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OS Daily Thread - Monday 14th September
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Monday 14th September. It 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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Weekly Flylady Thread 14th September 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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help for a OS bday....
Hello well it my dds bday on the 29th and i really dont want to be spending a fortune on ready made food etc like i have always done... First of i will make her bday cake (wish me luck...) so has any body got a easy no fail receipy for a cake?? Just a sponge one - have tried before and never get it just right :confused:…
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which one to go for?!!!!
Evening all, I've been looking at buying a breadmaker and saved my money, so started having a peek tonight. The cheapest one i've found was about 30quid, but the reviews on it are less than good! Sooooo it them jumps from 30 to about 50quid. HOWEVER- I am also going to be buying a food processor and again after reading the…
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Rhubarb Jam
I have a jar of Rhubarb jam which I made last year and have just not used till today. The sugar in it has crystallised, its awfully crunchy:rolleyes:. I was wondering, apart from mixing with rhubarb and making a crumble, what else can i do with it? Could I reheat it and set it again?
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Le Creuset with Broken Knob
Hi, We have a large Le Creuset casserole which would cost £88 to replace according to Amazon. It's used pretty much constantly and simply loved to bits. Sad, I know!! Anyhow, my son dropped the lid washing up last week and the black knob at the top has broken. Everytime we use it now and wash-up we've a bit less knob :o…
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'Lemon Chiffon Pie' using Greens pie mix?
Hi there, Has anybody ever made something my other half calls a 'Lemon Chiffon Pie' - basically like lemon meringue but the egg whites and the lemony bit are mixed to make a fluffy mixture. Could you tell me how it's made please as he's craving (used to have it a long time ago).
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What foot do I need for my sewing machine- please help!
Hi All, I have tried searching the net and searching MSE but I can't see what I want- I think this is because I don't know what to search for. I have a Brother XL- 5032 which I was given a while back but haven't got round to using until today. However it has only two feet with it; 1. short (<inch)with a blue 'C' shaped end…
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Can I freeze pears?
I have a bumper-crop of pears. i would like to peel them, make them into cubes, and freeze them in 'individual' portions (enough to be used when needed in a fruit salad). Is this feasible, or will the pears defrost badly? :confused:
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Silly question - ground rice
I was wanting to make a rice pudding for tonight, but we dont get pudding rice here - only the normal long grain and I do have some basamati in the cupboard. If I put some lg rice raw in the liquidiser - would that end up something like a pudding rice? Its just a time thing coz the lg way takes hours in the oven.... tia
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Can you dye towels?
I am trying to spruce up the bathroom a bit on a serious budget. Do you think I could dye towels or would they run when used? I have a few light coloured ones that i want to make dark brown. I was thinking of using the washing machine dye. Anyone tried this?
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I'd like to start baking...
... but I don't have a clue where to start :) If I've done anything before it's always been a packet mix sponge put with a tin of custard - I'd like to try cakes and other things but I always started putting together a list of things to buy - various sugars/flours/food colours/food flavourings etc and it's always come to a…
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Cheap slow cooker
Hey all Asda apparently have one for £7. I just spotted this on the 'Quick grabbit while you can' board and thought it might be useful to be reposted on the OS board. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=25063083#post25063083 Thanks to the OP Catseyes777 who posted it yesterday. I'm off to Asda to…
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want to cook old style/unprocessed
i'm back again with an update on my 'progress' with learning about food and trying to eat healthily and cheap. i've been reading 'eat your heart out' (felicity lawrence) and its opened my eyes to a lot of things. as i mentioned on another thread for example, breakfast, we have aisles of processed boxes of cereal but…
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Best before Sept 2007!
I am planning on doing some baking this week and have found cream of tartar and essence of rosewater which I bought a little while ago both unopened with best before dates way back in 2007. I am sure that as they are unopened they will be safe to use (as it is a best before not use by date) but as I have never used these…
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Do you miss anything from your "old life?"
Do you miss anything from the old pre OS life? Personally after years of chaos I'm on top of the weekly shop which feels great. I've found some great buys in charity shops.I don't eat out anymore and don't miss it at all. On the down side I don't really see how we can economise on shoes and no holiday has left me rather…
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OS Daily Thread - Sunday 13th September
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sunday 13th September. It 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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Anyone make Pad Thai?
Near where I work is a place that does the most amazing Pad Thai. I've tried to recreate it at home using a recipe I found on the BBC food website. But it wasn't really right, also the rice noodles were sticky/clumpy. I used Shredded omelet chicken prawns spring onions rice noodles garlic Nam pla (fish sauce) tomato sauce…
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defrosted veg
oh unplugged the freezer by "mistake" it was in the garage so didn't notice until too late, some of the food I've cooked, some I've had to throw away but was wondering if I can re freeze frozen veg that has defrosted?:o
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cleaning schedules
are there any wizards out there that i can just print out and fill my own details in ? as im no good with computers thank
