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June 2011 Grocery Challenge
Hi everyone, Welcome to the sixth Grocery Challenge of 2011, :hello: If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your May budget, then keep on posting in the May 2011 Grocery Challenge As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be…
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Best money saving programmes
I have watched SuperScrimpers and Make do and Mend but only because I have seen them mentioned on here. I am not a big telly watcher so are there any others out there that I am missing.
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Stinky new cooker
My new cooker arrived tuesday, fantastic in every way. except when i use the oven it has a real stink to it. just like a new smell, but it gives me a headache. i'm sure over time it will wear off and i am keeping windows open. but does anyone have any tips on how to get rid of the smell quicker ?
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MealPlans WB 30 May 2011
Saturday 21st – Dinner At MIL (BBQ we hope!) Sunday 22nd – Frickadellen Monday 23rd – Toad in the Hole Tuesday 24th – Tuna Pizza Wednesday 25th – LO Frickadellen Thursday 26th – Pesto Pasta Friday 27th – HM Chicken Kebab Other cooking/baking to do this week: Ø4 x Loaves of Bread ØScones for Lunchboxes
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OS Daily Thurs 26th May
Morning All Off to get the sticky................ Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Thursday 26th May. 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…
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Drycleaning a Vintage Burberry Mac
I have bought a second hand Burberry from ebay but the care label is worn to shreds. It SERIOUSLY needs a clean could anyone advise if it would need special attention? Or will a "regular" dry clean do the job?
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dog hair on surfaces - was moved why?
dog hair on surfaces - was moved why? I oringinally posted about dog hair being just spread around when I cleaned worktops / sinks. wiped cupboards / cleaned skirting boards. It got merged with a discussion about dog hair in the carpet, which wasn't what I wanted advice about. Thats only one tiny part of the problem. I…
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Processed Chicken over real chicken?...why??
Just saw the advert for ways to serve Birds Eye chicken grills... Why would you want to use a piece of processed 'poultry' when a real chicken breast is probably the same price & not crammed with addatives & water ect.... TBH,the meals they shown on the advert,like Thai Chicken curry just looked plain wrong with those…
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OS Daily Wed 25th May
Hi, this is the Daily Thread forWednesday 25th May. 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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If you could turn back time.......
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ginger wine
I bought some ginger wine from sainsburys to try but it is far too sweet. I don't want to waste it, but I can't stand to drink it. Any ideas what else I can do with it?
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Bread Making Question
I`ve heard it said that you can`t make bread in a cold kitchen, but I have no choice...can`t afford to heat my kitchen and the weather at the moment, thanks to gales and storms, is chilly, so my kitchen is cold. :( Does anyone know of any tips and tricks for making bread in a cold kitchen please? I tried but it becomes…
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Tuesday 24th May
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Tuesday 24th May. 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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What do you save the most money on OS?
Hi all, I'm about to move out with my OH in a couple of months. Having never lived away from my Mum nor him from his parents, I have been reading this forum with interest and fully intend to Meal plan and eventually grow my own veg/herbs. Our rent will not be very much luckily since we are renting from a friend of the…
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Can I slow roast lamb steaks?
seeing as there is only two of us eating in the house now it made no sense to buy a big expensive cut of lamb so we decided to give lamb steaks a try, as daft as it sounds were not keen on grilling/frying them so I was wondering if anyone knows if it was possible to slow roast them as I normally would a larger cut,…
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OS Daily Monday 23rd May
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 23rd May. 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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marinating olives
I've read various places about marinating olives, but I'm a bit unsure about my starting point. Given that I dont have an olive tree in my garden, or anywhere to buy them fresh (not that I've ever seen anywhere to buy them fresh in this country), do I just buy a jar of cheap old whole olives in brine from Mr T, and drain,…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd May 2011
Do not lose heart if you cannot keep up with everyone else or reading the thread, don't try to reply to everyone and please remember to include something about flying in all your posts, chat is for the weekend when your home is looking beautiful!!! Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week…
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Orange and elderflower marmalade
Hi I was wondering if anyone can tell me the recipe for the IKEA orange and elderflower marmalde please? I've been looking round on the Net, but cant find it anywhere... Many thanks :)
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Raw cane sugar
Good morning all, As part of my de-cluttering mission, I would like some inspiration on how to use raw cane sugar. I have a kilo bag from Xmas (it was wrongly bought for making gingerbread but the sugar wouldn't dissolve). It's good in cocktails :beer: but can you suggest any other uses? Thank you!