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OS Festive Daily Thread - Wednesday 23rd December
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Wednesday 23rd 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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Recipe Help - Jamie Oliver Creamed Corn Recipe
Hi All A bit of a Christmas cooking recipe emergency!! Hopefully this is as bad as it gets! My sister really wants to make the Jamie Oliver creamed corn recipe that he had on his Christmas DVD and recipe cards a few years ago. Unfortunately DVD and cards are nowhere to be found and we were hoping someone might have them…
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I'm offically a domestic goddess
Finished my Xmas cake (first one ever made) Made Nigella mini-Xmas pud style bon bons And Nigellas Chilli Jam - first time I've ever made any chutney/pickle or jam sort of stuff! Didn't have any jars, so had to buy value spag bol sauce & tip it out:o Was cheaper than buying jars;)
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Help - How do I decorate my cake?
Can anyone help. I am short of time and I haven't done a Christmas Cake before. I have bought a pack of marzipan and pack of hard icing and some Apricot Jam. What do I do next? The cake a round. Sorry I am a complete novice! Thanks
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Slow Cooker Stew - Too Sweet?
Hi guys, I've made a few casserole/stew kind of things in my slowcooker, but sometimes they come out tasting too sweet - perhaps it is the onions and carrot I put in. Does anyone have any tips on how to counteract the sweetness and give it more depth? Thanks very much, Amy
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Dear santa.......................
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We Don't Like Turkey.....
So we've all agreed on a nice roast beef for Xmas day, which cut is best? meaning most tender and any suggestions to cook it would be great.MTIA.
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What to sew with spare material for xmas..
I have a rather large table and my table cloths are all looking a bit old, so I decided to make a new one for christmas dinner. I bought some lovely swede effect burgandy material from the market and i've made a really nice table cloth. I have a bit of material left- 48 inches by 16 inches - which not enough to make…
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Mouldy beams
I did a search but can't find the answer... Does anyone know of a good solution I can make at home to remove/discourage green & white mould from growing on our cottage beams? We already keep the place well ventilated & heated but the ceilings are very tall and the ground level gets cold quickly. So far we've just been…
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Too much sliced ham
I got two large packets of sliced ham opened for some reason. I know one of them needs really to be eaten today or tomorrow at the latest or it will go off. Any ideas what I can do with it besides give it to the cat. I usually make cabonara sauce with some pasta or slice potatoes and onions and layer it with cheese and ham…
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Washing Shirts TIPS - Dicussion
ISSUE: Dry cleaning is expensive so we need to wash shirts. DISCUSSION: Best way to clean them? Spin speed? Washing Powder /conditioner type amount? Hand wash? Cleaning the collars? Ironing Tips please!
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Quick bread recipe
Hello, I want to make some bread using the breadmaker, however my scales have gone cappput! Is there an easy recipe using measures (cups etc etc)?? Many thanks
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Chicken: when use-by date conflicts with food standards advice
My Christmas chicken arrived yesterday, from Riverford Organic. It was packed on 20 December, and the use by date is 25th, when we will be roasting and eating it. It was refrigerated on arrival and since. Yet all advice online about chicken says it should only be stored in the fridge for a maximum of two days. Surely…
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Does anyone know why ....................
A free range turkey cooks in less time than a normal one ?? Jamie was saying this on his christmas program Hoping someone can throw light on this !!
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Oven broke last night...how am I going to cook a turkey dinner now?
My oven broke last night, but the hob part is working. With 2 days before xmas eve and all this weather I'm being realistic that I won't be able to get it fixed or a new one this side of xmas :( I have a 15lb turkey to defrost and need to decide whether to bother or not as turk will have to come out of the freezer today at…
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OS Daily Thread Tuesday 22nd December
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Saturday 19th 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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Making a dessert with marrow
I have a large marrow stored in the garage and would like to try using it to make an unuusal dessert. Does anybody have any tried and tested recipes for a dessert possibly including ginger in some form? Don't want to use it for making jam as we already have a cupboard full of jams.
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REALLY good Chocolate
Bet that got your attention :D My mum's bought one of those 'Willies supreme CACAO' chocolate rounds, from the TV, its 180g.Its been sitting at the back of the cupboard and mum was thinking of using it in a chilli but as its such good quality chocolate I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for a decadent christmas recipe…
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Brine, Turkey, Frozen, will it be worthwhile?
Just need a bit of advice regarding brineing a turkey. We haven't had turkey for many years now, switched over to goose. I bought a frozen turkey about a month or more ago and stashed it in the shed freezer, we are planning to cook it boxing day so we can have it on sandwiches etc. My problem with turkey has been that we…
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Help - Cleaning saucepan
I just made our first ever gingerbread house with the boys. The recipe said to melt sugar to use as glue to put the pieces together... very messy and not too pretty :) I pored all the left over sugar on a baking paper Problem I got now is it doesnt tell me how to clean the saucepan after. Ive tried really hot water but it…