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Help Lingering Fish Smell!!
We grilled some lovely mackerel fillets on Sunday, and the house still smells of fish. I have used aerosols and have just put half a lemon into boiling water as suggested somewhere, but that just went to mush!! Is there any thing else that I can do?? Thanks in advance Sharon
Indian Recipes and Vegetable Oil
I've started cooking a lot of Indian dishes recently, but have noticed they all seem to call for a lot of vegetable oil to be used. When cooking chinese Ken Hom asks for 1 tablespoon per typical stir fry, the Indian dishes however seem to ask for 3 to 6 tablespoons :eek: I try not to put as much as they suggest in, but was…
Urgent chilli carpet stain problem...
Hi everyone I urgently need your help - I'm in a rented house at the moment and the kitchen is mainly carpeted with cream carpet (how mad is that?). My hands must have been wet, because I dropped my jar of harissa paste and it went everywhere, including on the cream carpet. I've got loads of bright red chilli stains and…
Reasons to keep your radiators on now it's getting warmer.
Turn your radiator into a slow cooker by placing a bowl of vegetable stew ingredients on top and leaving for 4 hours. Apple sauce can be made by placing a bowl of chopped apples on the radiator, and adding a little water and sugar. Washing up can be made cheaper by balancing the bowl on top of the radiator for an hour or…
OS Daily Wed 1st April 09
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for April 1st 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.…
NEW uses for the slowcooker!
Good morning! Earlier in the year, thriftlady had a comment in her sig, the jist of which was that slowcookers weren't the answer to everything. This has had me thinking, and I've come up with some novel uses for the humble SC; those of us who use SCs just for cooking are missing a trick :D * I cycle to work, and at this…
Keep it or toss it, this will tell you.
Just came across this website which has info on how long to keep foodstuffs for, info on how to store etc. American based site. Worth a look. http://www.stilltasty.com/
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