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OS Festive Daily Thread - It's Christmas Eve!!!
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Christmas Eve! 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.…
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Sweet or honey parsnips?
I have no idea how to do these but would like to try honeyed or sweet parsnips. Do i par boil them? Pour on hot oil or cold? What kind of oil?Or roast from cleaned and cut? How long for? Do i add any seasoning or herbs? Any help appreciated. I did search but couldn't find a specific thread about sweet parsnips :)
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advice on cooking turkey please help
hi it my first time ever cooking a turkey we normaly go to my family but me and oh are staying at home this year and i am cooking our xmas dinner i lifted out the turkey out the freezer at about 5pm it says it need 18 - 24 hours to defrost so should be done tomorrow tea time we are goin out xmas morning at about 10.30 an…
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The Hairy Bikers Christmas show and what books do you recommend?
Taped on sky+ the Hairy Bikers Christmas Special. They are really good, I can't believe I haven't bothered to watch them before. Loved the Turkey & Ham pie & the bagels. Plan on having the bagels xmas morn & maybe doing the pie with the left overs, thought the cheese straws looked good too. They have three books out, I…
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How to cook the new school dinner steam microwave meals at home
As our local primary was closed on the last day of term they didn't use up all the meals for that day. Our next door neighbour is the heads secretary and had the job of clearing the leftover food out of the fridges. She has given us loads of the black plastic microwave steam meal trays, they look like a big ready meal with…
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How to get rid of smell of WD40?? Please Help!!
Hi Please can someone help me? I decided to give the oven a good clean last night, my hubby seeing how busy I was offered to do this for me, I thought brill let him get on with it, how I regret this!! He, in his infinite wisdom, decided while he was at it, to spay some WD40 at the fan inside the oven and now it STINKS!!!!…
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just taken christmas cake out
I am very please:T with myself I did the nigellas christmas cake you do in the saucepan first, its look and smells lovely, I used gluten free flour as I am coeliac, its just got to cool then I will put on the chocolate coffee beans, glitter, gold balls ,and stars.
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Food colouring on carpet
Uhoh while baking I managed to spill food colouring onto my diningroom carpet. I have rinsed the area with warm water and used a bit of vanish stain remover but there is still a green tinge. Is there anyway to get rid of it?
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Use by date - cauldron mushroom burger
Hi, I am planning to make a vege burger wellington for DD for christmas dinner (you just wrap a cauldron mushroom burger in puff pastry - daughter loves it). But I just looked and saw the use by date was tomorrow. I'd normally not worry, and just do a sniff test, but I don't want to stuff up her special meal: have other…
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I've mucked up my pralines
I've already done several batches but the ones I started late last night have set rock-solid in the kitchen overnight. I think this was probably due to the lack of alcohol in these ones. Can I re-melt so the mixtures are pliable?
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help - toffee sauce gone wrong!
My DD has some friends round today to watch a DVD and I made some HM popcorn for them all and was going to put toffee sauce on like Butterkist - but I didn't know how to make the sauce stuff so I just melted some Thorntons toffee and it has gone grainy and yukky. I have just put some Splenda on the popcorn and the kids are…
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slow cooker timings for red cabbage
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/party-food/accompaniment/traditional-braised-red-cabbage-with-apples.html Still trying to get the hang of my new SC, can anyone give me some advice about this recipe? The main things are: What temp? high, medium, low How long? As the recipe suggests 2 1/2 hours on the hob I…
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bought some cherry wine...
i saw it at morrisons... thought it sounded nice, but ive never had it before. do you drink it neat, with a mixer or is it like a liquour? do you think it would work well in my cranberry sauce?
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Defrosted turkey too early I think
I heard it's a day for every 5lbs of turkey, mine is about 9lb (Will that feed 6 adults? If not I should buy another) anyways, I took it out at 2am this morning and it's full defrosted (or seems to be!) I didn't put it in the fridge though, I left it on the breakfast bar. I've put it in the fridge now. Will that still be…
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Healthy, cheap, dinner party ideas for a beginner cook.
I have some freinds coming over tomorrow night and they are on slimming world and therefore are on a fat free (well low fat) diet. For mains I am doing lamb joint in the SC with LOADS of veg mmmmmmm For desert I am going to do stewed apple and with low fat icecream sundae style I am really struggling for a nice starter.…
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Help - White Sauce
Hi, I'm trying to make a white sauce for a lasagne for the first time and can't find a recipe anywhere. I've done a search and its brought nothing up. Please save me a trip to the supermarket to get a packet one. Thanks in advance Jayne
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Ginger Wine Recipe?
Does anyone have a recipe for ginger wine? My gran used to make this many years ago but, sadly, is no longer with us so I can't ask for the recipe. It may be a Scottish thing as there doen't appear to be much on the internet. I found a 'Mrs Beaton' recipe but its not too clear. I love the stuff so I would really like to…
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Using up frozen filo bbe oct 09
Hi folks, help needed again LOL Have some frozen filo with date of oct 09, would it be ok to make some mince pies with it, cook them, then freeze til needed at Xmas? I also have some frozen mushroms, could I add these to a filo parcel, (not in the mince pies :rotfl:) cook, and then refreeze? Getting a bit confused with all…
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What to do with excess filo pastry
I've taken some filo out of the freezer hoping to do spring rolls, but now not sure if filo is the right thing to use :confused: and I don't want to refreeze the now thawed filo. I'm looking for suggestions of what to do with it so it's not wasted. Any ideas much appreciated. Thanks :p
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Do you have an emergency christmas meal plan?
We had more snow again in West Yorkshire overnight and more is due today. My food order is due this morning, but I am not sure it will reach us - quiet cul de sac, not gritted, steep as anything. It may be possible to ferry the bags up on foot - and our car is on the main road, so we can stash some bags in it while we're…
