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Is my chorizo OK to eat pls?
Best before date is 9 Sept. 2009 and is still unopened and has been in fridge all this time. Is it still OK to eat? Opinions pls.
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Help, i have killed my gas steamer, how do i revive it?
I used my gas stove steamer today but forgot to keep an eye on it and the base has a load of burnt on rubbish after i let the water run dry. Rather than get another steamer is there anything i can do to revive the burnt one? I have only had it 5 months but i am always using it. Thank you rigs
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Electric Tortilla Maker
Hi, I'm looking for an electric tortilla maker but have had no luck tried both high street and online retailers.:o I wondered if anyone knew of any stores online or offline where I could purchase one at a reasonable price, I have seen some available on Ebay but the prices are well over £50, I was hoping to spend around…
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Safety question - Do I need to buy a new fridge?
I had to pull my fridge out earlier on as I had spilled some water, and needed to pull the fridge out, to mop up some of the water that had gone under it. Ever since I have noticed it is wobbly, like the legs are uneven or something. Every time I open the fridge door the fridge wobbles. Is this unsafe? Could it cause a…
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Does anyone have a Morphy Richards 48200 breadmaker
I have just picked up one of these at a Car Boot for £2.50 :j:j:j It is an old model I know but it is complete with instruction booklet and like new inside including the pan. Unfortunately, the measure is missing and the instructions give 'measures' of flour, water etc but not how much is in the measure. Can anyone help me…
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Old fashioned stripy flannellette sheets
Does anyone know where I can get those old fashioned stripy flannellette sheets from? I have bought flannel ones from various shops but they always seem to go bobbly really quick. My Gran had hers for years and nevver had boobly bits on them.
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Stopping avacados going brown (without lemon!)
Title says it all! I want to take avacado sandwiches for lunch at work but I haven't got any lemon juice to stop them browning. Is there any other way I can stop them going a manky colour, really does put me off my lunch when they turn the colour of sludge! :o
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Nigel Slater , Tender , The book !!
Got this a couple of days ago , and its well worth getting !! If you want to get it , use a printable voucher worth 5 quid so you get it for a tenner .
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Hello I'm new and chestnut question
Hi I have just started to embrace a 'waste not, want not' approach to life and have really enjoyed reading the forum posts over the last couple of weeks and have found a lot of inspiration here. I hope that I can start to contribute a little to help others when I can x A quick question: I've gathered some chestnuts from…
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Just applied for a crayfish fishing licence
Okay thought id bag some of these tasty morsals and do my bit for the resident crayfish, anyone else fish for them . Thought id do it legally as i dont fancy a huge fine .. :T
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(Pink) Cupcake Recipe please?
Can anyone give me a good recipe for cupcakes with frosting please, one that I can colour pink (I'm armed with pink food paste!). We have a fundraising cake stall at work each year for the Think Pink (cancer) charity and this year I want to do pink cupcakes. I've not had any experience with the frosting on top but how hard…
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Baking 2 things at once in oven?
Hi, This may be a silly question, so please excuse me if it is. I often bake a cake and biscuits at the same time or 2 savoury things but could i bake a cake and a roast at the same time or would the smell from the roast go into the cake? Seriously I have no idea:o
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OS Daily Thread - Sunday 11th October
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sunday 11th 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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Bread that needs help!
Hi Everyone This weekend I have my neqhew over. So i decieded to do a little homebaking(i think my to try and improve my skills rather than his!). Anyway at 10yrs old he is quite adept in the kitchen so i trusted a whole recipe to him. We searched together to get a easy bread recipe and came across the 5minute Artisan…
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Fly spray on Window
Does anybody have an effective way of removing stubborn fly spray from glass?
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How do I ripen mango's??
I managed to buy 5 mango's today for 50p! Great bargain but they are as green as anything and very hard. How do I get them to ripen quickly, or quicker, so we can eat them??? Thanks in advance LL
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How do I get sheets white again?
Get my poisoned sheets back to white again? I can't seem to get them to stay white - I wash them on a weekly basis!
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Living On A Shoestring
Has anybody got any tips to keep me off bargain hunting and therefore overspending and to live on what i need and not buying and overstocking on other things. What do people do instead of spend to cheer themselves up especially in winter? Would love to learn other peoples attitude to money and spending.:beer:
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Nigel Slater, simple suppers, mortar and pestle
Can anyone recommend somewhere I could get a wide shallow mortar and pestle like the one that Nigel uses in this show? I really need a new one, current is tiny and his looks really big and easy to use...
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soda crystals/ caustic soda fow wc pan
soda crystals/ caustic soda Q. are these one and the same product? i am looking to use somthing to freshen up the toilet bowl in the wc which is not as gleaming white as it used to be. any advice appreciated :money:
