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Soft bread stick
Evening all, I would like to make a soft baguette tonight but cannot find a recipe that i like, do any of you have a tried and tested recipe you would like to share with me please?? :)
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Tuna brown rice bake
Am having a real store cupboard challenge, staying away from the shops. I like the ideas of a tuna brown rice bake and wondered if anyone had any recipes. I did try google and most recipes were using condensed soup, which I don't have (plus rather making things from scratch as muach as I can!) Thanks in advance x
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Advice re dyeing required
Hi, having spent 5 hours trudging around the shops today trying to find daughter a dress for a prom, (and not wanting to spend an absolute fortune!) remembered we had an old dress at home that might be suitable. But it's the wrong colour! Only problem is its 65% polyester, 35% polyamide and 5% elastane. At the moment its a…
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Vegetarian Barbeque Ideas
I have a friend who is vegetarian, and thinking about inviting him to a BBQ. I want to serve everyone veggie food - although boyfriend is not so keen on that - and wondered if anyone had any ideas or recipes? At the moment I have thought of sweetcorn on the cob - does this need to be preboiled? - and Halloumi cheese (I…
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how do i clean burberry?
my mum has a burberry scarf that she wants to wash but it says dry clean only which she cant afford. i had a similar problem last year and put it in the machine on delicate cycle and it shrunk up like a piece rough felt.does anyone have any suggestions?
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best frugal recipes
do we have a section, I thought we had a list that people added daily their favourite/ just tried recipes. Really need some ideas of food that can be made as cheap as possible. Ta
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chicken from a butchers
i got given some chicken fillets from a friend who works in a butchers (on a friday) i left them in rhe fridge till monday then froze them, before i put them in the freezer i undid the bag, and i didnt like the smell at all! smelt horrible, but ive frozen them anyway - now im worried there might have been something wrong…
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Healthy get well soon cake?
A friend of mine has just been taken to hospital with a blood clot to his lung. I want to make him a get well soon cake when he's up to eating such things, but I want to make it with a clear conscience health-wise! Do you know of any recipes that would be suitable (e.g. low in saturated fat etc.)?
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Colour running when washing Pashmina shawl
I've just bought a lovely bright pink pashmina shawl in a charity shop for £1 which I've had to gently hand wash in tepid water because it had a grubby mark. However, the colour has still run badly. I obviously don't want to spend more money than I paid for keeping it clean but can anybody suggest a way of washing it in…
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OS Daily Wed 10th June 09
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread forWednesday 10th June. 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…
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Stuck For Ideas..
Hi, Yet another long time lurker here:hello: I have overspent again on my budget and am left with just £15 to feed me, OH and the two cats next week. The cats food is £4 leaving £11 for the two of us. Anyway... I have nothing in the freezer apart from green beans and my cupboard contains 1/2 bag of plain flour and some…
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Anyone used a Knittting Board?
I saw a knitting board on qvc yesterday morning and have to admit I'm tempted to get one, though I found somewhere on line that was cheaper then qvc. I love hand knitted items but I just can't used the needles now. This board seem to work on a weaving then hook and over system, similar to the old peg dolls we had as…
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Using a sewing machine
Apologies if this is not in the right section. I just inherited a very old Singer sewing machine - unfortunately without a manual!! And it's so old I can't seem to track one down. I'd love to be able to learn to use it and make 'stuff' - got lots of friends and family who are pregnant at the moment and would love to create…
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Dont laugh! - How to defrost whole chicken?
As title. Dont have a microwave and have just taken out a whole chicken of freezer for dinner tomorrow night. Will it defrost OK in fridge still in packet on a plate or do I need to put it anywhere else? Also it says freeze on day of purchase and use within one month, its has been there since start of April. Will it be ok…
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Soggy crackers? Make them into pastry...
I just recycled an opened box of Ritz crackers that had gone rather soggy - I dried them out on a baking tray at the lowest setting on my oven for about 15 minutes - they still tasted stale at this point (I used the rest of the oven for something else at the same time so avoid wasting the heat). Then, I whizzed them in my…
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Manx kipper fast help please!
:hello: What's the best way to cook the Manx kipper that I bought from Morrisons for 49p yesterday? Doesn't have to be fancy, just cooked. It needed eating yesterday.....:o Ta, MBE
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Toiletries - Old Style
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drunken chicken in the slow cooker
morning all, i am after a recipe it's by a lady called donna marie pye, the recipe is called drunken chicken done in the slowcooker i know it has celery in, please can anyone help got it from a library book called 300 slowcooker favourites, i wrote the recipe down and have lost it (typical) and the library has gotten rid…
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Losing One Wage! - need advise
My maternity leave has finished now - we were getting £1300 partners wages & £600 my wages = £1900 income my monthly bills are £1000 (not inc food) currently £240 per month on food £60 petrol = £1300. now my wages are gone so basically income is £1300 outgoings are £1300. My downfall is food as for a family of 3, i think i…
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I want to make Nandos style chicken. Can you help?
I love Nandos chicken. Unfortunately it's a very rare that I get to eat it as we don't have one in my town : (. Has anyone tried or know how to make chicken as close to Nandos as possible. Hmmm it would be delicious with chips and a salad. Our Tesco has a few Nandos sauces which one is best to use and how do I do it? Thanks
