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custard
Hi I usually buy the tins of value custard for 25p but have noticed that there are sachets of 8p instant custard that you mix with water. Has anyone tried these? do they make as nice a custard as the stuff in the tins? Thanks, Hayley
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Help £80 is too much!
please can someone help im spendin £80 a week on food for 2 adults and a 2 year old i know this is too much but the food does get eaten! my partner works nights so he has somethin in the mornin a dinner wen he gets up and a microwave meal to take for durin the night, but im runnin out of ideas for what to cook him for…
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made up recipe success!
last night I intended to make Nigella Lawson style mac cheese with eggs and evap milk instead of a white sauce, got everything started then realised I'd used the last egg making buns for ds to take to school event. Couldn't be bothered to make a white sauce at 9pm on a friday night so whisked half a tub of cream cheese…
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Curry Stains on Oilskin Table Cloth.. Help
My stupid hubby slopped chinese curry all over the tablecloth last night. So I have got up this morning to find big yellow patches all over it (it is supposed to be pink and brown) Any ideas how I can shift the stains??
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OS Daily Thread for Valentines Day!
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Valentines Day! 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…
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birthday cake help
it's my dh 30th birthday on friday and i want to bake him a cake. i'm quite a good baker and will give anything a go, but i want to make him a number cake and have never made one of the shaped tins before. the shapes will obviously be a 3 and a 0. anyone got a good recipe for these shaped tins and ideas for decoration?…
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Light brown and dark brown soft cane sugar
I bought a bag of each of these last week from B&M because they were 39p for a 500g bag (Billingtons brand). The only thing is I haven't got a clue what I am going to use them for! Does anyone have any ideas how I can make the most of them please? Ta.
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sweet and sour pork
evening all, i am after some ideas, i have some diced/cubed sweet and sour chinese pork in the freezer,not sure what to do with it/add to it so i dont lose the flavour,preferably in the slow cooker. thanx in advance
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Burnt tea
Hi Yesterday afternoon I left for work in a hurry and on the way i saw a fire engine which got me thinking did i turn the tea off.:mad: Anyway to cut the story short 1 1/2 hours later a neighbour went in to check for me and tea was ruined.:eek: the problem I have now is my house stinks and i am having visitors tomorrow how…
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Annabel Karmel recipe
Hi - hoping someone can help. Planned on doing chicken fajitas for tea, always used a AK recipe. Can't remember the spice quantities so looked for my book - then realised I can't find my book - still unpacked in a box at MiLs house I think - so I check online and cannot find the right AK recipe, only one that doean't use…
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Freezing homemade biscuits
I have made 80 homemade biscuits this morning. I have made peanut butter ones, cranberry and orange and also coconut with jam. Now question is I am going to put 40 in the biscuit box for the family over the next few days. I want to freeze the others, the recipe I used said I can freeze them. I don't know how best to freeze…
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MealPlans WB 16th February 2009
Morning All! Thought I'd start the thread today so we can all have a think over the weekend what's on the menu - especially with it being half term ;) This week we're having: Monday - Sausage Casserole with lots of extra veg in & crusty bread Tuesday - Chilli & Rice (Ditto extra veg!) Wednesday - Minestrone Soup & Naan…
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Ideas to use up bagels in the freezer?
I keep buying these at Costco to keep my son quiet as we go round, forgetting that I actually don't care for them! I have about 6-8 in the freezer taking up room. Any ideas on what to do with them apart from making a huge amount of breadcrumbs? :rotfl: Thanks
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OS Daily Thread - Friday 13th February
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Friday 13th February. 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…
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Chinese crispy duck - need the pancakes
Instead of going out for a Chinese meal this weekend, I'm going to make Chinese Crispy duck at home. I've done it quite a few times with excellent results, so I don't need advice on that... ...but I do need advice on where to buy the pancakes from. I can't seem to find them anywhere. I've looked in my local Sainsburys and…
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Tesco Food Club recipe
Does anyone still have the last Tesco Food Club magazine? There was a recipe in their 'thrifty' section for a Lamb Hotpot type dish made with a packet of soup broth mix. I seem to have been uncharacteristically tidy and either thrown out my copy, or put it in some very safe place. As I have to feed a number of people next…
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Anyone know of any online pattern making courses please?
Hi everyone, I am interested in taking an online pattern making course. I have searched on the internet but can't seem to find any in the UK. Does anyone know of any please? Thanks.
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how to get smell out of thermos snack pot?
Yesterday i washed my little thermos snack pot that i accidently grew a mould specimin in. Despite using very hot water with copius amounts of suds, it still smells (in a way that only mouldy gone off yogurt can smell :eek: ) it's a great pot and i'm loathe to throw it away so how can i get rid of the smell?
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Burn marks on saucepan and tea stains in cup
My saucepan has a black line in the bottom where it got burnt a bit. Anybody know how to remove the marks. Also my mug which I use for tea has stains around the insde which I can't seem to get off. It's a white cup but the tea has left brownish marks inside. I don't have a dishwasher and when I clean it in the sink the…
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Removing hair dye from new lino - help!!!
Hi all...ive just noticed that my DD has spilt blonde hair dye on my new bathroom lino:mad: It looks like someone has had an accident on it iykwim:o Its a pale yellow colour. Ive tried cleaning it with bleach but no joy. Does anyone know of anything else i can try,or is it a lost cause?:confused: Any suggestions much…
