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Bought this beef joint thing.......what do I do with it now?!
Hi Guys Ok went to Mr A, bought a sliverside joint thing and having never cooked beef or anything in my life I have no idea what I am actually supposed to do with it! :confused: I have had a little search and most of the recipies I can find have red wine and stuff in them but neither hubby or I are very big drinkers so…
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Guys I need your help!
Hi everyone I bought some stewing steak from morrisons the other day, and suddenly had to go to the other end of the country to look after my cousins daughter. I have came back and this meat needs eaten today but with unpacking etc completely forgot to put a casserole in the slow cooker. I have max 1 1/2 hours before the…
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Overloaded on fruit & veg
My friend works for a fruit and veg company and knowing that I'm struggling with money at the moment decided to get me some bits to help out.. There is LOADS of it, I have the biggest box of baking potatoes, 4 boxs of strawberrys, pinapples, salad items, apples, pears, oranges.......it goes on and on As you can see...... I…
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No Kitchen for a week - meal ideas please!!!
Hi all, I'm having a new kitchen fitted and looking for ideas of what to do for dinners without an oven/kitchen. I've got a fryer and a steamer but don't really want to have chips or takeaway every day. Have already cooked a curry to put in freezer which can be heated in the microwave but am a bit stuck for any other…
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coffee stains
Hello Does anyone know of a sure fire way of removing coffee stains from a stainless steel expresso gizmo (best word I can think of). Thanks in hope
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OS Daily FRiday 3rd April 09
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for April 3rd 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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Indian Onion Pickle
Some one some where must have a recipe to make those gorgeous little onions you get from the indian? The ones from my local take away are red and I think they have cucumber and tomato in there too. They are delish but I have no idea what so ever how I would go about making them - I always buy a couple of pots extra to go…
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Freezing dried beans after cooking
I'm really getting into eating lentils, butter beans etc. I do tend to use tinned ones but I know that dried ones are cheaper. I live alone and it does seem a hassle to boil up a pan of butter beans for nearly an hour just for a couple of portions. Can I cook the beans and then freeze what I don't need to use just then?
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Tinned mushrooms...
I bought about ten tins when they were cheap in Lidl ages ago. I haven't used any of them. How can you use tinned mushrooms :confused: ...I'm thinking if I add them to stew or chilli or something they'll be soggy?? They were so cheap and seemed such a good buy at the time.
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Egg/nut-free recipes for childrens birthday party...help please?
Hi all, I'm having a small birthday party for my 2 year old next thursday. The age range of children will be 20 months to 7 years old. The 7 year old who is coming is seriously allergic to eggs and nuts which means he won't be able to have any cakes. I thought I would make some rice crispie buns and sandwiches are no…
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Pepper sauce
anyone know how to make chip shop pepper sauce? what gives the slight tart flavour?
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Need to use up veg before holiday
Hi all am going on Holiday Sat Morning and would like to use up the stuff we have in the fridge, I wondered if anyone had any creative ideas. I have Celery - not fresh enough for salad big bag of baby spinach Mushrooms loads of cabbage cucumber onions Think thats it... hmm
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Spilt Paint
Yesterday I painted a celing and now I've found a big spot of paint on the carpet in another room. I'm not sure how it got there and I'm really annoyed with myself because it's a fairly new carpet (1 year old). Any tips on getting the paint out? I thought about white spirit but I don't know if the carpet would like that.
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OS Daily Thurs 2nd April 09
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for April 2st 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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Chicken lollypops
Found this video on youtube and thought it was an excellent way of using a part of the chicken i would normally throw out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAwUCvm5egg&feature=channel_page Any ideas on what stuffings you might add?
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re-freezing defrosted foods?
Hello, Not sure if this is the place to put it... I noticed loads of Waitrose own brand ready meals (the curry £3.99 ones) reduced to 59p, so I bought 8x tikka masala and 4x korma, had 2 on day of purchase (today) and put the other 10 in the freezer. Now they used to say they are freezable on the package so I never…
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Spilt oil on jumper - sorted without any washing!
I'm sure there must be some posts about this trick somewhere, but I have no heart to wade through the mse index... :o So here it is. While having dinner - a hearty salad with extra virgin olive oil dressing - I spilled a big dollop of oil on my pink jumper. :rolleyes: I was swearing at the thought of having to wash it…
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Can I Shallow Fry instead of Oven Cooking?
I love battered fish and wedges which are normally cooked in the oven from the freezer. Any reason why I can't fry them - apart from needing a bit more oil? Is it better to fry them in a pan with the lid on? Sorry really dumba*s question but I wanna cut down my oven usage. Advice really appreciated.
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chinese red powder
hopefully this is the correct location for this post, if not, please move. I went to Morrisons over the weekend and by ritual we buy some Chinese flavoured spare ribs, they're basically awesome. Anyways, this weekend they had none, so asked the butcher bloke if they had any round back, but he said we can do it to whatever…
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Which type of Microwave
Can anyone advise me on microwaves. I have a very basic microwave for heating up things but would be interested to know if those combi microwave oven are as useful as ordinary fan ovens. Would it be more eonomical on electric? Instead of putting on the oven for heating breaded chicken breasts, garlic bread etc can u do…
