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come dine with me yesterday
Did anyone watch come dine with me, I missed it and am gutted. Apparently there was a receipe for satay on there that got rav reviews. I would love to get this receipe. Can't seem to locate it on the channel 4 website. Can anyone help me out where the show is being held (in which city) this week so I can narrow the search?
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Can I freeze brandy butter?
This was bought from Tesco and has a date of tomorrow on it. I bought it for OH who wanted it to put on the Stollen that my Mum gave us (its been sliced and is in the freezer). Needless to say the Stollen and the brandy butter have been left untouched. I hate waste so is it possible to freeze this (even decanting it into…
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Grated Mozzarella
Where can I buy grated mozzarella fo topping my home made pizza? Lidl used to sell it but I haven't seen it there for a while. Tesco have it at £1.34 for 250 g but I am sure it is cheaper elsewhere. Thanks.
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OS 3rd Jan 2008
Just off to get the sticky!!! Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 2/1/08. 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.…
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Is there much to be gain by....
Knocking the dishwasher off before it starts the drying cycle? I don't always do it, but if I'm in the kitchen I do. Also re energy-saving lightbulbs. Since they're effectively mini fluorescents does that mean that once they're on they're best left on? Or is it the starter on normal fluorescent bulbs that uses all the…
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Help with book please!
I wonder if anyone could help me? A good while ago somebody said they had pre-ordered a really good money saving style book (not Martins; I already have both of those!). I checked the book out at the time, and it looked very interesting but, of course, I now cannot remember anything about it! Would anybody out there in MSE…
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Can I cook apples in the slow cooker?
I bought a slow cooker today. Rosemary Conley' s energi (her spelling not mine)slow cooker for £17.50 from tesco. I have done a search on here and can't find how to cook apples in the slow cooker. :confused: Also can someone tell me how to find the recipe thread its disappeared - want to cook sausages in it tomorrow.…
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Avacado Oil
This months Waitrose Food Illustrated's "10 ways with..." is Avacado oil. The recipies sound very good. Has anyone tried it? Is it worth the money, or one of those things you buy and might as well have used value veg oil instead?
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How much for a family of 5?
Just wondering how much we should be spending on a family of five,couple,two teenagers,child? in a week? at the moment we are spending £100 a week...is this too much do you think? shezzy oh and a dog and cat,birds,fish!
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Question about BM
I have been given a BM from my mum who didn't use it very much, who in turn got given it from her mum (who also didnt use it!) its a good BM in good condition. I havent heard of the make before (and cant bloomin remember it now!) but my question is that i have seen reciepes for a panasonic, can i use these receipes in my…
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Kenwood chef alternative
Sorry if this has been posted before but if anyone wants a new food mixer like a Kenwood Chef (no extra attachments like mincer etc possible) for only £69.99 then check out your local Aldi. Mine are selling these on 6th January! http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_4688.htm Total Kitchen Mixer each £69.99 * A robust,…
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Chocolate stain-help!
I'm appealing to all the magic stain-removing knowledge on the OS board to help me get chocolate off our light cream faux suede chairs, we had the chocolate fountain on for New Years Eve and don't think we'd realised just how much mess they make!! Has anyone got any idea's? Thankyou in advance!!
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Another slow cooker question! -Auto setting?
Hi, sorry, I have yet another slow cooker question: Was looking at some today and I'd been under the impression that most of them have an 'auto' setting. However it seems this is a feature only on the more expensive ones. A book I've been reading seems to recommend using 'auto' when cooking meat as it is necessary to get…
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Grocery Challenge Savings
Hi everyone We did discuss on the December Grocery Challenge having a thread to look at our overall savings for 2007. I figured I'd start one and see if it took off. It might also be interesting for the people just starting out to see what sticking with the GC has done for some of us :) Personally I've finally managed to…
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Chicken and ham to use up
I've got a roasted chicken breast and three slices of ham which I need to use up today. Also got a small quantity of pilau rice and peas if I can incorporate that too :rolleyes: . I'm stuck for ideas. I've got quite a well stock cupboard of dry ingredients, mushrooms/onion/a pepper/potatoes/a leek. Plenty of milk/6…
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Pickling/Preserving Proportions
Hi Does anybody know a rough rule of thumb for the proportion of salt, vinegar & water to make home made pickles/preserves? Thanks v ery much!
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Can you melt down a bar of soap?
I recently aquired lots of Johnsons baby soap (through the Tesco loophole on this site) I would like to make little heart shaped soaps. Would it be possible to melt the soap and re-pour into moulds. If so, how (in the microwave, over water, like chocolate) do I have to add anything to it I am trying to be moneysaving an…
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Leftovers
Hi! Can anyone tell me what I can do with the following leftover food from new years day dinner: Chicken (can I freeze it? How long will it keep in the fridge?) Stuffing balls (made with a little butter) Leftover veg (carrots and broccoli) Yorkshire puds (homemade type) and roast potatoes Want to stop throwing so much away…
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Tea and Cakes Party
I am having a tea and cakes party for my daughters birthday. It will be attended by adults as she is very young and wanted just to do a few cakes with a cup of tea. Will have to have fairy cakes, but would like to use up some Xmas ingredients in the other cakes. I have 1/2 tin of chestnut puree and have found a nice…
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Kitchen roll
just been down to sainsburys and they have their christmas design kitchen roll reduced down to 40p for 3 rolls Thought I'd share and hey who cares what design is on it:rotfl: Although I did have a giggle at one lady in there who said to me that she rather have the more expensive one as she was fed up with…
