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Cream refuses to whip!!
Tried with double and with whipping cream, got my victoria sponge jammed up ready, been whisking it like nobodies business, lots of bubbles but still thin. It was taken out of the fridge cold. Anyone got a technique?
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Hmm. £12.55 left on food budget until April 20th. Help!
I've been setting my food budget at £40 for the month, topped up very occasionally by bits and bobs purchased by my mother since about March 2009. This is entirely based on personal challenge, rather than a lack of funds. The less I spend on groceries, the more I can put into savings to move out! So, my budget says I have…
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Chinese noodles like take away recipe pls!
HI I would love to be able to make noodles like you get from a chinese take away....has anyone any recipes? Thanks!!
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Cleaning florescent jacket?
My oh has just given me his flurescent yellow padded jacket for cleaning. He's a lorry driver and it's covered in oil and grime - I've washed it once with my normal detergent but the oil and grime hasn't shifted. Anyone got any ideas what I could try - he's only had it about 8 weeks and as he delivers food to cafe's and…
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Shopping budget keeps creeping up, any ideas?
I've used loads of the advice from this board over the years, and used to be able to do my shop for a family of 4 (4 & 5 yr old children) for £40 a week (about 2 years ago). I've gradually noticed the shopping budget creep up, and being a bit of a geek set up a spreadsheet for our spends account to see where all our money…
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homemade cup-a-soup-type mix - any ideas?
Hi Old-Stylers, hope you can help me with this one please! I love savoury hot drinks, especially in cold weather, and at the minute an really craving instant soup/ cup-a-soup type drinks, however, not only are they quite expensive to buy but also often seem to contain scary amounts of salt, weird chemicals, preservatives…
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quick questions to anyone who keeps chickens-or knows anyone who does!
Hi there, please can you help with this money-saving vs healthy-eating related question :) I wonder if any of you know the legal position on keeping chickens for the eggs and not having them vaccinated against salmonella enterides. Is it something we are allowed to do here in the uk? Does anyone have experience of rearing…
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OS Daily Thread - Tuesday 23rd March
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Tuesday 23rd March.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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First Time making Homemade pizza. HELP!
Right:beer:. I have been thinking long and hard about the Complete Pizza collection, and have came to the following conclusions.... Please, if anyone has any suggestions or feedback please do pm me I don't know if I am seeing it clearly, or if my way makes sense to everyone else :D Why do I care? Because I love pizza:j The…
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The Complete Pizza Collection
Hi Everyone!:j I have done some tidying up with the pizza threads, and have made a list of mega threads, with some others. I'll explain. It's a PIZZA REVOLUTION BABY!:D:rotfl: This is a work in progress so do bear with me :D Please do not add any posts or questions into this Index Thread Do your best to choose from the…
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Re-heating frozen curries
I've spent the past few weeks trying to get into the OS way of thinking, by doubling up on my cooking of meals with meat, and freezing half. Over the past few weeks we've built up a collection of curries, and chillies, and now the freezer near full, so it's time to start thinking about eating everything up! What's the best…
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Dudhi
Hi Does anyone have any expierience in cooking dudhi s .I got some cheap at tesco and have no clue what to do with them.Theres a couple of recipies online but they have no reviews and would prefer the opinion of some one who s tried them. Thanks PP
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OS Daily Thread - Monday 22nd March
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Monday 22nd March. 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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Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd March 2010
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Following requests to start things steadier for…
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Beans instead of oil or butter in baking ????
I've just found a Youtube video about cooking unsoaked white beans in an electric pressure cooker (I wanted to know how long to cook them in my non-electric one) but when she had cooked her beans the American woman on the video whizzed some of them with water which she says she uses instead of oil in a brownie recipe (she…
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Query on fixing heel
Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right place for this I found my fave high-heeled shoobs the other day and tho I can fix the scuffing on the toe with shoe wax, have noticed that they have this scuff on the back of the heel - won't let me post pic.... so .....it's as if the brown has been gouged away and the white…
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OS Daily Thread - Sunday 21st March
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sunday 21st March.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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Bruschetta help
Looking to make Bruschetta for a starter for 8. Does anyone have a nce recipe for this please? Know its tomatoes, onions etc but unsure of quantities and best way to cook.
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sticky drawer
As in chest of drawers...not the other kind ;) I have an all wooden chest of drawers ie the runners are made of wood too. They're really really sticky and regularly get stuck for ages. I was wondering if there's anything I could "grease" them with to make them more slidey? thanks :j
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Repairing expensive welly boots
Has anyone done this? I have got a pair of Hunter wellies and I love them. They are so comfy and I can (and do!!) walk miles in them. I can't imagine ever going back to 'ordinary' wellies because I just wouldn't be able to walk the distances in them I currently do. I can wear my Hunters all day and they're really comfy.…
