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Virtually free Heating!!
Having recently discovered to my horror that my gas bill has just gone up 69% when my fixed deal came to an end, have been thinking laterally about how to keep my old cold house warm. I've been lighting lots of cheap candles in the lounge on an evening - it looks nice and cheerful, and they give off a surprising amount of…
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Tuesday 4th November
Hi, this is the OS Daily thread for Monday 3nd 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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Help with kitchen space
Been advised to post on here as well (from money saving arms board). Basically my kitchen is super tiny, i struggle with work top space to create nice dinners. So heres a rough idea of my kitchen design. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/sweetasonecanbe/kitchen.jpg I tend to stick to very easy meals, like spag bol, cos…
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Potato Gratin hard potatoes???
Hello my lovely OS'ers :D I was wondering if you could help me? I want to make a potato gratin in my s/c so when I get home from work it willbe lovely and soft (tried in the oven for 2 hours once and was still raw:eek: ) I'm a veggie so I have quite a bit of veg, veg stock lying around. I just want one thats lovely and…
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Iranian cooking anyone?
I teach ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) and one of my Iranian students invited me to her house for a meal last night. Oh my goodness. The food was utterly delicious! We had the most delicious warm mushy aubergine pureed thingy (which makes it sound a bit horrid but it was DIVINE) and then a rice dish with…
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Remoska OR combi micro?
I have my parents live with me and they cook most days for them selves and that usually means the big oven on for a very small meal for them and then if I were to be cooking its on again later - very expensive So I mentioned the remoska which mother had heard of and seemed to be in favour off - then she came back to me…
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Need new ideas of what I can make with . . .
We are 2 adults, one 3 yr old and a BF baby 2 x Aubergines Lots of parsnips 2 Savoy cabbages 4 packs Purple Sprouting broccoli Several various coloured peppers Punnet Cherry Toms 750g pk mushrooms Lots of Leeks New Potatoes Large Head Green Broccoli Frozen Spinach (can you make bahjis/pakoras with this?) Frozen Green Beans…
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Jam Pan?
I usually use the base of my pressure cooker to make jam in, but I was just in charity shop and they had an old fashioned jam pan for £5. What are the benefits of using a jam pan and are they worth £5? (pan will probably be gone if I go back tomorrow, but if it's not is it worth buying?) :confused:
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Lucozade stain removal!
Help!! My DOH has kindly spilt Lucozade right in the middle of our beige lounge carpet! Whilst you can only see the stain in certain light, I know its there!! Have tried a few things but just can't seem to shift the stain. Any ideas?!
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Home made Bread
Hello, Has anyone got a recipe for hand made wholemeal bread? I dont have access to fresh yeast! :D Thank you
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HM Pizza maker oven?
http://www.thepizzamaker.co.uk/ I saw one in a shop window yesterday and I have to get one!
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Sterilising clip top jars for preserves etc
I want to make Delia's Christmas mincemeat after my friend recommended it to me. I haven't made preserves before and i can only find information on how to sterilise normal jam jars with screw top lids. I've got these clip top jars from Ikea. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40065867 Can anyone tell me how to…
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Fruit & veg bargains at Aldi! (aldi 6)
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Uses for an old cotton shirt
I rescued an old shirt of DH's that he was going to throw away (not at all in the spirit of OS I know!) but am a bit stumped what I could do with it, despite my telling him off that I could use it for so many things and it would be madness to throw away! I don't have a sewing machine at the moment so am a bit limited when…
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OS Daily monday 3rd Nov 08
Hi, this is the OS Daily thread for Monday 3nd 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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Please help, ideas for dinners, cheap and new.
Hello, Myself and husband are going through a really rough patch and a comment he has made is our diet is rubbish. I have post natal deppresion and have no inspiration for evening meals. We have a 8 year old who is very very fussy. what i do cook, spag bowl, jacket pots with beans and cheese. Kievs and chips, roast…
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What can I do with sticky rice?
I bought some Sainsburys Basics long grain rice which I cooked tonight for the first time. Big mistake. It wasn't parboiled so although it was cooked it is very sticky. Although edible we didn't fancy it with our chicken curry (didn't fancy a dinner as we have had two for the last two nights), so ended up having it as a…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd November 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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Cure for stinky wool please
I've just got a mountain of knitting wool from freecycle, from a very kind lady. Problem is it stinks of cigarette smoke! :o There is some that I will wash, but most of it is still in balls - some 100grams. All in all there is about 50 balls of yarn, really super stuff. Does anyone have any ideas other than washing it?
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Renovating old furniture
Hi all I have been given and old mirror backed sideboard, approx 5' wide. I'd say it's ugly but lovely! The oval bevelled mirror is in good condition, but the woodwork wants a bit of TLC. The front is veneered, diamond shapes. And there is a bit of scratch damage. Any help please? Don't tell me to skip it!! Any advice…
