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Children In Need - Baking Cakes - help please!
I am making fairy cakes for children in need. I would love some ideas I can do for the topping to keep the theme. It needs to be cheap, and child friendly as it is for children. Thanks
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Lemon/cranberry curd as an Xmas present??
Just a quick question - I was intending to make a few jars of cranberry or lemon curd as a Christmas present for a few people but I've just read the recipe and it said that it should be kept in the fridge. THis is a problem as I was intending to make the curd here in England a bit before christmas and then bring it back to…
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Lounge carpet doing my head in...please save me!
I rent and the carpet is VERY thin, it is not old, just very cheap. Kind of carpet that goes flat etc Anyway I'm constantly cleaning it(spot cleaning) where DS will chuck food and juice or wet himself, plus guests always walk straight in etc.:mad: Recently I have had to clean major patches where DS and guests have killed…
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Old Style Daily Thread; Saturday 8 November
Good morning everyone :beer: This is the first time in ages that I've started the Daily, and it reminds me that Pink and I were going to update the Sticky - a job for later today ;) Busy day today - DH will take the children to swim club and I'll iron and hoover through. I also have a sweetcorn soup to make for lunch. DS…
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Cherry Madeira cake....in cake cases
Hello, I wondered if anyone could help. I'm making some cherry Madeira cake (for the first time) and my tin was too small for all the mixture, so I put the leftovers in cake cases, but I'm not sure how long to cook them for. The main cake is in for an 1 1/4 hours, does anyone have any idea how long for the little ones?…
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Baileys fudge
I saw that Tescos are selling bottles of Baileys for £7 until this weekend so I'm going to buy some and make baileys fudge for xmas. Anyone know how long it will keep for? And does anyone have any ideas on how to wrap it so that it looks pretty and keeps well? I'm not very good at that type of thing.
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Oregano substitute?
I have some tuna steaks (yellow stickered) which I have decided to marinade before cooking. (I have never cooked tuna before) I googled for a recipe and found one which looks good, but it calls for 2 tbsps of fresh oregano. I couldn't find any in Tescos so googled again and found suggestions to use marjoram (which I don't…
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OS Daily thread - Friday 7th November
Hi, this is the OS Daily thread for Friday 7th November, 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…
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Baked Potatoes
I have a pack of baked potatoes which I want to have for lunch for various days over the next week. I was wondering, would I be able to bake them in the oven all at once and then keep them in the fridge and just reheat in microwave as I need them? I'm just conscious of saving gas by cooking them all at once. Thanks, Dave
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What winter jams can I make?
We made strawberry in the summer, followed by blackberry and blackberry and apple. Can anyone recommend any good jams we could make with fruit that is available this time of year? I really dont want to go back to shop bought jam after enjoying these so much! My children love making jam!
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what to eat when you're ill?
I'm at home alone tonight and feeling really unwell, i need to make myself something to eat but don't really fancy anything....has anyone got any suggestions of what's good to have when you're unwell, I just need someone to tell me what to eat i think!!
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Warm the Cockles of me art!
:D I love cockles and have bought a couple of jars today as a treat:j :j Just wondered if anybody does anything else with them apart from just snaffle them from the jar?
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What is the best way of buying or making yogurt that is both cheap and nutritious
hi, as you can see i have 4 children, 3 of which eat 2-3 pots of yogurts each a day!which means i go through rather a lot in a week! I was buying the basic packs of 4 for 29p, but they are so sweet, and i imagine not particulary high in calcium, unless anyone can tell me differently. Im just assuming! Can anyone tell me if…
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Wanted Terry's White Chocolate Orange's!
Hi has anyone seen these in the shops, me and my son love white chocolate but in our local asda and tesco's only the other varieties Has anyone seen them in any shops,please :D posting on here as well as i want to buy it or do it as you money savers might have seen them when looking out for bargains,thanks
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left over butter icing
hi everyone i made a birthday cake last night but, because it was a bit of a 'throw it in and hope' job, i've left myself with half a bowl of chocolate butter icing. does anyone have any idea what i can do with it? i don't really want to throw it away, but the only idea i've come up with so far is spreading it on biscuits…
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Newbie.....with Star Drops!!!
Hello, Very long time lurker (especially on Old Style board) and this is my second post! I've been going on at OH about the wonders of Star Drops i've been reading about on here and finally picked some up on Saturday BUT now that i have them i cant seem to find any of the threads that i read about what to do with them…
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Snowman cake from a mould....
I bought a silicon snowman mould from Lidl last week - I bake a lot but have never used a moulded shape before, I've always cut my own cakes to shape. I was thinking it would be a nice alternative to CHristmas cake, but now that I'm thinking about it I don't know what to cover it in. If I put ganache or buttercream on it…
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Wet lettuce!
Does anyone have any idea how to satisfactorily dry iceberg lettuce? I've been using it as the background for my own home grown salad leaves (first time gardener) but even though I cut the iceberg in the morning, wash it then and leave it in the colander, it's STILL all wet when I get home and I end up bashing it on the…
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Mealplans WB 7th November 2008
Hi Guys! Another week has gone by. I am in hospital tomorrow for a week or so, so OH is sticking to the mealplan...hopefully. He is having: Thursday-Shepherds Pie & Veg Friday-Egg & Chips Saturday-Pizza & Salad Sunday-Friends cooking for OH & DD Monday-Friends cooking for OH & DD Tuesday-Sausage, Mash & Beans…
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Leg of Pork
:mad: Don't know how, but this did not make it back into the freezer so has defrosted overnight in the garage. Can I roast it, slice and re-refreeze? Please tell me yes as already have dinner sorted for the next two nights :mad: Sweet and sour pork for tonight, sausage casserole for tomorrow. Or can I freeze the sausage…
