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Hi, I'm new, and I would like your opinion on this please
We store a lot of food. don't ask me why. I have a phobia of empty shelves, it's very strange. Anyway, my grocery bill is costing me approx £400 a month for six of us, and I'm pretty sure we can get this down, and still eat healthily. Maybe not organic freerange, but we can eat healthily. I shop at lidl, the only branded…
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tuna biryani recipie please
Hi all I used to have a recipie for tuna biryani which was lovely but I can't find it. I have searched on here and google and can't find one. My neighbour just gave me a container of indian spices that she bought back from India and I would love to make this again. Does anyone please have a recipie. It was made with tinned…
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Farleys Rusks
I have one and a half packs of these - low sugar variety, of course! :A They are within date and left over from when my little girl used to like them. But now she's reached the ripe old age of 16 months she won't touch them (presumably because they're like, so... like... for babies or something :rolleyes: ). So... any…
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how do i stretch kids shoes?
My DD2 is being a pain she is 6 and refuses to wear the new shoes i got her instead she wants to wear her very very worn black boots that zip up. i got her a lovely little pair of shoes ready for summer but even though they are the correct size she says they are too small and hurt her toes and heel. I have tried to explain…
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dirt and stains under bath sealant
I need to replace the sealant around the bath where it touches the wall. I've started taking up the tape that is there at the moment, intending to replace it with silicon or builders' caulk or something, and there is all black mould, which I can shift, and then beigey staining, which I can't. The bath is plastic and if…
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cooking with toddlers/preschoolers
Hi there, I meet up every week at our church with a bunch of mums and our kids. We have newborns through to 3-4 year olds. We are trying to expand some of our activities and would love to do some cooking. I know there isn't loads we could do but any recipes or ideas would be gratefully received, all mums are there with…
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sewing machine just went 'pop' :(
Me and the other half (who ignores the male stereotypes and can sew competently) just got an old Singer machine from a carboot for £18 - it looks about 60s-70s to me? Anyway. I plugged it in today, pressed the pedal - and yay it works. Then while I was working out how to thread the thing there was a 'pop' and smoke started…
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Help! Musty buggy with fixed covers.
Hello all, Could I please ask for some experts to help please? I have just got down my buggy which has been sat in the loft for 4/5 years. There are no mould patches but the thing smells really badly. I have taken off the covers which are removable and washed them but the smell is still there. There are also additional…
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Any online baking type stores?
My local tesco doesn't stock baking powder, bicarb or cream of tartar :rolleyes: I have to shop online because of transport difficulties- so any ideas where I can get this kinda thing from would be hugely appreciated. Thank you :)
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what can i make for tea with this
ive got bacon cheese eggs pasta usaual store cuboard ingredients ie..toms herbs spices im thinking some kinda pasta dish but how would u make a sauce ? got milk
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OS Daily Monday 9th June 2008
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 9th June, 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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Mould!
I was hoping one of you could help (and not think my house is too skanky) with an problem I've got with my bathroom! We used to attatch the bath mat to the tiled wall in order to let it drain, and now where it used to be put the grout is stained orangy coloured, I assume with some sort of mould?! What can I use to shift…
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How to restore stained aluminium strip on shower door?
Hi all, I have a hit list of repairs to our ' lovely but slowly falling to bits' house, one of which is the shower door, which is mostly glass, but it has a aluminium trim to it. The trim looks stained/bleached where I think I used some Vikhal? on it to remove the limescale and I was wondered if I could pick your brains as…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th June 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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How do you freeze your batch cooking?
Hi there I'm a bit of a lurker on these boards and have been picking up some great tips :j so a BIG thank you :beer: to all who post. Now, as I've been lurking I have been frantically copying and pasting recipes that other posters have provided and have been giving them a try. Now a lot of you suggest batch cooking which…
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trainers smell ... new ones !!
recently bought some expensive trainers .. smell very strong of that new rubber/plastic smell. Any ideas how i can get rid of the smell ?
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Would anyone have a recipe for Jambons..
I have searched for this but can't find a recipe, hubby loves them and is the only thing he'll eat for breakfast but they cost quite abit over a week in the shop. Any help would be great.
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Dried butterbeans and chickpeas
Hiya, I have a packet of dried butterbeans and half a packet of dried chickpeas which I bought as they seemed like a healthy choice and were also very cheap, but now I'm not really sure what to do with them! I made a Spanish chickpea recipe by Tommi Miers which was quite nice, but now I'm stuck! As a last resort I can make…
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OS Daily Sunday 8th June 08
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 8th June, 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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Past it's sell by date: Tonight prog
It's on ITV1 on Friday 13th June...... "As 6.7 million tonnes of out-of-date food is thrown away in the UK every year, Jonathan Maitland takes the ultimate test by eating produce that's past its sell-by or use-buy date. He asks whether the limits set by the product labels are really protecting the consumers or simply…
