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How to cook ostrich steaks
Went to macro yesterday and bought ostgich steaks because I have always wanted to try them but could do with some infomation on the best way to cook them
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Weekly Flylady Thread 7th April 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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make them something else or let them starve?
hi :p just made us Bart Simpson pasta(organic ....fgs) with a tom sauce and hidden grated carrot and courgette.......but oh no.....these two lil so and so`s dont want it.....my 5 year old says it horrible and my 18 month old spat it out saying "eeeeeee". so do i give them what they want which is probably t he remaining…
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stuff to do with frozen fruit...?
hi all :wave: thought this was the best place to ask! i have a couple of bags of frozen fruit in the freezer - mixed berry bags from farmfoods and couple of tesco smoothie bags (some mixed berry, some tropical). does anyone have any tips on what i can use them for? OH bought them when he was going thru his smoothie fad…
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quick cake help please!
i wanted to bake a cake for this afternoon, pref. something into a loaf tin so it can be sliced easier. was thinking of a basic sponge, but adding things - could i add coffee? i have no icing sugar at the mo, so that stops a lot of things.. any ideas for easy cakes i could do? thanks jodie
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Mince that doesn't clump!
Title says it all! I have 1kg of mince that I want to batch cook into tomato based mince for spag bol etc... Everytime I make mince it clumps together? Any ideas on how to make it so it doesn't do that? Ideas greatly appreciated. OH won't eat it if it's clumpy!
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Harmsworth's Household Encyclopedia
Does anyone else have a copy of this amazing set of books? I picked up mine in a second hand book shop yesterday. They are a set of 6 tomes from the 1920's (ish - possibly early 30's) about everything and anything. My favourite bits so far are 'how to build a bungalow' how to host an 'at home' afternoon party, 'how to make…
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OS Daily Lazy Sunday April 6th 2008
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 5th April 2008. 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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how much do you spend
hello all i have been on this for a while but not really posted much so a big hello to everyone... this a s more than likely been done before but i was wanting to know how ymuch you spend on food shopping a month im spending £240- £260 a month for a family of four, which i know this is alot the prob is im so rubbish with…
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baked bean pate
A few years ago I used to make a veggie pate from a recipe cut out from a magazine. I know it had baked beans (mashed) in it and onion. No idea what else. It was simple to cook - cook onion in saucepan (? in butter/oil) mash beans and add other ingredient/ingredients, cook all in saucepan. Can't remember the exact recipe…
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How do I clean a rusty BBQ?
I am so pleased - I won a barbecue on ebay today for 1 euro! That included loads of charcoal, firelighters etc. Trouble is, it has been left outside in the rain all winter and is rather rusty. Does anyone have a clue how I can clean it without resorting to buying posh rust remover stuff which will be expensive? Is it going…
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How do i stop my muffins sticking to the paper case??
Evening everyone, I cooked muffins today, two types, Lemon and Poppyseed (YUM) and banana muffins. They are SOOOOoooooo easy to make! Now these both taste absolutely fab but half of the muffin is sticking to the case. This is really bad with the banana ones. I followed the recipe correctly and dont know how to fix this,…
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What else can I cook in the oven whilst....
I have a slow cooking casserole in there? seems a waste of electricity to have oven on for 2 1/2 to 3 hours with an empty shelf. I have searched my 'getting smaller as I get older' brain :o and drawn a blank. Any ideas welcome:D
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I have been given a pressure cooker !!
I am not the bext in the kitchen, so could someone please give me some ideas on how i could use a pressure cooker :confused: . Thanks. :D :D
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quick knitting question - which stich?
Hi all, i am fairly new to knitting and have knitted some cushion covers. My cats love the covers i made, in fact their claws have ripped my lovely knitting up. To be honest i am happy for the cats to have my cushions and was thinking of rekntting the covers but i was wondering if their are any hardier stiches that won't…
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Help Needed. Car Insurance Job Picker Pls test it for us.
Note the real Car Insurance Job Picker is now live We're at the final stages of a fun new tool for the site. Please would you have a play with the new Car Insurance Job Picker tool and see what you think... Full details and the place to leave your feedback Thanks in advance Martin PS Please feedback in that link not this…
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How do you make tuna pasta bake ??
I have all the stuff in but not sure the best way to make it. Thanks. SM X ;)
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can you use a breeadmaker on top to a freezer if only mixing?
the title says it all :rolleyes: i'm running out of usable countertop and if i want to use my slow cooker today (which i do) i need to position the breadmaker on top of the freezer, but as it's only for mixing do you think it'll be ok? as it won't be getting bake-hot. tia :T
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Baking papers?
Can someone explain the difference between baking paper, wax paper, baking parchment, greaseproof paper, etc etc etc? It seems every recipe I pick up asks for a different type and i am baffled. Is there one that is all-purpose? I haven't got room for rolls and rolls of different things and I don't really want to buy any…
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OS Daily 5th April
Off to find the sticky!!! Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 5th April 2008. 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.…
