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Oven troubles.
Hi, Can anyone help me please. I have a fan assisted electric oven which was already installed when we moved into this house. Previously, I had a gas oven. My problem is that this oven smokes really badly. It seems that when cooking fat is spitting up onto the unprotected element then burning. I don't know what to do about…
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Chilli: fresh to powder
A recipe (for a mild curry with yoghurt) specifies 2 red chillies (deseeded). How much hot chilli powder is equivalent to this?
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baking help - individual sponges
hi all - we are having a henny soon for a close friend:beer:, we will be travellin on the train for a while so have decided all the girls will bring some nibbles for the journey - theme is pink - i am wanting to bake individual sponges in cases (can do that) and ice them - am looking for any ideas was thinking just pink…
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Spice guides
Hi all, I have found an excellent website with spice guides on it. It also tells you what spices go with what and has some recipe's. http://www.theepicentre.com/tip/tips1.html
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Snack & Go
Half way thru half term and I feel like I'm forever washing pots. :rolleyes: My DW is broken and I feel I no sooner clear and tidy one lot of dishes, then they are wanting feeding again and I have another load of pots to wash. I'm looking for some ideas for snacks and possibly meals that are minimal washing up. So far I've…
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alterations on jumper?
have recently bought two caashmillion polo neck jumpers from m & s. they are basically soft feel but quite thin, well problem in the roll neck bit seems to double over and not in a flattering way. is there some alteration i could make to make sure it stayed turned over once and stay that way? could take it to menders i…
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Valentines meal recipe ideas?? Chicken based
Hello I'm going to be cooking a nice romantic meal tomorrow night for the two of us but I can't find a recipe for a meal that is fairly easy to make and tastes delicious! Found several sites but was hoping someone could point me in a better direction.. I've googled 'valentines meal ideas', recipes etcetc. I've found the…
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How Is It?
How is it? At the beginning of Jan I started to sort of follow in Dee's method of trying to use up all the stuff that I already had in the cupboard and the freezer. I also set myself the challenge of putting money into a separate purse for food shopping. I've spent a lot less than I normally would. Haven't bought any wine…
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What can I do with porridge with fruit in it?
My OH bought this http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?Product=86322&Store=1 and doesn't like it :rolleyes: - anything I can make from it to save from waste/weevils? Thanks Catt xx
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Sainsburys - Whole Duck Half price
I have just been over to Sainsburys Shirley (Solihull) in my lunch break and bought a whole Taste The Difference Duck for £6.00 a bargain....
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Cheese Pie recipe - Can't find it???
Can anyone please help! I found a really yummy cheese pie recipe on here but silly me did get a copy of it or save it and I really want to make it - can anyone help me find it.:confused: Thanks
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Google can help with recipes & cooking
Just been browsing on here http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/ really interesting site (american based), but someone called Dido mentioned that you can just put a few ingredients in google ~ http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/tools/cookin-with-google/ so I thought that I would post it here ~ hope its some use for some of…
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Flour - described by an expert
I wandered onto the freebies board yesterday and did a search on book. One of them (I'll see if I can track it down again) was for an American site with a downloadable e-book in pdf format - sent on request in eight chapters (one each week) There's a link to download them separately if you have any trouble:- [FONT=Arial,…
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Bland food
Can you lovely people help me with some ideas? We have just started week 3 of OH’s stomach ulcer diet – for a period of 6 weeks he is not allowed to have (the GP has written it down for me): - onions - garlic - tomatoes - vinegar - spices - mustard - fat and he’s drinking water only. I have done quite OK on my menus for…
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Natural cold remedies?
Hi, Not sure if there is already a thread on this. I have a sore throat and feeling 'fluey'. Are there any natural remedies that WORK (!) to be made from household ingredients. Fed up of buying tablets that don't work and are expensive! Also any remedies for things other than fluey stuff.
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Weight loss the old style way part 3.
Hi everyone. As some of you know there's been some discussion lately on how to accomodate weight loss diets on the board. It was decided that the daily isn't the place for campaigns of any sort and that there was a very good weight loss thread on the I wanna board which would offer excellent support to anyone wishing to…
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Living with no CAR!!!
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Lunch time ideas..
I've tried searching cos i know there must be a thread already on this but couldn't see anything :confused: Anyway, my problem is spending a bomb every day on dinners. I work in central manchester so nothing is cheap! We don't have a microwave or toaster in the office which is rubbish and i'm not the best at making…
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Cutting board / Bread Board Smells
I do a lot of home cooking (don't we all here at MSE :) and generally use the breadboard for cutting everything apart from meat (i use a glass cutting board for meat as I find it easier on a hygiene point of view). Obviously strong smells like garlic and onion can transfer to the board and i currently use flash with bleech…
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Growing salad veg
Hi Folks, We have an old greenhouse, nothing special but still usable. I'd like to grow some salad veg this year and maybe some other veg as well, any tips on what's suitable for growing in a greenhouse?
