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Can I cook a pork joint in slow cooker & still have crackling?
Is there any way to do this? When I've tried cooking a joint in an oven, the meat ends up all chewy... in a slow cooker its melt in the mouth! Is there a way to cook in a slow cooker, then change to an oven to get the crackling?
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Tiny little puppy, pattern needed
Hi my son-in-law has bought my DD a miniture Jack Russell pup for her 40th birthday, it is very small, the runt of the litter(think the size of a bag of sugar) and she wants me to knit it a tiny coat as the pup gets very cold very quickly if she is out of her basket and running around indoors.The pup is almost 9 weeks old…
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OS Daily Thread - Friday 11th December
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Friday 11th December.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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need some 200/250ml glass screwtop bottles - any ideas?
Can anyone help?? I need some smallish glass bottles with screw top lids for bottling home made chilli sauce - last time I managed to buy a crate of 250 ml hibiscus drinks in glass bottles from Approved Food, which worked out about 6p a bottle! However, they no longer stock this, and I am looking for some bottles which fit…
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2 interesting programmes on telly tomorrow night
There are two programmes that I will be watching tomorrow: Tonight on ITV at 8pm Christmas for a pound closely followed by the first of Victorian Farm Christmas on BBC2 at 9pm I can't wait:j
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Help: meal plans
Hi all, hope you can help. Now I do make meal plans and this has helped with the budget.....BUT......having given my SOA to the bank they have told me that my food bill for myself and 2 DD's is too high (oh and cat) £140 a month: about £35 a week. I have worked out that I would need to spend £90 a month to make my loan…
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recipe for celery and white stilton with apricots soup?
does anyone have a recipe for this? i have looked and can't find one anywhere! my bf's mum made it for us a couple of weeks ago but she won't give me the recipe lol i know its probably very os, but i'd like to make it for my bf as a treat :)
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Does stilton need to be kept in the fridge?
Hiya, I had a look through but couldn't see the answer to my question, I thought some of you nice people might know! I wanted to buy a stilton in a ceramic pot for a christmas present. Does anyone know whether it will be OK to keep it out of the fridge for a few days while it is transported to another house and placed…
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Meal Plans WB 14 December 2009
Couldn't see the thread yet. Hope you are ok PenPin xx It's only 15 days to Christmas and the schools will be breaking up at the end of next week :eek: so lots of planning for us all :D We are having: Monday - Spaghetti Bolognaise Tuesday - Beans & Scrambled Eggs on Toast Wednesday - Tomato Pasta Sauce with Bacon & Penne…
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Save my mincemeat
I made mincemeat using green tomatoes last month and thought id try a test mince pie because I wasn't convinced about the green tomato thing. Turns out the green tomatos weren't the problem - the mulled wine spices I used are much too strong. Can anyone think of something I can add to neutralise these a bit. I don't really…
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Painting silk scarves for Christmas.
I'm wanting to paint some silk scarves for Christmas presents, but I don't know how the different weights of silk work. Can anyone help? I've been to the Abakhan website and seen this http://www.abakhan.co.uk/acatalog/info_6332.html But I'm not sure if this would be too light. Does anyone know the type of silk or weight of…
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Ketogenic diet?
Hi All. I am making this enquiry on behalf of a friend.I searched under Ketogenic but found nothing. Pen/Pink , if there are any other suitable threads please point me in that direction. **Please note, I am not seeking medical advice ** My friend needs to gather as much information as she can - so we are looking for…
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Victorian Farm Christmas
Anyone else excited by this? or is it just me.....?:T I have a bit of a crush on the Victorian period and mixing it with Christmas just makes me dizzy! This Friday (11th) 9pm bbc2
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Help re steam generator iron
Have a Tefal GV7150 steam generator iron that I am really pleased with. Rinsed boiler yesterday as red light came on, did this twice as per instructions. Since then I am having intermittent staining - looks llike limescale marks on clothes. Have had to put about 6 items back in wash. Will be ok for a few items then next…
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home organization book
can any one recomend a good home organization including money saving old style ways if poss
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OS Daily Thread - Thursday 10th December
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Thursday 10th December.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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Ssssshhhh! Presents for DDs!!!!!
Just busy [STRIKE]bit[/STRIKE] commenting upon Kirstie Allsop's homebought crimbo show and I finally had an idea [quick! run!]. DD1 (17) is doing A Level Textiles, Photography and Music Tech. I'm in the process of trying to move, so I don't really want to spend hundreds on Xmas this year. She got a camera for her birthday,…
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Giving "Old Style" for Christmas
i would like to give the gift of "Old Style" to someone for Christmas. She is in her early 50's, lives alone, has a life limiting illness, is very overweight, does not cook for herself very often, has a very small income nothing to spare and no storecupboard at all and the only freezer capacity she has is a fridge icebox.…
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pork pie
My MIL sadly died before I could ask her for the recipe she had for a wonderful pork pie she made us every xmas. I know she minced the pork herself, and the pastry was made with hot water. I think Gary Rhodes did one a while ago, and it looked very much like the one she made, can anyone help/
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help-no starch for christening gown
Just wondering if anyone can help me. I was going to starch the family Christening gown but can only buy spray starch locally. Am not going to be in nearest big town (35 miles away) to get 'proper' starch before the Christening. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could use instead? The gown is in good condition but…
