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Cheap snacks to fill up teenagers
Hi My DH has just been made redundant and I am in the process of pulling together cheap and nutritious meal plans to cut down on our food spend. I've got many great ideas from this forum. However, we have 2 teenage sons in the house who eat me out of house and home at the best of times (if you have teenagers you'll know…
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Converting US to UK
Hi I am reading some recipies and theyrequire for Cups in various quantities (1 cup. 1/2 cup, 1/4 cup 2 cups etc) and I dont have a clue what its UK equivelants are, can anyone help please? Also one recipe mentions Boiler Onions and says they are quite small, is this what we call our shallots? Thanks I will be a cook…
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Roast Potatoes
Hi ladies I'm cooking shoulder of pork slowly in the oven at the moment, I want to make some roast potatoes to go with it. Does anyone have any good idea for what would I should add to the potatoes to make them a bit tastier? MTIA:)
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Fitting everything into a day (cleaning, cooking etc)
Hi all, Realise this isn't truly about money saving and hope it's the correct board but wondered if I could get some tips on how to keep on top of all the household jobs. I've read a few of the posts here which have been helpful so far :) There are 3 of us in the house (myself, my boyfriend and our lodger). We are in the…
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How Clean Is Your House
Anyone else watch this to make themselves feel better about their own house? I do as I can always think 'well at least my hob's clean' and 'I have hoovered in the last week so i'm not quite as bad'!! I also like picking up lots of neat tricks - vinegar works brilliantly on a dirty hob and I want to try the vinegar and…
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How have you saved the pennies when decorating your kids room
Just wondering how you may have saved pennies whilst redoing your kids room or any other room in the place you live. I have this month got money together to do my sons room up, but my daughter was feeling sad as he room wasnt being done, and I dont have enought to do both. So here is what I have done, I bought 3 rolls of…
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Meal for friends
:THi everyone...usually quite good at this sort of stuff, but feeling very uncreative today.:p Me and my partner have his sister and her husband to be coming to saty with us for the weekend. On saturday we are going for a curry, so that's sorted, but I am cooking tomorrow and can't decide what to make. It's for 4 of us, we…
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Catering for 120 !!!!!!!!!!
Help wanted PLEEEEASE:eek:. I am making apple crumble and custard for 120 tomorrow night!!! Am now really worried about quantities. How do I work out how much I need to do. I made 6 kilos of crumble mix last night. How much apple?? I know its not OS but thought I might use cartons of custard - how much is one serving?
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Anyone ever heard of Irish Lasagne?
Anyone ever heard of Irish Lasagne? http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/437616/Irish-beef-lasagne Why is it Irish? I noticed it doesn't have garlic, do you think thats it? I thought Lasagne was Italian:p
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OS Daily Thread - Thursday 4th February 2010
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Thursday 4th February. 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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Buying wool in skeins...
I finally found some wool thats the right colour to knit arm warmers for my grandaughters but it comes in skeins I am just wondering how I deal with them.. do I have to roll it into a ball or knit it as it comes in a skein? I have never bought wool like this before... thanks for any info
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Please translate some knitting instructions
I'm just trying to teach myself to knit and i'm quite impressed with all the scarves and the hat i have already made. However, now I'm starting a cardigan for my DD but i've already hit a stumbling block and can't find the info on the websites i've been using. Hope someone can help: Using 3.25mm needles and cast on 29 sts…
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Rubber food
:j I spend too much money on food and cleaning stuff. theres plenty om here about bicard and stuff so will be applying that knowledge,but would like ideas about making things stretch further. I am aiming to half my food bill. I have made sandwiches today and instead of using a tin of salmon i mixed it 50:50 with finely…
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Amy Dacyzyn of Tightwad Gazette - new clip on Youtube
I thought this might be of interest to some of you. I'm currently reading The Complete Tightwad Gazette and looked Amy Dacyzyn up on Youtube out of curiosity. There is a recently added clip where Amy shows you round her beautiful house - it is the sort of house I dream about! The frugal living obviously paid off.…
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Help the wifes coming home
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What's the best thing for OS living and where did you get it?
What's the best thing you've ever bought (or acquired) for old-style living that you couldn't live without? And where did you get it?
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best floor cleaner?
My kitchen floor is filthy! I've scrubbed it and scrubbed it, but the lovely cream porcelin tiles are still an icky grey. Any suggestions on the best floor cleaner to get? I'm running out of patience.....
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Stains
our mattress is grotty. badly stained. :oI do not want to buy a new one as that isnt being frugal. I do have a recently purchased mattress protector (a bit late, I know). Any ideas how to remove the stains? its a good quality matress, white background with silver motifs. I cant scrub it with bleach or anything.:(
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Help needed with locating carving wood
Hi, im in the bristol area, and have really been struggling to find somewhere to buy a piece of wood to carve from! All i seem to be able to find is precut wood for building etc., that isnt suitable to then go in and carve into. Was wondering if anyone out there knew of anywhere i can buy a lump of wood basically? Any help…
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Double cream....but from goats
OK, so someone made a mistake (not me!) and bought a carton of double cream but it's made from goat's milk. It's distinctly goat-milk like so does anyone have any ideas of what to do with it? I'm guessing a savory dish but it's really quite strong.... Thanks :D
