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MealPlans WB 20th April 2009
Hi Guys! I cant see the thread but may have missed it. This week we are having: Saturday-Stir Fry (not sure with what yet?) Sunday-Roast Pork, Roasties, Yorkies, Parsnips, Carrots & Sprouts Monday-White fish, parsley sauce, mash & peas Tuesday-Shepherds Pie, Carrots & cabbage Wednesday-Fish Pie & Peas Thursday-Egg, Chips &…
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a plea for a recipe from a 1970's Reader's Digest Cookery Year cookbook!
I saw another post about how to make the best scrambled eggs and it reminded me of a recipe for Southern Scramble. I'm pretty certain that's what it was called. In 1981 we had a crack-a-meal competition in school and we had to make a meal with eggs for 4 for 50p or under (inflation, huh?) I costed this recipe out and won…
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half slip for hipster skirt?
sorry cant find the exact part of forum for this one! I have a couple of skirts that instead of coming from the waist are more like ones that come from the hip. One of these is made of really cheap cotton and youngsters may get away with it but I need something to cover up my pants! however my elasticated half slips are no…
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need help, work 12 hour shifts so family not eating well when im not there to cook...
I need your advice and wealth of knowledge. I work as a nurse but do 12 hour shifts, 8am till 8pm which means for 3-4 days a week i am not home to cook the evening tea. This means leaving it up to my fella, so he eats crisps and my ds1 has something out of a tin. ds2 has pureed fruit/veg in freezer so know at least one of…
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How to get rust stains out of car boot?
Any ideas please? Something (no idea what) has been lying in a car boot and has left 2 sizeable rust marks on the car boot carpet. Will they shift do you think, or are they there for good now? I suspect they've already been there quite some time. Tried a household carpet cleaner but it didn't really help much.
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Bulk buying rice
My 20Kg sack of (Habib Pakistani basmati) rice ran out a month or so ago (it was one my dad got from the Chinese supermarket 4-5 years ago - and at the time was much cheaper than supermarket prices). I've been buying plain basmati rice from Tesco, for around £1.70 kilo to put me on until I get my next sack (either 10 or…
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Air freshner refills
If you have one of those airfreshners that use the mini refills and go off when something in the room moves the refills are about £3 each. The tiny airfreshners in Lidls which you fit inside a small plastic box and stick to the wall come with 3 refills for £1.74, and guess what they fit the branded automatic ones too, All…
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Kirstie Allsopps homemade home - OS opinions?
Hi All, I watched the new TV show Kirstie Allsopps homemade home last night on c4 and couldn't help but wonder what the OS'ers might make of it! Seemed to have some interesting ideas about getting things cheaply (like 'skipping') and then doing them up yourself to make them nice again, and haggling, which seems good sense.…
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OS Daily Friday 17th April 09
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 we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s…
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Gallon of wine for £2.03
I've just started my very first wine batch today. Bought a small fermenting kit on ebay and if all goes well I shall be taking advantage of all the natural resources the woodland around this little village has to offer. My first batch is a gallon of....wait for it....Tea Wine. If you think booze from Aldi and Lidl are…
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What to do when your budget runs out?
My food budget has run really short, what can I do to a) ensure that I don't end up like this next month (we've had no excess spending on the budget) and b) get through the rest of the month after this week? It's not the budgeting that's hard, it's the sticking within it. No wonder we've ended up 1000's in debt, I dread…
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Calling all cake makers - urgent help needed
Hello there I am about to make my sons birthday cakes - an inchworm and a worm cake. I am using a silicon round mould with a hole in the middle (think they might call it a bundt ring). It is this size 100mm / 4"deep x 245mm / 10" wide I thought I might make a chocolate one and a plain maderia one but I have no idea on how…
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Help please on finding a book!!
Please help. I've tried searching the site for info but to no avail - I could be up for the next two days searching.:eek: Basically, this woman wrote a book about living for a period of time on £1 a day. She was saving to buy a wedding present for her brother and due to her frugal existence was able to buy a lifetime…
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Veggie Fingers
I could live off these if I was allowed.. but Id like to try and make my own if anyone has a recipie? Infact theres a pack of tesco ones left.. might go stick them on he now.. Yum Yum :D
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How do you keep coriander fresh?
I love coriander and buy big bunches of it from the Asian supermarket. Even though I use loads, sometimes I have to store it for a few days - and, invariably, it tends to go slimey. Anybody know how to keep it fresh? The stuff I buy sometimes still has the roots on, sometimes not. I have tried standing it in a jar of water…
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any idea where.....
There are threads for homemade bread rolls but done by hand not with a breadmaker? i can't find them anywhere:confused: thanks jodie
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Recipe help please
Hi I have the following items that I want to use up over the next couple of weeks & am looking for ideas if you have any suggestions and/or recipes. Thanks :beer: Half a jar of ginger jam Some stem ginger in ginger syrup (was thinking of putting this in an apple crumble...) Half a pack of dates some fairly plain, slightly…
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How many oxo cubes?
Hi All I seem to have no success at all making soup, but I am going to persevere and try again later today. I have a nice looking recipe for a carrot soup, but, like all the soup recipes I see, it just says stock.. Is what I need to know is how many Oxo cubes would I use to make the vegetable stock for the soup?? How many…
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Suggestion to split "old style" into two new boards.
I posted this on site suggestions, I thought it only manners to post it here I have a suggestion to split "old style" into two new boards. One for cooking/food/menus/meal-planning only and a seperate one for everything & anything else. I love the cooking side of it, but its a huge board full of info & while lots of people…
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chicken and eggs
Hi I have bought a chicken today and now thinking of what to do with it. I am going to roast it on Sunday but will have at least a leg and half a breast left so, what else could I do with it. I really want to make the very most of it. I know I will slowcook the bones on Monday in the slow cooker and make a soup but what…
