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Making slippers from recycled fabric
http://sewgreen.blogspot.com/2007/07/recycled-slipper-tutorial.html I am going to give these a go. If successful I will make them for xmas preezies. There does'nt seem to be a pattern so I presume you draw round the foot.
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broth mix v. Lentils
Hiya, I was in my local asda today to buy some lentils as I see it mentioned in ALOT of posts. But its quite expensive. 98pence for 500g or £3.odds for 3kg... now they also had broth mix that has lentils and split peas etc in it for 30pence for 500g and £1.odds for either 2 or 3kg... Now can I use the broth mix instead of…
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Mealplans WB 30th October 2008
Hi Guys! Ive started this thread early as Im just back from holiday and have had the shopping delivered. Hope thats ok with you all. This week we are having: Thursday-Stir Fry Friday-Chicken, roasties, yorkies, cabbage & cauli cheese Saturday-At friends Sunday-Lamb Stew & Dumplings (OH used a morocaan (sp) sachet and was…
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Help, what on earth is wrong with this chicken?!
HI all, I bought tesco free range thighs and drummers, go out of date saturday but smelled fine, cooked in oven for ages, they are cooked properly. Cut one open to check and near the bone, where you usually get darker pink meat, it is dark brown. Seriously, really dark almost black and streaky and looks revolting, I have…
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Pls help me save my rice!
I once ate this wonderful rice dish made by an African lady. I tried to recreate it today based on the spices that were in it but it tastes of nothing at all! Here's what I did: Heat 2 TB oil in pan. Add 3 bay leaves, 6 cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 6 crushed cardamom seeds. fried until smelly. Added 1ts salt, 1ts tumeric,…
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christmas pudding in pressure cooker
Please can anyone tell me how long do I cook xmas puddings for in the pressure cooker ,I have small dariole basins about six of them ,my mixture is ready ,I have searched all the links but cant find the information I need ie. how much water and how much pressure how long .My cooker came from Lidl hence no instruction…
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Home made Ready Brek?!
My kids won't eat traditional, made with oats that cost 20p porridge, but will eat Ready Brek. As I recall the ingredients of Ready Brek are Oats Chalk :rolleyes: Some vitamins So do you think that if I put some normal cheap porridge oats in my food processor and blitz them till they're a dust-like consistency that I'll…
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OS Wednesday 29th October 2008
Hi, this is the OS Daily thread for Wed 29th October, 2008. It 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,…
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any clues re pork
hi all i am slowly taking the plunge with doing more home cooking, and have been attempting a joint of pork. (i know this sounds really sad, but hey ho....) my friend brought a joint round a couple of weeks ago, and it was gorgeous. Really easy to slice, and all in one piece (looked like shop bought slices) compared to my…
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Any ideas for an old style vegetarian dinner party menu?
Hi, As times are a little tight I have offered to cook for some friends rather than going out for a meal. Normally I would cook a roast or something similar, however one of my friends is a vegetarian. I feel rather sorry for her as the past 2 times we have all gone out for a meal she has had a 'choice' of one rather sorry…
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How long do scones keep?
Hello, Wondering if anyone knew how long fruit scones keep for after cooking? I've tried a search on the forum but cannot see anything at a glance relating to this. Thanks in advance;-)
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malted milk biscuits
anyone got a recipe for malted milk biscuts, i live in germany and you cann't buy them here.
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Left Over Toffee Sauce
As requested by my guests at the weekend I made a sticky toffee pudding and it was lovely. (A new recipie as I hast my old one!) However I am left with lots of toffee sauce; made with double cream, brown sugar and butter. I hoped it would set as toffee but it hasn;t. I just don'e know what to do with it - I don't even know…
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Cleaning the carpet, after poorly child...
Ok, so i've taken advice from several different posts on here and have managed to clean and neutrelise the smell of sick from my DS's carpet. (Its been a bad few days!!!):o But now I'm left with a white halo mark around the orignal area that I cleaned. I used dissolved bio washing powder and white vinegar. Anyone got any…
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Anyone know where I can get parts for Bomann appliances?
I have a Bomann electric mincer, which I have had for about a year and a bit and not used much, and the cutter blade has broken :mad: . I have not been particularly impressed with this appliance, and wouldn't recommend it particularly to anyone else. However, as I have it, and do not want to throw away an expensive machine…
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OS Daily Tues 28th Oct 08
Hi, this is the OS Daily thread for Tues 28th October . It 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,…
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Tailor for Alterations near Preston?
Hi, Can anyone recommend a tailor near Preston for carrying out alterations to a men's jacket (I need to reduce the arm length by about 1.5 inches). Many Thanks in advance.
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Asdas Smart Price Salad cheese
Its listed on the my supermarket site Can anyone please tell me what it is? Is it good value?
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Combination Microwave Oven - Cheaper or not?
Hi Not sure if this is the right forum to post this question as still getting used to the website. We have a 1000w combination microwave oven and have been told by my father that it is cheaper to use this to cook our meals etc than to use our conventional electric fan oven. For example, made my first chicken casserole…
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Hubby Goes To Market
My hubby went to the Hanley market today to see how much fruit and veg he could get for a tenner. Well, he never spent a tenner, he spent 8 quid. :) So for his £8.00 he got A bag of spuds (about 3lb) 8 Large tomatoes 7 large bananas 4 Pears (these were £1.23!!!!!!!!!:eek: ) A huge cabbage, we'll have to blanch and freeze A…
