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How to stick Rice Paper on Cake?
I have got a scooby-doo cake-topper off e-bay for my son's birthday. It is made from rice paper, but I have no idea how to stick it to the cake. I have had a quick look on the internet, but it says I should use a clear gel :confused: Can somebody please confirm what that means or give me a more sensible solution? Many…
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Make your own aromatherapy linen spray.
Hi- apologies if something like this already exists somewhere. I searched but couldn't find anything so feel free to merge if necessary :) Today I used the last of some lavender space and body spray (posh talk for air freshener and body spray) I had from Boots. I had been using it to spray on my bed linen to get a nice…
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Making Childrens Clothes
Hello I'm not sure I'm posting on the right board so bear with me if not! I was in Next yesterday looking at kids clothes and they had a denim patchwork pinafore dress which would be so cute for my niece but it was £15 and I hardly spend that on my own clothes! But I realised I have a big pile of old demin that I didn't…
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The Thrifty Cookbook
The Thrifty Cookbook by Kate Colquhoun is an absolutley brilliant new cookbook subtitled '476 Ways to Eat Well With Leftovers' . There is advice about shopping, a list of items to keep in stock so that you can make the most of your leftovers. There is sensible info about use by and best before dates, food safety, how long…
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Black bedroom carpet vs. white fluffy kittens!!
When we moved into our house, I had the really 'bright' idea, of a black carpet in our bedroom. Which was fine until recently, when my ex partner passed away, and we (for the sake of my 2 eldest.....his children) took on his 8 month old WHITE FLUFFY kittens!! No amount of daily hoovering gets the hairs off the carpet...it…
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Lamb question
I'm about to do my first proper online shop and want to order a leg of lamb as Asda have them on half price but you have to order them by weight. I normally just pick one up when I'm in the shop and don't take much notice of how heavy it is, so my question is what weight should I order? :confused: It's to feed 3 adults & 1…
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Re-sealing a frying pan
Hi all, I have searched on this already but can't find any help, so here goes. I have a good frying pan, it's a cast iron one I think that I bought in TK Maxx. The brand name on the bottom of it is "Roch Guss" which I have looked for on T'interweb with no success. It has been fine up until a few weeks ago when everything…
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Laundry Q - What is a 'darks' wash?
I feel a bit embarrassed asking this, as I'm sure it's something I should know, but I can't seem to find anything on the net or on a search here, so I'll have to ask! What is a 'Darks' wash? I mean, what is included in it? I've never been taught how to do the laundry properly, so I just had to learn how to muddle through…
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Cooking Offal - Help!
My darling mother gave me a pigs heart, liver and kidneys the other day but I can't seem to find any recepies - Please help. Me and OH have never eaten them before so we need ideas that are good for beginners. Could I use the pigs kidneys with beef steak for a pie?
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Sewing Cabinet Help, Please
I am a sewing 'beginner' and have found the machine I want, but space (to work) is at an unbelievable premium here so if I were to get a machine it would have to go in our lounge. I would really need a proper sewing machine cabinet so that I can 'hide' the machine when I'm not using it and have spent a bit of time looking…
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cleaning the ceiling
i have just been reading the thread "in praise of stardrops" and thought hum i could clean the bathroom ceiling while i am still inspired. Just wondered if any of you have any tips on how to stop the water running down my arms as i reach up? i hate that feeling .. anything would help.. thanks:beer:
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chicken fillets
yesterday at our local car boot I bought £20 of chicken breast fillets which a full carrier bag from a butcher's van doing an auction type thing. When I got them home I found that some of them were still a bit frozen so I packed them into two's and put them on quick freeze. I am a bit worried about eating them now as they…
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plain wholemeal flour?
Hello. A while back I managed to pick up four bags of wholemeal flour for 14 p each as they had a best before date of that month. It's just regular flour, i.e. on the front it says 'perfect for cakes and pastries'. I thought they were just getting rid of old stock but none of the supermarkets are selling this flour…
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OS Daily Monday 6th April 09
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for April 6th 2009. 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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weirdy eggs
I was given a bantam's egg and a duck's egg today, what shall i do with them? do they cook/taste like hen's eggs? I feel like I should do somethig special with them :confused:
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Weekly Flylady Thread 6th April 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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Swan SB1010 BM help please!
I lost the instruction booklet for my new BM when I moved house, so I've been having a play with it today. Tried it a couple of times and just can't get it to work. If I set it off on the basic settling (for example) it shakes and stirs but never bakes. Even on the bake setting it doesn't bake. It gets slightly tepid but…
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Meal Plans Week Beginning 6 April 2009
Hi everyone & welcome back. If this has already been started please delete/move it as appropriate. I had a look back to Thursday & couldn't find anything. This week we are having: Monday - Pasta Bake Tuesday - Twice Baked Potatoes & Beans Wednesday - Sweet & Sour Chicken & Rice Thursday - Steak/Chicken Kiev, Wedges & Salad…
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Gammon knuckle?
Is this the same as a ham hock/shank? I saw these in my butchers yesterday. £2.50, so I bought one.
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OS daily Sunday 5th April
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for April 5th 2009. 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.…
