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Weekly Flylady Thread 15th December 2008
LAST FULL THREAD BEFORE:xmastree:.....CHRISTMAS..... :xmastree: 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…
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Meal ideas please?
Hi Been trying to start doing meal lists and shopping for essentials but have now found that a) I have fussy kids who sulk that "I don't like that" and although I have tried to get them involved in working out the meals it still isn't working b) We always seem to end up with the same meals (probably no imagination) c)…
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Stollen scones
Has anyone or does anyone know of a recipe for stollen scones? We have seached the internet for recipes but have not found one. Apparently John Lewis make them!! Widget :j
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Christmas Dinner (preparing in advance)
I am trying to plan the cooking for Christmas Day and was thinking, apart from preparing the veg on christmas Eve, whether I could do anything else in advance. Could I do things like mash swede, make gravy and make up stuffing balls on Christmas Eve, and maybe even freeze yorkshires to use on the day rater than buy frozen…
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Butter & flour mixture
Last night when making cheese sauce, I melted the butter then was tipping some flour into the pan (straight from the new packet) and accidentally tipped waaaay too much flour in for making the roux. I tipped it out of the pan and started again with the sauce, but I've saved the floury-butter mix - am I right in thinking…
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Golden Syrup instead of Black Treacle - help!
urgent help please!!! I'm getting everything ready to make a Christmas cake for work for a charity guess the weight competition. I had the ingredients delivered on Friday and I've just realised no black treacle was delivered :rolleyes: Is golden syrup an ok substitution? Or should I go shooting off to the shops?? The oven…
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OS Daily Thread - Sunday 14th December
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 14th December. This 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 already.…
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chocolate pudding with melting choc inside?
can anyone point me in the direction of a chocolate pud that is baked in a pudding bowl, so its the same shape as a christmas pud, but it has a melting chocolate saucey thing inside? I have seen one in the supermarket but I am sure I can make one myself for a lot less (and it will probably go further than a shop bought…
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help with xmas baking
I want to bake a load for the family at xmas. Shortbread, rock buns, fairy cakes, fifteens, maybe mince pies, etc. For each of my 3 kids to share round their kids, made up nicely in baskets with tissue paper and doilies. I don't know how early I can make them...how long will they keep ? Plus if I do them too early we will…
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Where has my JO recipe offer thread gone?
Where has my JO recipe offer thread gone? I posted offering recipes if I was PMed:confused: I have some more & was going to add the details to offer them again, but I can't find my thread. It looks likes its been removed:confused: Am I not allowed to offer recipes:confused:
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how do I get creases out of plastic 'leather' skirt
I was having a bit of a clear out this afternoon and came across a black leather look skirt, which still fitted me......trouble is where it's been folded up there are creases in the fabric... The label says don't iron, and I didn't want to hang the skirt on the radiator to warm up in case it took on the pattern of the…
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What sort of flour have I got?
Hello everyone, Two quick question from someone who mainly lurks: I've found a big container of unidentified flour at the back of my cupboard. Is there any way of working out whether it is plain or self-raising (preferably without trying to bake something and failing!) Also - I've unearthed some "strong wholemeal" flour -…
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Scone with cinnamon, spices and fruit recipe?
Hi, I recently ate a scone with cinnamon, spices, currants and raisins. I would like to make some at home (I know I should have asked for the recipe but I didn't think of that at the time) It had in it cinnamon, currants and raisins, and some spices (my guess would be mixed spice but I'm not sure). Does anybody know of a…
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food timeline
People might be interested in what we used to eat over the centuries: www.foodtimeline.org/
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very late christmas cake recipe please
I know christmas cakes have to be made, like 100 years in advance, but do any of you clever folks have a recipe for something a bit last minute? I looked in the shops yesterday and the cheapest cake was 16 euros and it was tiny, the proper size ones were around 40 euros.ouch!! definitley won't be buying one, so any help…
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OS Daily Thread - Saturday 13th December
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 13th December. This 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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Spiced almonds recipe please
I should cut recipes out when I see them! The recipe I saw involved just cumin,chilli powder olive oil and unblanched almonds - no salt or sugar. As spicey almonds are my latest fad I went out and bought a bag of almonds, I have the rest in. Can I heckers find that recipe now!! Don't suppose anyone has any easy recipes?:D
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New year Old Style resolutions...
With the financial situation getting worse and worse, I expect that most people will be trying to cut costs even more in 2009. What are you resolving to do in 2009 to be more OS?:) [threadbanner]box[/threadbanner]
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shortcrust pastry question
hello all, sorry this is gonna be a bit of a vague question but hoping someone might help me. i made some mince pies, my hubby thought they were spot on when they were warm. they cooled down, and i shared some to my parents, who said that it was missing 'something'. my hub agreed that they werent as nice cold. i made my…
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Any hope of getting Red Dye stain out of carpet??
A friend has just called asking me if there's a way to get red dye out of a carpet - I think it's highly unlikely, but came here just in case anyone has any suggestions please? I've been trying some searches in the indexed section but not found anything yet. Her DS is at uni and it's his friend that has the problem - they…
