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Urgent help required please Chocolate Murder Mystery
I have just opened my Death by Chocolate Murder Mystery dinner party box and found that there is a booklet missing. Is there anyone out there who has this game, and would please be able to scan in a few pages and email to me to save the day? My daughter's party starts at 7.30, and I am miles from any shop that may stock…
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Flour - Which is best supermarket own brand or well known brand?
Do you use a named flour and marg (eg homepride, stork) or just use the supermarkets own equivalent? How important is it to the outcome of the cake? Many thanks!
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garlic rice
howdo i make Garlic rice like the one batchelors used to make? has anyone got a good recipe? it was like garlic butter thankyou sausage sandwich
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Help needed with baking
I am planning to make a batch of the bero books date and walnut loaf. I only have one large sillicon tin but thought that I might use metal foil take away type containers to make smaller portions that can be frozen or gifted to family members, friends etc. Has any ever baked in them? I thought that they might be a bit…
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Where on earth can I buy bran?
I make an Algerian bread ( or a few different types) for dh and the rest of us. It is made with semolina flour and I want to make it a bit more healthy by adding some bran, but I can't find any anywhere. I have looked in the baking aisles and cereal aisles of the big supermarkets, but no joy. I have tried using a bit of…
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OS Daily Saturday 13th March
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 13th March. This 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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Reusing old silk - any ideas?
I have a couple of old silk shirts that are beyond wearing. Seems to me I heard about silk being really good for... something? The back of my brain is niggling, but I haven't been able to pull anything out of it yet. :o Anyone have any ideas?
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silicone loaf tin ok for bread?
I have a breadmaker but gave up using it ages ago as the size of the loaves is just too small for my family. I would need about 2 or 3 a day(include bread for 5 packed lunches) but I do miss the taste of proper bread. my reckoning is that if I made it by hand I could bake several loaves at once. are silicone loaf tins any…
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Colouring Ready to Roll Icing.
I'm working all weekend and have no time to get pastes or gels, so is it possible to use food colouring to colour this? according to Google no, you end up with a sticky mess, any way of recitfying this? or know of any large stores where I'd get paste or gel? Really quite desperate, it's a cake for my grans birthday.
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How do you store your Kenwood Mincer
Just got a new Mincer for our Kenwood Chef, and am wondering how others store the bits. The instructions say that the screens should be stored oiled and wrapped in greaseproof paper, and the sausage and kebbe bits store in the plunger, but how do you store the blade or other bits? If you don't leave a screen in then the…
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Cleaning cloth logistical management plan
Just thought I'd let you know a thing I do with cleaning cloths. Either with old clothing, or cheap pound shop cloths (not the string kind as they fall apart), cut them into smallish pieces. About 6 out of one cloth. Then if I get a small spot I have to wipe up, I use a small patch then sling it in the washing machine. I…
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need quick answer about reheating quiche please :)
Hi Made a quiche and just need to reheat the leftovers from the fridge for the kids tea...any idea how long in oven and temp please? I have 3/4 of a full sizes one left if that helps, ty x
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Do you ever get fed up cooking from scratch?
As a rule i enjoy cooking,im not much of a baker,make bread and banana loaf in the breadmachine,but i get a sense of satisfaction from cooking up healthy nutritional meals for my family. However twice a week OH has to cook for himself and 2 girls when im at work..he cant cook,so this is when they have frozen breaded fish…
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quicky question about bread
hi everyone, desperate to put my bread mix in but what liquid do i add water or oil and how much does it go on rapid bake?
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OS Daily Friday 12th March
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Friday :j 12thMarch. This 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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holiday pack up ideas please
hi me and DH,DS1,DS2 and my mum and dad are going away for 4 days on caravan holiday in april :jmy mum said she will get the cereal and they will pay for teas out and i said i would buy the packing up to take with us i just wondered if anyone had any ideas for packups for days outfor the six of us that will becheap but…
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whats the most os thing you have done ?
As well as the usual [meal planning /gyo] what have you done that makes a difference ? I have replaced my dead automatic washing machine with a brand new twin tub, instead of a cycle taking 30-90 mins i can do all my washing in just over an hour.:) We are hoping to get a multi fuel burner this year and make brickettes[sp]…
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What do I do?
Well then, I've just gone through my kitchen cupboards, 1, to clear them out and 2, to save a bit of money if there's owt lurking there that I can cook and save on shopping. I have found loads of caster, demarara and brown sugar, loads of biscuits (ood but unopened), muesli and kids cereals (again ood but unopened). As…
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loads of dove shower cream/bath cream
Ive been sorting out the cupboard in the bathroom and found about 6 bottles of various dove bath products, shower creams, cream baths and a few bottles of bubble bath aswell. Does anyone have any suggestions what I can use them for aside for their intended purpose of course!!! I'm sure I remember people using them for…
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Muesli
My DD said to try the 'swiss style mueseli that Sainsbobs are selling as it fills you up, and is better for you.(she has shed over a stone since the second week in January) Well I tried it this morning and it still looks and tastes like 'hamster' food to me.So I thought, I know I will give it a bit of a bite and scattered…
