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Building up store cupboard
Hello everyone I am moving back to the UK in a few weeks and having been an avid reader of this forum for quite sometime thought I'd ask your advice. I am going to be on quite a strict budget to feed a family of 2 adults and 3 children. I need to build a store cupboard from scratch and would welcome any suggestions of what…
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6000 meals under 50p in 2010; feeding your family on a low budget
Hi - so this is a personal challenge, but anybody wants to join in I would be more than happy. There are 6 in our household and than means 6 x 3meals a day x 30 days in a month x 12 months in a year = 6480 meals this year. I want to set myself a challenge of how many of those meals can be under 50p. Now my target is to get…
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How long to home made mince pies last?
Hi all, I made mince pies (cheated actually, used ready made pastry and jars of mincemeat, but still look and taste great!) on 23rd December. My question is when do they go off? I have them in a tin with parchment paper between each layer. I have the inlaws arriving tomorrow so don't want to poison them! Another question,…
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Dough hooks on electric whisk
Hi all, Not sure if this is in the right place or if anyone can help. I got an electric whisk/beater for Christmas as I've been wanting one so I can make cakes with less effort than creaming things by hand and can whip cream and eggs without standing there for ages until my arm falls off. It came with a set of dough hooks.…
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Advice needed please
Hi Have bought a prolectrix meal maker and would love to hear from anyone out there who can give me some tips on what to cook in it - what works and what doesn't, what to avoid etc. Many thanks in advancs and Happy New Year to all.
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Cakes not rising - could it be the oven?
I know they say a bad workman blames his tools, but I'm starting to believe that that's not entirely true :rotfl: We moved to our current house in September, and since then I think about 60% of the cakes I've made haven't risen properly. And none of my scones have. And I really can't figure out why. I've posted before…
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leftover speciality cheeses
Hi Happy new year! I have a load of cheese leftover from xmas that really needs to be eaten. Once again i bought way too much:rolleyes: Does anyone have any ideas what sort of dishes i could make? I have a stilton with festive fruits and one with apricots,wensledale with cranberries and half a camembert. I would be…
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Cook Something Different Challenge
Heres something I have wanted to do for a while so I thought I would get some inspiration from the lovely OSers again:D I have a slight addiction to cookery books (particularly the gorgeous chef ones think James and Jamie :) ) which i adoring peruse then put back on the shelf and head for my usual meal of chilli :rolleyes:…
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Best Value chocolate for cooking?
Hi I am all fired up. My sister gave me some of those little silicon cake moulds - they are so cute. Has anyone used the value chocolates in making cakes and would you recommend any supermarket in particular? PS Have done a search but there are so many threads.
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How do you label your jam jars?
Hi How do you label your jam jars? Do you use glue stick and paper, or do you print avery labels and stick them on? If so, do they come off easily when you wash the jars? Or do you label your jars at all? I have a batch of jam I would like to sort, so any ideas are wellcome. Thank you. T
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Rubbish sirloin from Tesco
Cooking help needed! In one of my rare food-frugal moments instead of buying sirloin steak from my butcher I grabbed a couple of plastic boxes in Tesco as their sirloin was on special offer. I cooked the contents of the first box in my usual way and the steak was tough and flavourless. Most got thrown away (some "bargain",…
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How to hang curtains?
Hi, I've just bought some new curtains for my new house (in the sales, money saving fans!). So if you'll excuse my ignorance, how do you hang new curtains? I've hung already-tightened ones before, but never ones that haven't had the tops pulled. I've got curtain tracks rather than poles, so do I a) hang the curtains flat…
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Peppers with fridge burn
Hi Everyone Happy New Year, and thank you so much to everyone that helped me and gave me fab ideas last year :) My fridge seems to be at the right temperature but sometimes things that get pushed to the back get partly frozen - usually things like peppers and cucumber. I can't think of anything I can do with frozen…
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OS Daily Thread - New Years Day 2010
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for the first day of 2010! 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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Pickled Pork
Hi I have some pickled pork that I am going to cook and am not really sure what goes with it. I am thinking mashed spud, steamed veg and some HM apple sauce. Does anyone have any different suggestions on what to serve with the pickled pork?
