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Old fashioned spuds
Not sure if this is the right place, but I haven't seen these since I was a kid... In Morrisons, they are selling 27lb sacks of Estima spuds for £3.50. This works out at 13p per pound. They are unwashed and in my mind they keep for much longer, as they are in a paper sack and covered in a layer of mud, both of which keep…
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Birthday Traybake recipe needed
Hello lovely Old Stylers! I need your help. I am making a cake for my friends birthday and have bought the Blade Traybake tin from Lakeland. Does anyone have a recipe for a sponge cake that will fit the tin? I am planning to make the cake tonight and decorate it tomorrow (butter icing and sweeties!!) ready for the party…
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can someon explain blacnhing to me ?
ok so if ive got loads carrots left and cauli brocoli what do i do with it to be able to freeze it ? thankyou in advnace x
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can anyone tell me if this was good value ?
Just been to my local greengrocers and jst wondered what u all thought of there prices i got 4 cooking apples 1 cabbage 1 red onion 5 carrotts handfull mushrooms 4 lrg jkt potatoes 1 red yell and green pepper 1 large cauli 1 lemon 3 sml courgettes 5lb bag white poatoes the total cost was £11.68 :confused: thankyou guys x
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Oops - novice cook error!
I don't cook from scratch very often but I was merrily making some butternut squash soup when the instructions told me to simmer the ingredients for 15 minutes (check) and then put in the blender (check). I need more literal instructions with a step in between that says 'wait for soup to cool down before putting into the…
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Decorative Letters
Hello I was wondering if anyone knows how to make the decorative letters that are often featured in magazines saying NOEL, JOY etc. I would probabaly need to make them out of foam or something as I have no tools in order to cut from wood. Or is there somewhere cheap where they could be purchased? Any help would be…
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peppermint creams??
hi everyone, i'm hoping you can help me. :o i found a great recipe for peppermint creams without the egg white on here. i want to make some for my sis who's pregnant. but i need to know if i can make them in advance. how long would they keep? i really have no idea. :confused: as a mam of three energetic boys i don't have…
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Storing sauteed onions in kilner jars?
I sure hope this is possible! I've sauteed 7.5kg of onions in butter until their translucent. My freezer is already about to burst so I thought I could sterilise some kilner jars, pour some hot sauteed onions into the hot jars, place rubber ring in place and shut the jars. then keep the jars in the pantry. Would this work?…
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Vegatarian Chipolatas for Christmas
Hi OSers i've searched for this but haven't found anything, so hoping that one of you can help... it's my first christmas as a non-meat eater (i'm 28) and, although i'm looking forward to nut roast with all the trimmings one thing i think i will miss is chipolatas. i know i can get yummy veggie sausages but was wondering…
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OS Daily Monday 24th Nov 2008
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 24rd of November. It is is an ‘over the garden fence’ type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved…
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clean smelling laundry?
Ok, so this is a bit embarassing, but even when clothes have come straight out of the washing machine they can have a slight smell of BO (mine more than OH's :shhh:) and it's really bringing me down and making me self consious etc. I have got some fabric conditioner with febreeze in it added to my shopping list but that is…
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Homemade chocolate - recipes
Hi All I spent Saturday afternoon making home made chocolates. I used milk and white chocolate and added hazelnuts, brazil nuts, rice crispies etc (anything I could find in the cupboard!), but I would love to hear if anyone has any yummy chocolate filling ideas. I am happy using shop bought chocolate but it would be good…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 24th 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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Help Mites in my linens????
Please help me - I have a plastic box under my bed full of towels and sheets etc.. I was just tidying it out and on the bottom of the box there were loads of little mites - really quite small but visible to the eye moving around, they were a brownish colour. When I looked closer at some of my linens they were moving around…
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Cleaning shedule website
http://www.chorebuster.net/Default.aspx I have come across this free site and been having a look at it Has this been psted before? I must admit other peoples chore lists made me want to lie down in a dark room and whether my family would stick to the list with me is another matter. Take a look and see what you think. I…
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Im new - whoopsie?
Hi everyone, I am new to this hard core Old Style of living & am looking to save money wherever possible. But what is a whoopsie? Is it reduced stuff from supermarket? Thankyou! :rolleyes:
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Northeast food/veg boxes...delivered
http://www.foodlocalfood.co.uk/ quite a good site for my area thought I would post it up for anyone in the northeast area...sorry if it has been posted b4
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Which Pastry? Help Please
Afternoon everyone! I have defrosted some blackberries and want to make a pie with them for pudding. However, I am not sure which pastry to make it out of :o . Would it be shortcrust?? Thanks in advance!! :D
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Complete meal suggestions that can be frozen?
My dad who cares for my mum hasn't been too well recently and is finding it hard cooking as well as doing everything else around the house and has decided that he is going to try some of the meals from somewhere like Wiltshire Foods who deliver to the house and I think it all goes in the freezer, both meals and puddings.…
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bread rising time
morning all just a quickie, my mum and dad bought me a cookworks signature xbm 1129s breadmaker for my birthday what i want to know is if i make the bread on the dough program in the breadmaker what do i then have to do to bake in the oven e.g. 1; when knocked back do i have to grease the loaf tin before putting dough in?…
