pre-prepared ingredients for pancakes into a…
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Money Saving gone TOO far?
:o Last Saturday I bought 4 baking potatoes which we didn't use. DH threw them in the bin today as the use by date was 16/1. Now today is 19/1 but who EVER heard of potatoes going off in 3 days? Anyway, I fished them out, picked the eyes out and popped them in the oven. They smell fab. Now they're ready to come out. Shall…
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Why Ariel? Probably a stupid question!
I've been reading the threads about getting nice clean washing and smell free washing machines and it often says to use Ariel powder as routine. Why is this please? I've trawled through hundreds of entries on the threads and I can't quite gather why Ariel is so much more touted than other proprietary and non-proprietary…
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dried shiitake mushrooms ideas
have a pack of dried shiitake mushrooms that need using by next month have you great people any ideas. thanks
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Anyone have a fan assisted oven?
I need to buy a new cooker in about two months and this one caught my eye, can you tell me if fan assisted ovens are any good because i've never had one before?…
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Apple & Maple Syrup Flapjacks
8oz oats 6oz sugar 6oz butter or marg Pinch salt 1 dessertspoon maple syrup 1 grated eating apple including skin Mix oats, sugar, salt and grated apple. Melt butter and maple syrup (I do this in a cup in the microwave in 10 second bursts). Mix everything together. Press into a greased tin (you could also spread the mix as…
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Salmon bones & trimmings.
Hi, as I mentioned on the 'daily' I am now the proud owner of a 'Moby Salmon' I have filleted it...it was already gutted...and cut the fillets into 3 pieces. Now, what can I do with the bones/head/tail and trimmings? I have googled fish stock , but all the recipes I've seen advise against using salmon or oily fish. So,…
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Help! Dye run in washing machine
Ooops! I put some cream.white pillowcases in the wash with the dark blue under sheet and now they're a quite nice shade of pale blue - except I want them cream again! The trouble is they have a blue and brown thread pattern through them and I don't want to take the colour out of the thread. What can I do??!!!!!!! Thanks :o
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I could cry...
Sorry...whinge alert....! Over the last month or so I've really had a fright with our finances. We moved back to the UK in July and bought a house (with hindsight I think we paid over the odds for it but it was in the area we wanted). We knew that it needed work doing to it but it wasn't until the work started that we…
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HELP PLEASE ! Jamie's Slow Roasted Leeks with Parpadelle
Was going to make this tonight as we have loads of leeks in the garden but seem to have lost the paper I scribbled it down on. Don't suppose anyone else jotted it down from the 2nd of his new programmes this week?
