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Weekly Flylady Thread 28th December 2009
LAST LIST OF :happylove.....2009..... :happylove 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!…
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A couple of quality kitchen bits please
Tonight the garlic crusher broke... the other week the glass lid for the frying pan was dropped and smashed. So I'm looking for a decent Garlic crusher, I really don't want to pay the earth, but want something that will last! A 28cm diameter frying pan with lid, again looking for quality that will last.. price is not so…
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leftover wensleydale with cranberries - any ideas?
Hi, as the title says - I was given a large chunk of wensleydale with cranberries in it and none of us in the house like it - are there any recipes it could be used in? - its the cranberries that make it hard!
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Tell me the secret of stew!
Why does my stew always taste like leftovers, when other people's stew tastes like dinner? Today's question relates specifically to stew made from the leftovers of our three-bird-roast, but I'm stew-challenged generally. Please can someone talk me through exactly what to do to make leftover meat into a yummy stew? (Today's…
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a full bottle of port v. my landlord's cream carpet HELP!!!!
as per title really, a full bottle of Taylor's vintage dropped and smashed in the hall on the cream carpet... We have mopped up as much as we could with a towel (without rubbing), poured on vodka to dilute the stain and covered it with salt What do we do now?
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Supermarket vegetables
If you had bought some vegetables - carrots, swede, parsnips etc from a supermarket, how long after their best before date would you use them for? They look fine (while the celery looks obviously dodgy and off) and I can't help but think they were in the ground in the first place and have been in my fridge since so surely…
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Would you eat it - advise needed please.
Hello, hope everyone is enjoying Christmas. I have a dilema and wondered if anyone had any words of advise. My family and I have been invited to a freinds for dinner over New Year. The person involved has bought a large joint of beef and had frozen it. But then took it out of freezer, travelled about 6 hours with it then…
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swede yellow?
I tried cooking turnip/swede before, boiling but it didn't turn yellow It turns yellow when my mum does it? I'm doing it again now and it's not going yellow. Is it because I'm not adding salt? Should I add salt as if I were cooking potatoes.
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What can else can i freeze in bulk apart from spag bol?!
Hi there! Im looking for some inspiration for the new year and was wondering whether anyone could help me :) Im a student living in a student house and have access to one (quite deep) freezer drawer. Last term i made up a large batch of spag bol (using oats which i learnt from here! thanks for that little tip!) and turned…
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Clean 'n' fresh multi-purpose cleaner
I was at my local shop looking for a bathroom cleaner and where as Flash was £1.79 for a spray bottle, they had a similar sized product called Clean'n'fresh for 85p. Has anyone used this before and if so is it any good?
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Whats the cheapest way to feed my cat?
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OS Daily thread - Sunday 27th December
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sunday 27th 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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extra strong mints
does anyone have a recipe to make sweets similar to extra strong mints?
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Turkey, turkey everywhere!
Evening all, Quick question just to put my mind at rest, i have TONS of turkey, about 3/4 of the 7.9kg one i got, that is sat in the fridge and there is no way on earth we are gonna get through it before its inedible (i blame guests changing their mind about coming!). Anyway it was a frozen turkey when i bought it so am i…
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The Ministry of Food -IWM exhibition
Something I thought would be of interest to OSers. The Imperial War Museum has a new exhibition about The Ministry of Food. There is a blog and an accompanying book out in February by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall (Hugh's mum) which I have just ordered with my Christmas present Amazon vouchers:)
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Frozen Chicken Kiev
Hi, I have found a chicken Kiev in my freezer which I want to cook tonight. I have thrown away the packaging but it was a supermarket bought one. How long and for what temp should I cook it for? Any ideas?
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January 2010 Grocery Challenge
Hello everyone, Welcome to the first Grocery Challenge of 2010. :hello: If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your December budget, then keep on posting in the December Grocery Challenge As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you…
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Left over cooked meat in Slow Cooker??
Hope you all had a great Christmas, starting as i mean to go on im freezing the mass amounts of food i have from yesterday. I have lot of left over Ham & Turkey. Can these be added to slow cooker recipes when adding sauces, herbs etc......? They are carved & Cooked. Thanks Ness x
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packet food for dolly
dd got a dolly which you feed gloop and it goes through to nappy or potty, 2.5 g of white mix (cornstarch, sugar and acorbic acid) which you mix with 12 ml of water to make a paste - the benefit of this paste being it will not set in her body. have any o'stylers out there got any recipes for gloop i can make myself instead…
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OS Festive Daily Thread - Boxing Day 2009
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for St. Stephens Day! 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 already.…
