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Oldstylers: Could I be your greatest ever challenge?
Hi everyone. If you're not sitting down then I suggest you do (actually how many people use a PC standing up :rolleyes: :p ). Anyway I'm waffling already. God this is gonna tough for you guys. :rotfl: Right where am I? OK, come July I hope to have finally moved out from the folks home at the grand old age of 27 and into a…
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Food stocks as a hedge against inflation
Perhaps we should all be buying food stocks as a hedge against inflation if the prices of basics continue to rise as they have been doing recently. It's beginning to feel that a good store cupboard, garage or shed full of non perishable food products would protect us more against inflation that putting money in a high…
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Washing curtains
Decided to wash our bedroom curtains today. They are lined, but also have an additional thermal liner clipped in to the ruffelette. We just slid the whole lot off the Swish glide rail in one piece, complete with plastic hooks by removing the mechanism at the end of the rail which stops them falling off the end. Then I…
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Cooling necktie Instructions
Now the warm weather is here, I thought I'd make some of the neckties that are filled with gel crystals (I think), has anyone made them and if so what did you put inside please, seem to remember someone mentioning plant crystals:confused: but can't really remember - can anyone help? Thanks:D
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these are yummylicious:D
i was wanting a yummy treat yesterday and id bought the day before 3 packs for a quid of puff pastry from heron! well i got one of the packs, rolled it out thin and cut long strips. cut those into two and then put them onto a baking sheet. added a small dollop of apricot jam and folded the remainder pasty over them, omfg…
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low fat snap box
my husband has recently been told he needs a low cholestrol diet and wants to start taking a packed lunch to work,which will save us money but im out of inspiration chicken salad sandwiches and carrot stix are gonna get boring quickly any ideas that i can either home bake or buy cheaply gratefully recieved tia kate x
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OS Daily for Monday 12th May 2008
Off to get the sticky.........
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OS Daily Monday 12th May 08
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 12th May. 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…
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Cooking Utensils
I needed to buy a large casserole dish recently so I could make loads of stew in one batch and freeze portions. I bought a 4.5 litre glass pyrex one for about £12 which suits me fine, but when I was looking, you could have paid anything from £40 to £100. Sure they looked nice and had a fancy name, but would they have been…
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help needed
ok ladies and gents i need some help i have recently been told that i need to go on a low GI diet as well as a low fat one hopeful i will be able to do this old school and am considering going vegetarian again but i need help as i will need to do this as cheaply as possible and it still needs to be family friendly as i…
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It's not worth it for me
After reading about people making there own bread. i got my breadmaker out of the spare room, and read the books, etc I decided to give it a go. This week so far i've spent over a tenner and not a load in sight. All are flat as a pancake, i've tired doing my own recepie out of a book. water/flour/brown sugar/milk…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 12th May 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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Baking Rules
I've just been baking a cake for my Dad's birthday tomorrow and it got me thinking..... When I was at school in the 80's and 90's we made the usual rock cakes and scone based pizza etc but were never really 'taught' how to cook, just how to follow a recipe :rolleyes: so i'm not very confident with the 'make it up as you go…
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probably a silly question...
If I put my bread dough in the sun in the garden.. will it rise nicely? or will it grow horrid diseases? thank you in advance!
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Healthy Prawn Couscous Lunchbox Salad
Hi, I am looking to make a healthy couscous salad to bring to work for lunch. I have some frozen prawns to use up also. I want to be able to make it the night before and store it in the fridge ready to take to work in the morning. Oh, I also have a tin of mixed bean salad. I don't mind buying extra salad ingredients... Any…
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Can I bulk cook/freeze rice and pasta?
I'm probably going to need quite a lot of rice and pasta over the next couple of weeks and it's a bit of a pain having to cook it at 7am every day. Can I cook panfuls of the stuff and freeze it or cant you do that sucessfully with plain rice/pasta (no sauce)?
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Help ! recipe ideas for diet recommended by hospital
Hello All I have been told by the hospital that I have a gastric reflux problem and I would benefit from following a diet free of acidic foods. My staple diet is tomatoes so I am at a loss !! They also said to keep it low fat and not too many dairy products either !! They said very limited red meat, but I only eat chicken…
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OS Daily, Lazy Sunday 11th May 08
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 11th May. 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…
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Help with party throwing please
We have invited 30 adults 15 children and 4 babies who do eat solids to a party. I have read the stickies that we have but im all confused with portion sizes and how much people will eat For desert to feed everyone there will be cake, then I thought of gateux (how many?) Fot the main buffet im thinking of buttering cobs…
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Smelly Ice cube trays!
Hi folks, I'm in need of some advice - My ice cube trays are very smelly and are tainting the icecubes. Ive tried putting them through a cycle in the dishwasher but they still smell! Does anyone have any idea what I can clean them with? thanks, CtC
