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Homemade soups - which stock?
I love making soup and yesterday I was making a veg one (carrots, onions and potato) and I grabbed the wrong stock cube by mistake - I used pork instead of vegetable and it was delicious! My mum always uses beef stock for onion soup - can people let me know which stock they use for which soup? I'm in the mood for…
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Quicky Query!
I have some creme fraiche to use up and am finally going to meet my new nephew this weekend as we're risking the evil weather to get to Norfolk from Wilts. I'm going to make a choc cake to take with us and the recipe needs buttermilk. Could I thin down the creme fraiche and use that? :confused: I know I can make my own…
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Quick query about meat
Hi all I bought an enormous gammon and lump of beef for my buffet tonight with the intention of cutting them up and freezing part of them. I've just chopped them up - will I be alright to leave the bits I'm not using wrapped in the fridge and freeze them tomorrow now that I've "un-vacuum packed" them? I don't really have…
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Why oh why do fruit loaves hate me?
I jut can't seem to get them to go right anymore :mad: ive followed the receipe for spicy fruit loaf in the panny booklet to the letter ive even added 20ml less water but it still seems far too wet, like gloopy dough not doughy dough iykwim. i could cry, ive tried it in my old panny and my new panny, ive opened new yeast.…
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Breadmaking by hand - couple of questions
I looked in the indexed collections but couldn't find an answer to these specific questions. When making bread by hand, do I definitely have to use strong flour? I found an old thread where people were using a mix of flours in their breadmakers (strong, plain, self raising, white, wholemeal). I don't have a BM, so would…
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Neighbour has poured fat down the drain. Pour hot water on it?
As title really. Neighbour has poured fat down our shared drain [ which the gutter pipe leads to] and it has solidified. It's in my garden, but is now between two fences, as I had my own fence put up to the existing one, which created a small space between our fences IYSWIM. Will it be ok if I just get DDs to pour boiling…
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Griddle pan/plate, how to use and clean?
I'm a very lucky girl and last week took delivery of a flashy cooker complete with a griddle plate.....after 2 uses the non stick came off ruining the eggs and bacon, i've been send another one which would have cost me £80 if i had to pay, but they sent it as a gester of good will. Can anyone tell me how to use and clean…
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Star drops discontinued?
Tried to buy some stardrops cleaner in my local savers today and was told its been discontinued and i won't get it anywhere......why? is this true? It was always hard to get hold of anyway....today i checked savers, wilkinsons and waitrose.
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Chicken - use by date today
It's my DD 5th birthday on Monday and she has requested a chicken roast dinner for her birthday dinner. I rushed out today and bought a chicken at Mr T's and when I got home noticed that the sell by date was for today - it wasn't even reduced!:mad: Have now thrown it in the freezer. If I take it out Sunday will it be…
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Store Cupboard Cake
I have been through my storecupboard this morning as I would like to make a cake (very new to cooking and being thrifty so something easyish) This is what I found, mainly from when my mum has been here lol! Baking Powder honey dark brown sugar demerara sugar Icing sugar Caster sugar Sr and Plain flor Sultanas Glace…
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Red Lentils
Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me please? :confused: I've never used red lentils before but I would like to stretch my mince a bit further (but without the family noticing them in there!). I am cooking a spag bol today so would like to know how I add them to the recipe please? Is it after I've fried off the mince and…
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Inspire me to start sending my daughter to school with a pack up
Hi please can some one give me some ideas for packing my 11 year old daughter up for lunch. She's at senior school where they are starting a new payment system for lunchtimes which looks a bit of a faff so i would like to start sending her pack up and saving a little money too if possible- she currently spends £10 a week.…
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OS Daily Friday 15th Jan 09
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Friday 15th January. 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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circular knitting needles
Hi all I am not a hugely experienced knitter but my young grand daughter and I would like to knit leg warmers and I thought circular needles might be a good idea. I bought one but it has turned out to be far too long (80 cms) and my cast on 50 stitches won't go anywhere near round. I see they can be bought on the internet…
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Help to cut down my grocery bill
Can anyone help? i need to save money on my grocery shopping. Me and my OH currently spend £50 a week. We currently follow the slliming world diet, so need healthy food. Any ideas? Danielle
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Another Quick Query
I'm full of them tonight :o I'm making cheese, potato and onion pasties for a car journey tomorrow and have been overzealous in my chopping and grating. I have a bowl of diced potato, onion and grated cheese left over and I'm too knacked to make more pastry as I have a heap of other things to do before bed and then an…
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Meal ideas for Duck?I
I have 2 duck breasts and also 2 duck legs in the freezer, and no good ideas what to cook with them (or the best method for cooking them). I don't often cook duck and if I do it tends to be a whole one roasted. If we have duck from a restaurant then it will invariably be Chinese (various dishes), but I'd like to cook…
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Pork cooked in cherry coke - alternative
Hi! I have a pork joint that I would love to cook in coke or cherry coke. Never tried it, but it sounds delicious. However, as a diabetic, I'm not allowed the levels of sugar that are in these drinks, and the recipe won't work with diet drinks. Has anyone got an alternative they can suggest? I was going to cook the pork in…
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Help!
Hello! I've got some spinach & dolcelatta that needs using up.. does anybody have any ideas? I'm stumped what to do as I don't usually buy these things, but the spinach was 10p in Mr T's and the dolcellata left over from xmas! My cupboards and fridge are pretty well stocked so any ideas gratefully received! :D
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thrifty 2010 calendar
Sometime last year (2009) I found a fab moneysaving calendar - with lots of old style thrift reminders on - I have loooked but can't find it anywhere now - anyone got any ideas where this link is ? please please help if you can:j Old Hector ( neither old or a hector )
