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Dye for bra for teenager please
Hi my baby has started wearing bras! she is 12 years old ! I refuse to buy the ones designed to make our children look either 'sexy' or the padded ones ! So I have bought her some white non-wired 'very simple ones......they fit perfectly .... my question is......as they only seem to come in white....and the coloured ones…
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Slow cooker expertise required and fast - a very quick question
Hi all, sorry for not posting on an existing slow cooker thread but I need replies pretty quickly if possible. I have had a beef stew in the sc since about 7.30 this morning on low, then I switched it up to high when I added the mushrooms at about 4pm. Just been to have a look an the beef is browned in some parts, still…
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Looking for a Sewing Kit!
I have some buttons to put on a couple of shirts and just realised that the only place short of a department store I could think of getting needles and threads is Woolworths!:eek::rolleyes::eek: Which is a shame under the circumstances. Does anyone else know where you can get such basic items. Argos does a nice set for £9…
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I am a proud new owner of a Slow Cooker - where to start?!`
Hello OldStyleeee People! Mr GG and I are the proud new owners of a brand spanking new Slow Cooker. I am so very happy. Only problem now is where to start. I am NO Delia, nor am I very successful at cook by numbers, though I shall sure as hell give it a go. I guess what I am asking is what is the easiest, peasiest, recipe…
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pasta bake
Am thinking of cooking a whole chicken for tea tonight, and as there will be some meat left, am thinking of letting DD1 loose in the kitchen to do her pasta bake she made at school last week. I know i should know this, but if chicken is already cooked once, is it ok to cook again in the pasta bake?? And, as DD1 is at…
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is this any good?
i was looking at getting a small food processor and was looking at the kenwood fp580 - has anyone got one/had one? would they recommend it or warn me off? thanks jodie
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Looking for pork pie or 4" cake tin WITHOUT a loose base...
I'm hoping someone on here will have an ingenious idea.... OH has coeliac disease so is gluten-free. We get a gluten-free mix on prescription - add water and oil and it makes bread. He prefers it baked as rolls to a loaf of bread. I used a muffin tin to try out the rolls first time. They were good but tiny. The main…
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Slow cooker need advice please
Hi, Iam fairly new to to using a SC and usually use fresh veg but only have frozen veg this week. I was going to make sausage and veg casserole but am unsure if i can use frozen veg or not. Thanks for any help. Tracy and clan
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Anyone know how to make donner kebab meat?
Hello everyone :hello: I've got a friend coming over tomorrow with her pregnant daughter. Her daughter has a bit of a craving for donner kebabs so I thought I'd have a go at making the meat myself. Do any of you know how to make it? I do have a spit roast thing so that's all good but other than that I'm a bit lost. Can…
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OS Daily 15th Monday June 09
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Mon 15th 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 already.…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 15th 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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What can I use all bran for?
I bought a box of All-bran to eat for breakfasts but I dont like it! :o Is there anything I can do/make with it? :beer:
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What can I do with Fondant icing?
I have a 1kg pack of Tesco Ready Ice fondant icing left over from cake decorating at christmas. It has a long shelf life but rather than leave it there until next christmas I wondered about making sweets with it. If I just add some peppermint essence and roll it into small balls and let dry would that be enough or would I…
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Retirement party food that's inexpensive - ideas please!
Hi, A colleague is retiring soon and staff have been asked to provide some food for the retirement party. There will be around 70 people at this party. I'm about to leave this employment myself (temp contract) without any idea of when my next post will come - it could be as long as 6 months - so I feel that I just don't…
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What can I do with tons of nectarines & melons?
I need some help, urgently!! My sister has been helping out on a fruit & veg stall on the market today and has just dropped off 2 TRAYS of damaged nectarines and 8 damaged galia melons :eek:!! "Here you go" she said "You're always going on about food waste - so do something with that lot!!" :confused: I've not got a lot of…
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Rhubarb pie.
:hello: I'm making a great big rhubarb pie. :drool: Well, I would be if I knew what I was doing. :o I'm reasonably sure I can handle the pastry bit. I'm using this dish: So....how much rhubarb do I need? :confused: I'm assuming I cook the rhubarb in a little bit of water to soften it, with some sugar. Any idea how much…
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masa harina/ fine corn meal - tortillas???
Hi everyone, I want to make some CORN TORTILLAS but the recipes I have found say I have to use MASA HARINA (?). I only have fine corn meal flour (for cornbread, polenta). Can I use this or is it ESSENTIAL to buy masa harina? - will the tortillas be ok??? Thanks!!
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Making the most out of your joint of meat
just a bit of showing off really, but was incredibly impressed with what we manged on Friday... - just thought I'd share it... It started in Sainsbury's on Fri evening.. 3 ribs of beef, 3.3Kg, original price 12.49/kg, full price, £41.22 It was the end of the day so they'd marked it down to £16 for the whole thing. openly…
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OS Daily Sun 14th June 09
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sun 14th 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 already.…
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Gift for ill neighbour
Hi all just found out my neighbor has a serious illness and i want to give her a gift, something that when she sees it she will know everyone is thinking of her and wishing her well etc. My problem is that it was her birthday recently and she gave me a ticking off for wasting my money on a gift instead of spending it on my…
