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Chicken stock question 'edit' & another!
When making chicken stock, do you throw in the skin as well? I have been, but I don't know if that's right or not? Thanks in advance.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 1st June 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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freezing rice
My Oh and I love the microwave rice that you can buy but it is quite expensive. I was thinking if I bought some value rice and cooked a batch of it maybe I could freeze it and then microwave it when I wanted it. Only thing is never tried it and wondered if anyone had tried it before. Does it come out alright and do you…
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Dressmaking book help please
Hey all This is kinda OS but feel free to move if I've posted in wrong place! I need some help with choosing a birthday present for a friend. She keeps mentioning wanting to make her own clothes but has no designs to follow for the right shapes etc. So can anyone recommend a good book that I can buy her for her birthday…
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I need to learn to cook !!!
i've been trying to learn to cook for a while but i dont seem to be getting very far. i'm veggie except for the odd tuna sandwich. i dont think this helps as most recipe books are based around meat dishes. ive tried various veggie recipes books and find that the recipes often arent filling, not including a proper source of…
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What Snack/small meal are you into at the moment?
I'm fed up eating pot noodle, tins of soup, super noodles and was wandering what snacks/small meals does it for you at the moment. Something quick and easy:D
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Pink burgers
Just wondered if someone could advise, my dear OH has just cooked us all some lovely burgers from a top local butcher on the barbeque but they were still a bit pink. He said that was the best way for them to be cooked. They weren't rare still bloody, just still a bit pink inside and I am now worried after eating 3/4 of it…
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sun cream lotion stain on car leather seats
I wonder if anyone can help...... Yesterday I went for a walk with dad yesterday. Put m,y sunlotion on, rubbed it all in but then when reaching in the car to get something, put my other hand on the leather seat and it left an oily impression. having done this before without realising (:confused: ) is there anything I can…
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Storing gluten free dough
Hi, Just wondering if anyone knew how best to store some left over bread dough. I don't want to use all of it otherwise the bread will go off in this heat. I've wrapped it in cling film and debating whether to put it in the fridge or freezer to use another day???:confused: Mrs Toast
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Getting Coleslaw out of a suit
I managed to get a bit of coleslaw on my brand new suit jacket at a wedding yesterday. I rubbed a bit of water on it and forgot about it (a few beers helped this!) It's luckily pretty unnoticeable, but was just wondering if anyone had any ideas how to get rid of the stain? The suit is shiny grey, and the trousers are 55%…
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OS'ers who keep your house nice and clean...
Do you notice that you have less spiders in your house if you do your housework regularly? And for those who are like me and are a bit on the slobby side with housework, do you notice you get a lot more of them? The reason I'm asking is that I've been seeing loads of spiders this past couple of months. I moved into my…
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Recipease, Jamie's new cooking lessons
Just subscribed to Jamies new mag, got 2 & 3 in Smiths yesterday, just need to find 1, I have emailed the subscription centre. While browsing I noticed this. Jamies new cooking workshops http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipease/index.html Its Jamies team teaching, do you think its a complete waste of money? I can only do a…
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OS Daily Sunday 31st May 09
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sat 31 May. 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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Food budget for 2 adults and a 1 year old?
I have been having a bit of a stress today, I have been doing a spreadsheet of all income and expenditure since January and it seems we overspend by £400 nearly every month. I am looking at areas to cut down and it seems we spend about £350 - £400 monthly on groceries. What do you think is an appropriate amount to spend…
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Crock pot disaster!
I have just had a curry made in a crock pot and it tasted OK but looked dreadful! The sauce had separated and it was like oily soup. We all ate it but what did I do wrong? It was a chicken curry by the way and the first time I have cooked a curry in a crock pot. I usually use it for stews and casseroles and they are…
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Food processors?
Can anyone advise me what to look for in a food processor? I basically just want it for making stuffing, and sauces and maybe even soups?? I seen one for 14.99 in Mr T's for 15quid and the features are: AttachmentsStainless steel disc for slicing, shredding & grating. Twin blades for chopping & mixing.Blender…
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Blancmange disaster, please help!
Hey, I`m going to a bbq tonight and was asked to bring 2 chilled desserts along as my contribution. I made some jelly and a blancmange about 10am, so they`ve been in the fridge about 3 1/2 hours. The jelly is pretty much set but the blancmange is still completely liquid :eek: I`m staring to panic as i have about 3 hours…
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How to cook chicken? Need help for today!
I have been a vegetarian for around 25 years, I have no idea how to cook any form of meat as both my DH and my children are all vegetarians as well - I have never had any need to cook meat before. I have a whole chicken coming from MrTs later today that I need to cook. What do I do with it? How do I prepare it and how long…
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OS Daily Sat 30th May 09
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sat 30 May. 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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butter stain removal please?
my mum dribbled some hot butter from her crumpets on to her top which is 100% cotton. she has washed in plain soap and water and nothing, then she tried running an iron over it with brown paper in hope that would soak it up, but no nothing has worked, does anyone have any suggestions?