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slowroast toms in oil recipe?
Evening everyone, Have picked nearly 3kgs of sweetheart tomatoes from the greenhouse today, and having already made passata, frozen some,wondered if anyone had a recipe for slow roast tomatoes in oil.. have had these at my w..trose shopping dsis, and they were delicious! I still have loads more coming along , plus all the…
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Baking for lunchboxes - any ideas?
Hi I am a long time reader, not often poster! I have had a dramatic change of circumstances due to ill health, and am now trying to save money every which way I can as we are now on half previous income until I can increase my work hours. I am planning to start my children on packed lunches when they return to school next…
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Removing snot stains from a fleecy top?
I have a favourite cosy sitting around top which I love. It has some stains on, which I presume were made by a crying child as I didnt notice them until after the top had come out the wash after wearing. I assume they are snotty stains, but they have not been removed after washing a couple of times. Its not really a top I…
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Recipe for Crusty Bread?
I have carried out an advanced search like the sticky told me to and even though it returned 6 threads about crusty bread I can't find a recipe (other than a no knead bread link to you tube) about hoe you make crusty bread. Is no-knead crusty bread? That's my disclaimer before some poor board guide has to merge this thread…
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Where to find/buy/make door curtains
Hi all, I was hoping somebody here on the old style board could help me out with the above? I have recently moved into my first house (3 months ago) and finally finished buying everything I need now, apart from curtains. I have put up some blackout blinds in the bedrooms to block out the streetlights from outside. But…
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It just struck me, am i the only one who does this?
As i have just completed my weekly task of 'watering my milk down', it struck me and i asked myself i wonder if im the only one who does this? 11 days out of 14 i live by myself and 4 ltrs of milk usually sees me through the fortnight. For the past six months i have been buying full fat milk and mixing it half and half…
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Pet hair on the stairs?
I have picked up many tips from this forum and hope to pass one along to any pet owners struggling with constant moulting issues: I have battled for years trying to keep our stairs dog hair free. I switched from vaccuming to brushing years ago, then to using a rubber brush and finally to going over with a damp rubber glove…
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question for any soap-makers out there? (cold process soap)
Hi there After putting it off for ages I got brave and made my first batch of soap this morning :j I just wanted to ask any of you experienced soap makers a question. (I know there is a huge long thread somewhere on here about soap-making.) Is it a problem if the soap mixture reaches trace really quickly and gets quite…
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Help! Save the soda bread?!
Hello ladies and gents So, I've had a bit of drama in the kitchen just now... Recently I started trying out a bit of baking, not something I've done much of, only a few muffins and some banana bread etc but today I am home alone and thought I'd take the plunge and try to make some brown soda bread to go with sausage…
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Bizarre project - need inspiration!
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cake suggestions please
sorry if wrong plase but i was wondering if u lovley people could suggets a nice cake for our pudding. i am makin potatoe and leek soup for tea. with some nice chunky bread (bought in ) but would like a nice fillin pudding aswell. normaly i make my choc orange cake, but would like a change prefer to use what i already have…
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Goats Milk
Anyone know how to make a really easy cream cheese with fresh goats milk? and ice cream too :j
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Blackberry jelly advice please
Hi I have made Blackberry jelly to the same recipe for a couple of years now using 1kg berries, 3 lemons,1kg sugar and water as a base recipe. This uses preserving sugar and at £1.69 a 1KG bag its expensive compared to ordinary granulated! ( i need about 7 bags!) Should i dare to use granulated sugar this year or stick to…
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OS Daily Monday 29th August
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 29th August. 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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Soup accident - don't do this!
Made lovely carrot & orange soup today. Got to the point where I needed to blend with a stick blender, foolishly I kept it on the heat when I put the blender in the saucepan. The blender created airpockets in the soup which exploded boiling hot soup onto my arm and face. Had a massive blister come up on my wrist despite…
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BBQ Briquettes and local producers
Hi all, hope Bank Holiday is going well. Ok I know its nearly autumn but i've just bought myself a BBQ! I started looking around for briquettes and found out that most are imported from abroad, often using wood from forests that are not being replaced. It seems large areas of forests are being lost every year for our…
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Homemade yoghurt blunder!
I have just had a go at making some homemade yoghurt using uht milk, Marvel and yoghurt but I think I have made a booboo.:o The yoghurt I added was the Lite Greek Style from Tesco, will this be ok? I have just read that the starter should contain live cultures and I don't know if this yoghurt contains live cultures as I…
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jars and bits and bob's
http://www.jamjarshop.com/makingjam/index.asp Don't know if this link will help anyone, looks good PS I haven't any connection at all
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Cheap Kilner jars
Just started jam & chutney making Been hunting jars In Morrisons found a deal 500ml old style screw top jars for £1.29 Cleared the shelf Just made plum chutney & ruhbarb soaking in sugar for tommorow
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Weekly Flylady Thread 29th August 2011
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! There are levels 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 being very…
