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What Lamb cut do you think kebab shops use for shish kebabs?
What Lamb cut do you think kebab shops use for shish kebabs? I've just made the Economy Gastronomy page 227 lamb kebabs & I used neck fillett, it cost a lot. I would think a fast food place would use cheaper cuts, BUT shish kebabs are cooked fast over the charcoal so no chance of slow cooking. It cost about £8.00 for 0.6…
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Dyeing artificial flowers
My father has some artificial hydrangea mopheads which he simply plugs into his hanging baskets when his summer flowers give up the ghost. They look pretty good and provide cheerful winter colour but, after a few years use, have begun to fade. Can anyone suggest a dye I could use to re-colour them? I need a fairly basic…
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Help - recipe for piping biscuits needed
I've been given a piping set for making biscuits but it doesn't contain any recipes. Does some kind soul have any recipes that are suitable for piping
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Choclate Sponge cake?
Can I freeze a choclate sponge cake with choclate butter icing? Preferably in portions?
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Help! Need help to remove sticky labels from paper
Hi, I've made a mistake at work and my boss isn't very happy to say the least. I put address labels on some Christmas cards but I was meant to only do 100 cards. In the box there were 300 but I thought there was 100 in there so I've done another 200 by mistake :embarasse . The labels will not come off the cards. They leave…
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Uses for Yeast Extract
Since OH was made redundant we've bought the OB version of this famous spread and as he's the main one for eating it he didn't find the taste any different. Apart from on crackers or on bread I find it's really good to add to pep up a veggie gravy, we use it in cheese straws and sometimes spread under cheese on toast. Any…
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how would you flavour your rice
to be as close as possible to the microwaveable Uncle Ben's Chinese style Rice? My son adores this rice, infact he won't eat any other rice. But its rather expensive and is probably bursting with nasty additives, so how would you go about flavouring your boiled rice so that it was similar to Uncle Ben's? I've tried fried…
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Old Style way of Getting Rid of a Cold?
Have had a rotten cold for a week my glands are huge this morning and tender. Am taking extra vitamin c & zinc & spend a fortune on vitamins each month. Any cheap and effective old style ways of getting rid of a cold would be appreciated, also got mouth ulcers and my skins broken out too - argh!
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Making HM boil in the bag fish
Hey just wondered if anyone can help I love the convenience of boil in the bag fish, (if you know the type I mean often has a sauce with it, all types of fish, prawns, salmon). However often it doesnt taste as nice as if I made the fish myself. I wondered if anyone knew how I could make my own boil in the bag fish that I…
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Meringue Question?
Hello, I am contributing mini meringue nests with cream and fruit for a buffet tonight.. How long before am I able to put the cream on without them going soggy? We will be eating at about 9 but we will be leaving at 7 ish.. Or would you say to take the fruit and cream seperate and prepare them just before?
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OS Daily Thread - Monday 26th October
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Monday 26th 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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Weekly Flylady Thread 26th October 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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piping cupcakes - i cant do it help!
Hi all, i'm going to make halloween cupcakes and usually decorate them with icing and chocolate , do monsters and spiders webs etc but i wanted to have a go at piping some in buttercream in purple and orange etc and then sprinkling them with sugar sprinkles etc. However I cant pipe!!:mad: I've made the buttercream ok but i…
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Oxo jug and fat separator
I have already started a thread on "dustcatcher" gadgets but today we have been cooking duck and saving the fat from it. It reminded me to tell you about a really useful bit of kit. This is the Oxo Good Grips Fat Separator: http://www.oxo.com/OA_HTML/xxoxo_ibeCCtpOXOPrdDtl.jsp?a=b&item=48383 It is a measuring jug which has…
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Singer Sewing Machine Samba 6 6215C
Hi Singer Sewing Machine "Samba 6" Model No. 6215C Hope someone can help. My mum has been given the above sewing machine but has no manual. I have searched the net but all I can find are instructions that have to be purchased for about £10. Does anyone know where else I might get the instructions from for free please?…
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Cookies and Pastry.
Hi, I'm new to this forum, and I'm a student at university, living on my own for the first time. I would normally ring my mum and ask her these sorts of questions, but she's on holiday, so I was hoping you could help me. I want to make a pie with some of my mince next week. I know how to make the filling, but need a bit of…
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Cheap OS remedy for drain smells??
Hi everyone. In my (rented) house, there's a family bathroom and an en-suite shower room. My kids tend to come and use the shower in my en-suite (which is much nicer than the shower over the bath) and they prefer to brush their teeth in there too. So the basin and bath in the "family bathroom" don't get much use. Every so…
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Can someone point me in the right direction?
Hi, Can someone point me in the right direction of bannana cake recipe please, i have looked cant find it, Thankyou :)
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have to recommend a recipe
We just had this for lunch and it was lovely! I only used 70g chorizo(and put it in when took chicken out), but added a couple sweet pots, and we used 1kg spuds (these were roasted on their own as not enough room in the tin for everything!) Once I took all the veg out I made a sherry gravy. It was delicious :D The leftover…
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Can I cook a whole chicken in my Remoska?
It fits into the deep pan fairly snugly, the top of the chicken will be close to the lid tho. Or should I just use the big regular oven? thanks.
