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Cooking split peas without soaking
I forgot to soak yellow split peas overnight and now I want to make a soup. Is it ok just to cook them until they're soft without soaking, and any idea how long this is likely to take? I don't have a pressure cooker so just on the hob :(
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can i freeze leftover chicken and veg pie, made from leftovers?
hi not sure where to ask this , i had my first go at "rubber chicken" on sat we had a roast dinner, sunday we was all going to have chicken fried rice, with garlic bread. but ended up with tea at ma mums, (dh was workin, he had a some chicken and a ub express rice when he got home) today he had a chicken omlet for his…
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Best meat to get?
We are down to one teeny pingpong ball of frozen mince in the freezer, so I need to go to Costco this week for more meat. Wondering what meat you all find goes furthest but is also more flexible ? :D I am not mad on beef but we always seem to go for beef stew as I can't think of anything else. I am on a very limited budget…
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soaking fruit for Xmas cake
Started to soak the fruit for our Xmas cake in brandy yesterday and was going to make it today, however I'm now thinking that with a day off on Wednesday, I'd rather make it then. Do you think if I stirred the fruit daily and kept it covered with cling film in the fridge, it would still be OK on Wednesday?
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Slow cooker - help needed please
good afternoon everyone im looking for a bit of help. i have a swan P62 slow cooker and im doing a stew. the thing is i have lost my instruction manual and i cant find one online anywhere. the question i have is this....... which is high and with is auto? the slow cooker has a light switch type switch (just turned on its…
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Oven gloves for breadmaker
I need oven gloves. I don't have any as I use tea-towels, I always think oven gloves are dirty looking things. But I got a bread maker now & the pan comes out red hot & you have to grip it & stop the handle dropping down & pump it up & down a couple of times to get the bread to drop out. Was thinking of silicone (clean)…
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ratatouille
afternoon guys, sitting here doing menu plan and sorting cupboards and found a tin of ratatouille (dd's absolute fave she'll have it on and with anything lol) anyway thinking how expensive it is for 1 tin so found this recipe in the index to make it Basque ratatouille cant do link sorry. it says that you can freeze it but…
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Freezing Chinese Garlic
I can not seem to find an anwer through searching, so maybe someone knows about garlic freezing? My friend was going on holiday today, so yesterday came around with some food she had not used up. This was frankly hilarious as there was an immense amount of food! The strange one is a sack of garlic(she is not british and…
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What to do with extra "soaked" dried fruit?
We've just put our Christmas cakes in the oven but hubby has soaked too much dried fruit (why would you measure it when you could just guess :rolleyes:). I don't really want to make another Christmas cake but I'm struggling for ideas as to what to do with it. I think it's about 1.5lb, perhaps a bit less.... Any suggestions?
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how do you make bread?
This might be a very weird question - but how do you make bread? We've been given an old breadmaker with no instructions, and I would love to use it - any tried and tested recipies for me?
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Can you make porridge in an intellichef?
Hi, My slow cooker lid has broken, and it is not economical to replace, so I am thinking of "upgrading"... I have had a little bonus from work, so was thinking about treating myself either one of those porridge cooking, rice cooking, 4 in 1 slow cookers, or an intellichef. I am leaning towards an intellichef because of the…
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OS Daily Thread - Sunday 18th October
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sunday 18th October. 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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live yeast question
Hi, I have some "yea sacc" live yeast in dried form (used for supplimenting horses) can I grow this at home? I've read it is a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewers yeast. I just wondered if I can keep it growing at home and have a continual supply, or am I just talking rubbish? I used to grow keiffer (cant spell…
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I've gone completely blank!
I used to meal plan and manage to shop OS but lately, thanks to a lot of upheaval, I have lost my way and the meals I prepare are well, either pasta, pizza or fish fingers! I attempted a pineapple chicken dish this evening and grabbed worcestershire sauce instead of soy sauce so that ended up in the bin and we ate noodles…
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Heads up - some great bargains on the Book People site
Don't know if anyone is interested in these, but at the moment you can get the River Cottage Every Day book (£12.50 on Amazon) for £9-99, Rachel Allen's Home Cooking (£13.74 on Amazon) for £7.99, and Alison Smith's Sewing book (£15.67 on Amazon) for £8.99. Also you can get free postage with the code 199FPP. Bargainous!
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oven cleaning companies in Hampshire
I've used all the products that you all seem to love and have failed to clean the roof of my build-in combination built in Bosch oven/micowave. The shelves are gleaming but the ceiling is thick with grease and the heating element of the oven bit cannot be removed. Has anyone got any recommendations of someone who will come…
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Full freezer - but never know what to cook
Hi Everyone Back here looking for inspiration I have done a store cupboard and freezer list In the store cupboard I have pretty much eveything you need as basics Tins - Toms, Baked Beans, Kidney Beans, Chickpeas, Sweetcorn, Tom Puree Herbs/Spices Rice, Pasta, Noodles, Couscous Various oils In the freezer as follows 6 ready…
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Easy recipe for Caramelised Onion Chutney
Hi I would love to make caramelised onion chutney and wondered if anyone has an easy receipe. Many thanks Kit
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Kitchen sink
Hi all! I have a black Roc kitchen sink- no idea what it's actually made of! Just wondered if anyone had any ideas for giving it a deep clean,as I do remember it saying when I bought it about not using bleach as it will take the colour off. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Any cure for my 'baggy' boots!
I bought some lovely suede boots from ebay. A good combinaiton of style and comfiort. Unfortuantely the legs are kind of baggy and dont stay up. If I were them for more than five minutes then the legs just end up around my ankles. Any ideas for treatment or is there a baggy boot cure that I have never heard of?:confused:…
