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OS Daily Thurs 18th Sept 08
Hi,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 in, put your feet up (although check the…
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Breadmaker Book?
Hi All This book is on offer cheap with the Book People at the moment and just wondered if anyone has it and whether they would recommend it? I tried my local library today and they don't have a copy - was going to look before I buy it. I have ordered The Complete Bread Machine book that was recommended last night but it…
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What's happened to warm bedding?
When I was young, I remember snuggling up in a warm cosy bed, there was no electric blankets and no central heating.... we had these flannelette type sheets on our beds, they were almost fluffy, and sooo cosy. Any bedding I can find these days are all cold, we're climbing into a cold bed every night, not exactly very…
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Vinegar-proof Lids
This is probably a very stupid question, but how do you know if a jar lid is vinegar proof or not? I am going to make some chutney and all the recipes say to put into hot jars and seal with a vinegar proof lid but don't say how you know if the lid is vinegar proof or not. Does anybody out there know? Thanks MK
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OS DAILY 17th Sept,2008
Hi,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 in, put your feet up (although check the…
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Removing stickers from walls!!
Hi all:D I usually loiter on the slightly more aggressive discussion time, and other such "cliff edge" places, but your board was recommended to me! I am leaving a rented property in 2 weeks. For reasons far too numerous and tedious to explain, my daughter has many stickers :eek: all over the walls of her bedroom, and…
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Bread making measurements
Hi All I am hoping that someone can help. I have a Morphy Richards breakmaker (fastbake) and I have lost the double ended measuring spoon. Can anyone tell me where to get another one, or how much each end of the spoon holds? I know that you can't just use a standard teaspoon/tablespoon because the measurements are slightly…
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What's the best HARDCORE Food Processor/Blender?-making Icing Sugar/grinding Nuts etc
I need to buy a Gadget / Food Processor / Blender that can do the following 1) Be capable of coping with turning batches of granulated sugar into caster/icing sugar. (For cake and biscuit baking 3-4 times a week) 2) Be capable of coping with grinding batches of raw nuts. (a good few cupfuls each week) I have googled, read…
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can anyone recommend a stainless steel breadmaker?
have you got one? is it good? its for a christmas present i want it, so really don't want to just buy any old one like i did for myself lol. possibly the morphy richards accents one but i cant find any reviews of it. (ruled out a kenwood one and a different mr one due to reviews i could find) or has anyone got access to…
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what to eat now - fish stew recipe
Hi! Was half watching this last night and thought "must look up some of those recipes on the internet" - but actually I can't find anything (on the bbc website and the show's own site) Was wondering if anyone watched or knows a similar recipe... The first was a fish stew - all I can remember is potatoes and saffron and…
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Mouldy smelling clothes (were left damp)
Hi everyone rather embarassingly, i've just discovered some damp clothes that were shoved in a carrier bag 'some time ago'. they smell really horrible and musty/mouldy. i've put them through the wash at 60 degrees, with 2 lots of detergent in with them (persil non-bio) but they still smell really musty. does anyone have…
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New Money Saver that is not very good at cooking ! Help
Hello, I am trying very hard to be good and use all the tips and hints on this thread, so I am going to try and make dinners for the rest of the week with what we have left in the house and not go shopping again which is what I would normally do. We have left: Some Chicken from a roast last night (so should use that today)…
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OS Daily thread for 16th September 2008
:D Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 16th September. 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…
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I`ve got 2 slices of Haggis, what do you serve with it?
A neighbour has been up Scotland for the weekend and gave me 2 slices of haggis ( butcher had sold out of whole ones ) . Anyway the butcher told her they were nice steamed, no problem, i have a steamer, and apart from mash is it cabbage thats served with it.Also how long in steamer and do i make gravy? Thanks :o
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My ds says I am furring up his arteries
Ok, I need to make somthing healthy for his tea tomorrow to stop him nagging. He is a veggie and the rest of us are not. I have to fit this between work, delivering dd to rugby and myself to my dance class. So can't take up to much time. Any suggestions please. he doesn't like rice.
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Free Veg box from Able & Cole
Able & Cole are doing a free £15.95 veg box to all new customer who spend £25 or more, if you put BOXOFFER in a code box. BUT I would only buy the fruit & vetg from them, everything else is really expensive. So would I have to spend £25+ on fruit & veg to get my free box and then have it all delivered together? Because I…
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slow cooker - dinner party
Hi there - I know there is a thread about slow cookers but what I am after are some recipe ideas for dinner party dishes that could be made in the slow cooker? thanks in advance bjb
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Sloe Gin recipe (but only 200g of sloe)
Hello! I'm hoping that some of you clever people can point me in the right direction. I only managed to find 200g worth of sloe :o when out yesterday and I'm hoping to have my first attempt at making sloe gin, only snag is that I can only find recipes where I need 400g of sloe as a minimum. Does anyone have a tried and…
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Any vegan biscuit or cake recipes?
This is the first time I've started a thread of my own, so I hope I've found the correct section to post it in! I have a friend who is vegan and I'd like to make her some biscuits, or maybe a cake for Christmas, but I've never tried to bake anything like this before. If anyone has any tried and tested recipes, I'd be a…
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cleaning cast iron pan supports
Hi. I've done a search on the forum and cant find anything on this but i do apologize if its been posted before. How do i clean cast iron pan supports? I put them in in the bath last night, sprayed with Cilit bang degreaser (not impressed, the stuff from aldi is much better) and then scrubbed them with wire scourer, some…
