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what to do with soft pickled onions
left over from xmas i have a jar of soft pickled onions - they were like that when i bought them. they were expensive deli style onions so i dont want to throw them out. i have forced myself to eat one jar but cannot bring myself to eat the rest. OH wont eat them and he eats anything :eek: any ideas?
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OS Monday 9th February 2009
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for today. 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 that we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we have achieved already.…
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Sunday Roast - Cook Along?
I was looking at this thread and thought it would be a fun thing to do again. I think it might encourage people who are new to roast dinners to give them a go, if they have support :) Anyone up for it?
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Valentine Cupcakes: icing
Hi everybody, my 2 daughters (age 6 & 3) have decided that they want to bake daddy some cupcakes which have to be covered in hearts and pink icing! I love baking cakes with the girls but to be honest i dont understand icing! I bought a packet of fondant icing from the supermarket and mixed it up according to the…
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Flour Tortillas - how to make them soft?
I had a go at making flour tortillas last night:confused: They were hard work to make ( I have RA - paying for it today!!) I coudnt get them into circles and wasnt particularly bothered about that, but they went really crispy! I put them in a tea towel as soon as I took them off the griddle and kept them covered. Has…
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Whats best for cleaning?
Next Saturday I want to clean my kitchen from top to bottom. This includes tiles , paint work, wooden cupboards, windows, roller blinds?, worktop and hob. I'm not sure about washing down the walls as they are painted and might go patchy? I have stardrops, washing up liquid, bleach, brillo pads, malt vinegar and pledge wood…
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Free seeds with Kitchen Garden magazine
Hi all I went to Tesco last night and saw an issue of Kitchen Garden magazine for £3.50, which comes with 5 packets of seeds (I think Unwins) I did not get a copy since I have already stocked up on seeds for 2009. As far as I remember the seeds were: leeks, tomatoes, beetroot greens, salad, and something else. Sorry, it is…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th February 2009
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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Breadmaker driving me beeping mad!
I've got a Morphy Richards Fast Bake breadmaker that is about 3 years old now. It gets heavy use as I rarely buy bread. A couple of weeks ago, it fell off the bench and onto the floor. The top cracked where the controls are, but it still works. However it's developed an annoying habit where at random times during the cycle…
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How do I get bubble bath out of my carpet?
Hi all, have never posted on this part of the forum before, but I do like to lurk sometimes:D Anyway, I have a problem and was advise that you nice people may be able to help. Whilst tidying up this afternoon I dropped a large bottle of bubble bath on the carpet which broke in two and spilled all over the carpet. I have…
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Is it worth buying if veggie?
Hiya all, I am contemplating buying a slow cooker but is it worth it if not a big meateater?
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Help with sauce - urgent!
Hi Can anyone help me, I am making chicken in a stroganoff sauce, and bought an asda jar of sauce, its been cooking for 30 mins in the oven and it tastes awful! Its really acidy and tastes of vinegar, can anyone make any suggestions how I can get rid of this vinegar sauce - what can I put in it to make it taste better…
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Glass cloth tea towels?
Hi, these seem to be verypopular in the catering industry. Are they any good? Where would be the cheapest place to buy some? Thanks
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Looking for homemade muesli recipes
Finding the shop bought muesli has too much hard candied fruits and some of the nuts are just too much for my fragile nashers to handle. So I am thinking maybe I should try mixing my own. Apart from looking at the ingredients on the side of the boxes in the supermarket I am not to sure where to start. Would be grateful for…
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Custard
I wonder if one of you lovely moneys savers could help me. If i'm using custard powder to make custard with milk can I use sweetner instead of sugar???? Thanks in advance
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Can I freeze basil?
Pretty much as title says lol... got half a pack left over :)
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Has anyone made gluten free rolls?
My ds's gf can't eat gluten. I just bought some rolls 4 for £2 in mr S. So has anyone tried making them. Do you just do it in the breadmaker using the normal flour instructions? As she is always here I thought I would try making them. I wonder if they would freeze also as I know the ones I buy are vacuum packed separately.…
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Waaaah - Help Needed
Have just cooked 30 odd snack-size cornish pasties. My baking trays are past their best so i covered them with greaseproof paper (which I greased). The pasties have all stuck and if I try to get them off the bottom bit of pastry stays on the greasproof paper!! Am I better to prise them off now when they're still hot or are…
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how many grams of wool would i need to knit this?
http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall08/PATTversatility.html i have fallen in love with this pattern, but havent got the wool it says to use. i have some chunky wool 5 balls, 50g each. would this be enough?
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Couple of questions
How long do you think you could store par boiled potato wedges in the fridge? I ask as I find that it takes too long to bake them in the oven when I am putting other things on but if they had been parboiled for 10 mins then I think they will be cooked within 25 mins. How long can you leave hard boiled eggs (still in their…
