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How do I make choc biscuits please
I had a couple at my friends house she had HM then smoothered in mint chocolate Ive brought some mint choc to melt on the top so does anyone please have a soft choc biscuit recipe to shate with me? As soft as possible please as my daughters front teeth have just gone with the tooth fairy lol
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Freezing stuffed turkey breast
Bit of a wally this morning. Bought a fresh stuffed turkey breast this morning then noticed this afternoon that the best before date is 22 Dec. I've stuck it in the freezer which defeats the object of buying fresh but at least I've noticed and there'll be no food poisoning on Boxing Day. My question is, should I cook from…
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Making "Barbeque flavoured" pastry.
I've developed a liking for Barbeque flavoured Hula Hoops and would like to cheat the system and bake make some savoury pastry nibbles tasting like them at home. Can anybody give me a recipe or suggest what products/flavourings I could add to the pastry mixture to produce a similar taste? I'm not sure whether the Barbeque…
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Finger Chillies in this recipe?
I am making pork in wine sauce today from my recipe book. When I was out shopping for the ingrediants I seen some finger chillies in the reduced section, I quite like spicy food so I bought them. But now I'm wondering if they are too hot? I'm not much of a cook so I don't really know how strong they are or if they would…
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The most important thing you should know about Turkeys
Was going to mention this on the Nigella thread, then nearly put it into the Christmas cooking thread, but it's so important for people who don't know it that it's worthy of its own brief existence (before being merged with something else). I realise I'll be teaching a lot of people to suck eggs, but there will be others…
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Cooking a turkey crown in slow cooker?
I am sure someone on here will be able to answer this for me. :D I want to cook our turkey crown in the slow cooker but how long will it take? It's 2.4 kg. Do I need to cook it the day before really, if we want to eat at lunchtime? :undecided Tia BP
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Christmas Cooking
As a 40 yr old male cooking for Christmas for the first time I need a bit of help, so where better to come. Not too bothered about ther main Christmas lunch as it's like a big Sunday roast really (I hope). I was thinking of cooking the turkey crown on xmas eve to make life easier. If i did what is the best way to reheat.…
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Egg Whites/Egg Yolks master list!
Was just reading a post from D&DD who said she was avoiding doing meringues because of the need to use up the egg yolks. THought maybe we could have a list with all recipes/uses filed together. Shall I get the ball rolling? I would love you all to add some more! Editing....have now raked together some of the ideas from the…
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Tesco Bread Flour
Does anyone else think that the supermarkets are getting wise to us OS? As the price of basic ingredients keeps going up???? Mr T white bread flour jumped to 78p locally yesterday from the 48p it's been for months :rolleyes: Thankfully I bought 10 bags from ASDA when on offer at 48p. Also we prefer the ASDA bread flour.…
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does anyone remember the haybox?
I was looking at an advert for insulating jackets for hot water cylinders the other day and wondered whether an offcast one of these would be sufficient to make a substitute haybox if wrapped round my Le Creuset caserole. Has anyvody tried this and do you think would it retain sufficient heat to cook a meat caserole?
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Dairy free porridge
I think that milk might be making my eczema worse, but I like a big bowl of porridge in the morning. Can anybody recommend a brand of rice or soya milk that tastes as good as normal milk but doesn't cost the moon on a stick? Does the taste or texture change with heat? I have done some searches but can't find anything about…
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OS Thread - Saturday 20th December
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 20th 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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easy christmas day alternative
Hi all I have (dont ask me why) agreed to make christmas lunch. I am a man so needless to say cooking is not my strongpoint (apologies to the guys are good cooks). Anyway i am not even going to attempt cooking a turkey so wondered if there is a way to cheat ? i was thinking of some kind of bernard matthews turkey thing ?…
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help please with dough
Last night I decided t make some cinnamon biscuits so Ifollowed a recipe but the mix looked a bit too wet and sticky so I added more flour but the biscuits came out rock hard and not very good. I halved the mix last night and put the other half in the fridge so what I want to know is is there anything I can do to the dough…
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Turkey or turkey crown? (Got bones?)
Planning to be at Somerfield early tomorrow to hopefully pick up a fresh .... something. :confused: Dont know which to get....I don't really know what a crown consists of, is it just the turkey without legs or wings? :D The frozen one I saw in Morrisons had a bone....so I dont get the point of them. Help me..........:D
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Please help me impress my new man!!!!!!!
Hello, I'm a long time lurker that reads lots of handy advice from you wonderful people. I'm after a bit of help though, I have a new man (yay!!!!) and am cooking for him round his tomorrow.....any ideas for recipes that are.... 1)Cheap 2)Don't need many ingredients (I'll have to take them round with me after work) 3) Will…
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Nuts?
I'm looking to buy a selection of tasty nuts for Christmas to offer the guests. I've got KP honey roasted and cashew nuts in mind. Can anyone recommend any others and possibly the brand. I've tasted salted sunflower seeds in America and they were tasty, haven't seen them sold in the stores here. ....and if anyone knows…
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Your favourite seafood sauce please
Can anyone please recommend their favourite shop bought seafood sauce or thousand island dressing. Thank-you
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Thermal lining for tab top/ring top curtains
Even though I've got brand new upvc double glazing my windows seem draughty & cold, I'm thinking of using thermal linings but the problem is one set of curtains are tab top and the other are ring top and all the ready made linings I've found so far are for pleat curtains! The tab tops are 52" x 66" and the ring tops are…
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Will a 4lb turkey breast be enough?
I have a 4lb turkey breast in my freezer, all breast no stuffing. Will it be enough to feed 10 on xmas day. There will be 6 adults (if DH home from hospital) 1 starving pre-teen DS, DD and 2 nephews won't eat much. we will have the usual bits for dinner, roasts, pig in blanket etc.
