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Sussex Free Range Lamb - do you think this is a good deal?
Hi everyone, I have started trying to source meat and fish more locally. With surrounding farms a plenty and living in a fishing town, I have no excuse to do otherwise and we aren't having to watch the pennies quite as much as previously so I thought I would make the effort. I picked up half a lamb, sourced from a nearby…
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Help my friend live on £1 a day?
No, I'm not saying 'my friend' because I'm too embarrassed. :p I'm at Bangor uni at the moment, and a good friend of mine is apparently in dire straits after his rent suddenly increased. For the next few weeks, he'll have about £1 a day...he's planning on spending it on Value Pizza! :eek: So, anyway. Since I'm worried…
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A bit of sewing advice / opinions please?
I bought a long grey wool coat from a charity shop last year - it is a BHS one and looks brand new, so bargain for £5!...but the sleeves are too short for me. I've bought a piece of grey fur fabric to use to lengthen the sleeves, like making furry cuffs, and hopefully there will be enough to cover thecollar so it will look…
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chrome radiator cleaner
does anybody know how I can get rust of my chrome radiator?
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7" deep silicone cake tin
Does anyone know where I can get one from, please. All my madeira cake recipes use a 7" tin and my 8" one (metal) is coming towards the end of its useful life ... thanks!
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Piping Icing? Help Please
Hi In the middle of making my daughters birthday cake - she has asked for a cinderella cake. I have loads of sugar flowers and silver balls that I want to stick onto the cake. Do I need to use piping icing or is there an alternative. Don't even know what that is? Help Please!!
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Posh dress needs altering - help please
I bought a posh red dress (for Christmas) last year, it has a cross over top part and under the bust line is a embroidered/sequened section, then it goes all lose and flowy (sounds awful!). Anyway, after using it a couple of times last year I washed it and put it away for next year. I tried it on yesterday and the…
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good old-style cookbook
This is a great american site, it has really old farmhouse kitchen type recipes. I havent read it properly yet but it looks great. :D http://www.vintagerecipes.net/
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OS Daily Friday 17th October
Hi, this is the OS Daily thread for Friday 17th. 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, please do…
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cleaning steam generator irons
does anyone has any ideas? our keep releasing all this unpleasant yucky brown stuff...someone said it was limescale? is it? is there a way of cleaning it out of the system and hopefully avoiding it building up again? any help would be very much appreciated!
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Cheap Shaving Oil
Anyone who has bought shaving oil loves it for the great shave it gives you but hates it equally for the cost, typically 3GBP/15ml. I found that using grape seed oil gives you exactly the same if not better quality of shave. It is almost odourless and if you want to add anything then try the various aromatherapy oils if…
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Your experience needed
Afternoon All:j I've been lurking on this thread for a while and with all the ideas on here, I wondered if any of you would be able to help me. I've been put on a restricted diet to try and sort out some medical problems and I'm having real trouble coming up with interesting meals for me and OH. OH is not on the diet, and…
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Urgent Gordon Ramsey Help Needed!!!!!
Old Stylers I need your help. Gordon Ramsey's new Cookalong programme is doing a credit crunch special and I've been asked to cook a MoneySaving dish against him - on a sub £5 budget though the cheaper the better. Here's the problem. I AM A TERRIBLE COOK. I need something simple, but sexy, that'll beat him. Im thinking…
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King size duvet
Does anyone know if a normal washing machine will take a kingsize duvet?? . I bought one about 3 months ago and my darling 3 yr old son has wee'd on it :mad: I dont have a clue about things like this ... any ideas would be great Or should i really just take it to the laundrette? thanks in advance
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That wet flannel smell!!
I've had alittle peak at some older threads on here and have managed to get some good advice. But I thought I might pose these questions all together and maybe generate a few more answers/suggestions to some problems which I sometimes experience:- 1)Why do I regularly get white stains down some of my clothes (namely my…
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Mealplans WB 17th October 2008
Hi :hello: I thought I'd start this week's thread :p My mealplans for the week are: F - salmon, mash, peas & carrots S - turkey [strike]meatballs[/strike] cottage pie (batch for freezer) S - chicken jambalaya M - veggie sausages, chips & beans T - chicken curry, rice & naan W - [strike]shepherd's pie[/strike] tuna pasta…
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Blue Stains
I have quite an embarresing question... I have found that a lot of my clothes have blue stains on them, all my knickers down the edges of the crouch and my tops under the armpit (basically where I sweat most) So I have two questions, 1 WHY are my clothes turning blue where i sweat, I thought sweat stains were yellow! its…
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Baking quick questions
MSE Official Note: We've a new Baking Deals note with the latest baking bargains in. Check it out. Back to the original discussion... I've been asked for a thread where people can ask Quick Questions and share tips on baking. Please do a search first to see if there's already a thread that answers your query, or where your…
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Cheap/good online fabric shop?
Hello I have got my sewing machine out from the bottom of the wardrobe, blown the dust off the top and am itching to get stuck into a project. Problem is; I have no fabric. Does anyone have any recommendations for great places to get material/ribbons online? I bought a couple of 'fat quarters' from an ebay seller and they…
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Indian three course under a fiver
Some time ago there was a thread with a three course meal plan which was kebabs, a split pea dahl with spicy potatoes and lemon curd ice cream. I printed it off but we have just moved and cannot find my print out. Can anyone point me to the thread please?
