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Can anyone help with a Kenwood question?
Hi everyone I hope you are having a good weekend. At the third attempt I have 'won' a Kenwood Exel 902/904 model off Freecycle. I have given it a really good clean (needed it!!!) and the motor is working. BUT, there are loads of attachments and no manual/instructions. Also, wondering if there is a mincer/sausage maker…
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Possible to save my lamb roast? help!
Hi - if anybody can offer advice, asap, I'd be grateful. I put a shoulder of lamb in the oven this afternoon before going out for a walk. I followed the jamie oliver recipe where you put in rosemary and garlic, and a bit of olive oil, and seal it in foil. I'd put the oven high to begin, then turned it down to no. 3 (gas).…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 11th February 2008
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Following requests to start things steadier for…
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Free Tomato Ketchup for life.
Everyone, well almost everyone must at some point in their life experienced the " delights " of either McDonalds or Burger King. Next time you delve into the bag for your burger or whatever just count how many sachets of salt, ketchup etc they dump in the bag, theres loads. Yet what normally happens when we finish our "…
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Best yogurt maker
Hi I want to start making my own yogurt - can anyone recommend a machine they find the best?? Many thanks Donna
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Cake disaster
Hi, I made a cake today and its been in the oven about 30 mins. It is still completely uncooked in the middle. The recipe said to use an electric mixer but I used a processor as i don't have a mixer. It came out more liquid than i was expecting and is still like that now! Is it because i used a processor? this is for OH…
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Delia says cheating is ok.
Deila Smith now says that it's fine to use ready made ingredients in cooking. Does that mean she's helped us waste our time for years? will she fronting the next Iceland advert soon?
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How to make my own Potted Beef?
My kids and husband adore the stuff and could easily get through half a dozen tubs a week if I'd let them. I've never seen a recipe - can anyone help, please?
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Chinese supermarket - any tips?
Planning to get vinegar there later. Are there any other OS things i could get while there? Ps i've got enough bi-carb at the moment.
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Help with my baking
Im trying to bake my own biscuits and cakes etc, and im afraid Im failing miserably:confused: . I cannot for the life of me make pastry. I tried this the other night to make a pie, and when I was mixing all the ingredients with a knife, it wasnt coming together like a ball (as it said in the recipe book), so, I had to…
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OS Daily Sunday 10th Feb 2008
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 10th February.. 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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Recipe ideas?
I'm looking for some recipe ideas for one person. My husband and I don't tend to eat at the same time. For ages now I've been living on ready meals, and they are costing me far too much money (about £2 a meal). I've been making homemade pizzas recently (although buying prepacked bases) and have enjoyed them and they are…
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Help to make curtains & chair covers
Hi Guys I wonder if anyone can help me or point me in the right direction, I am updating the decor in my kitchen/dining & want to make some new curtains (thought this the easier option as I currently have a roller blind) & would like to make some material covers for my chair. I would be very grateful if anyone could help…
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Cheap HAPPY chickens
M&S oakham chickens were half price today. Waitrose (select) chickens & the select chicken breasts are reduced too (I think it was 25% off).
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portion control of maple syrup, salad dressings etc?
how do OSers control serve the right amount of syrup and other drippy sauces etc? I have maple syrup on my porridge and yog and it comes out in a great glug. ditto ceasar salad. I'm sure I've seen TV chefs use a palstic squeezy bottle to draw fancy squiggles of sauce over the plated dish. Most of the sauces I buy are in…
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Safe flavour enhancer
I have been doing this for ages and it occurred to me that it might be information worth sharing so here it is... Instead of using stock cubes which contain salt/MSG in my cooking, I use a few drops of Tabasco sauce. My theory is that MSG is used as it stimulates the taste buds on the tongue rather than adding flavour so…
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substitute for milky bar yoghurts
:mad: Im sick of paying £1 for 4 bloody yoghurts but its the best way to get important calories into my dd shes so thin and wont drink milk and cheese,s alone i have to give her cornflakes etc with milk or macaroni cheese which she loves but i still feel she needs more calories so i buy milky bar yogs as she loves them but…
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rice milk yoghurt?
Hi. I'm now up and running with the HM yoghurt in the easiyo whatsit and I'm not turning my attention to different varieties of milk to use. Anyone know if I can use rice milk in the yoghurt maker?
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Large Piece of Gammon in the slow cooker?? also beef brisket?
We got a 1.5kg lump of unsmoked gammon this week very very cheap. We want to do it in our slow cooker but have no idea what to do with it. Can anyone help us with some plain simple recipes that will feed us all!!! Could we just do a cassorole out of it? Also we got a large piece of beef brisket cheap as well any ideas for…
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How do you get perfume smell out of clothes?
Hi, I am hoping someone can help me. I purchased a acrylic top from a charity shop and it stuck of strong perfume. I popped it in the wash and the whole wash came out smelling of perfume including my husbands football kit! Anyone one know what I could use to get rid of the smell. Neither of use like the smell of purfume.…