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Breadmaker Timing? How Long To Cool?
I want to start putting my BM on a timer so that I wake upto a fresh loaf but one that has cooled so I make sandwiches for lunch straight away. Does anyone else do this? How long would it take for a loaf to cool if left in the bread maker whilst Im still sleeping :p Also, would the bread sweat and go soggy? Oh just thought…
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OS Daily Thread - Friday 4th September
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Friday 5th 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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What went wrong with my stew?
Hi everyone, I made a stew for our dinner this evening and it went horribly wrong! I used stewing steak from the butchers (have just found a local butchers so we're trying it out!), carrots, parsnips, an onion, mushrooms and beef stock. I bunged it all in my slow cooker at lunchtime. We ate at around 7.30 and the 'juice'…
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I've wrecked my jumper
Is there anything I can do? It was red wool and I admit that it said handwash only but I've had it months and washed it loads of times in a garment bag in the machine on a 30 minute 30 degree wash but tonight its come out and it feels like felt and its really really small.......please dont tell me it's ruined?? Is there…
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Keeping Tea towels and Oven Gloves Clean
I accidentally set fire to my oven gloves last week so took the opportunity to replace them - I do a lot of cooking. However, I'm now reluctant to use my new ones (sad I know), how do you keep yours looking nice in the kitchen whilst still having them as active roles. The other thing is my teatowels never stay 100% stain…
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making your own bread - worth it?
seeing as own brand loaves are about 78p and brand names nearing £1.50p should i buy a bread-maker and try myself???
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Crumble Topping (made too much) Freeze it?
I have made a couple of plum and apple crumbles this afternoon. I have made to much of the crumble topping :rolleyes: Can it be frozen for a later date? Do I bake it first? Can anyone suggest anything I can do with it as I don't like waste. Thanks in advance. Chay
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Can I add to frozen curry in freezer?
Hey all I have just made a chickpea and pea curry but have leftovers. I already have a small amount of the same receipe curry in the freezer which is in a big container. Can I add todays leftover's to this? I would wait for it to cool completely first before adding to it. Or should I freeze it separately? TIA x
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Alternative to sleeping tablets
hi everyone I'm really struggling getting off to sleep but i don't want to spend £8 on sleeping aids - any ideas for an alternative?
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Question about jelly
might be a very sill question but you see all these jelly pots for the kids that you can buy in the supermarket, well can i make my own jelly at home like i do for dessert and put in a tupperware for my kids packed lunch or would it just melt by the time they got to eat it? Thanks Angelrae
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I've got all my chutney ingredients.. but how to I prepare Ginger?!
I have found a gorgeous recipe on BBC food web site for pear & Ginger chutney..mmm!! Got all the pears reduced today, and have bought root ginger.. it says grate it, but do i peel off the brown outer layer first? how long will this keep in the fridge? i've never used it before( can you tell, lol!) so don't want to have to…
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cooling lunch boxes
My ds starts primary school next week and we've decided to send him with a packed lunch (the dinners would cost us nearly 20.00 per week :eek:) Hes got cerebral palsy and can only use one hand so I've spent all my time working out things he could take that he can open with one hand(containers and drinks bottles etc) that I…
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Time Warp Wives
This programme looks interesting Time Warp Wives, Thursday 03 September, 8:30pm - 9:00pm on More4 Radio Times blurb says ... four women who are desperate to be old-fashioned housewives. Joanne, Debbie, Diane and Sammi all hanker after life in a different era. And it's not just about vintage clothes and decor. They have…
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Carrot and Parsnip ideas?
I'm cooking a sausage casserole in the slow cooker and was wondering what I can do with the bag of sweet parsnips and carrots that I have in the fridge. Can anyone suggest anything that doesn't include a lot of fat please? I have used them mashed together in the past but was wondering if any other members could give me any…
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any weigh and buy stores?
i remember as a child in the 1970s / early 80s there was a shop that sold everything loose (rice, cornflakes etc etc), you filled up your container with the scoops and paid for the amount you wanted? are there still any shops like this? a friend linked me to unpackaged.com but this looks a bit fancy / pricey.
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recipe help..
i have a pack of stewing steak, one carrot and one parsnip, onion, potatoes and herbs etc. is it possible for me to make stew with this as there is only 1 carrot n parsnip?? OH used wat i has bought lastnigt for his tea and I didnt know. i dont have time to go to shops today either.....anyone amny gd ideas????
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MealPlans WB 7th September 2009
Hi Guys! Can you believe it's the end of the summer holidays aready:eek::eek::eek: This week we are having: Sat-At Nephew's Sun-Chicken, Stuffing, Roasties, Yorks, HG Carrot/Swede Mash & Peas Mon-Chilli Sausages, Colcannon & Peas/Sweetcorn Tues-Baked Spud with Cheese & Beans or Tuna Wed-HM Fish Pie, Peas & French Beans…
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Sweetcorn in the slow cooker
Hi all I am making an 'everything' chicken casserole in my slow cooker - it has the last of everything I have harvested from the garden and I was going to add some sweetcorn (defrosted from the freezer). Is it okay to add this in at the beginning, or should I wait for the last hour? I use my slow cooker all the time, but…
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cheap packet lunch ideas
hi all hope u r well? i'm doing quite well with my meals freezing and stuff i work at night so i've been cooking main meal in day and leaving sandwiches for them in day but getting abit bored of sandwiches now. so be great if u could give me some ideas of other things i can do. needs to be mainly cold cause dd at…
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Problems with my breadmaker :(
Hi All Dunno if I'm posting this in the right place...but here goes.. As a wedding present, we received some money and treated ourselves to a breadmaker to save money on how much bread we buy that then goes stale within 48 hours. The past two loaves I've made have risen perfectly....right up until the last 55 minutes of…
