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How do deodorise the rubber bung from a flask?
I have a lovely flask and the bung bit which seals it is made from black something or other which might be rubber/plastic sort of thing The flask is clean, the bung is clean the cup (lid) is clean but the bung smells very musty and when I use it for tea it ruins the tea. What can I use? I remember shaking it up with some…
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How to make a wasp trap?
We have a lovely sunny garden complete with lovely table to eat at... But every meal-time there are 2-3 wasps buzzing around the table. I know you can get wasp traps which look to me like a jam jar with some orange juice in the bottom. Does anyone know the best way to make a wasp trap? It seems a bit pointless to pay for…
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Curtains
Here's a question for you knowledgeable folks who make their own curtains. How can you stop the last few loops that you put the curtain hooks through on the header tape becoming long loops resulting in the curtain hanging down at the ends? IYSWIM I think it's the act of opening and closing the curtains that does it, but it…
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Clean rust mark from glass table?
Has anyone any idea how I can clean a rust mark from a glass table? I was away on holiday and my daughter decided to use an empty soup tin as an ashtray and left it sitting on my brand new glass top garden table. It rained a lot and has now left a rust ring. Its a weird mark as you can't feel anything there. P.S This is my…
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OS daily Wednesday 24th August
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Wednesday 24th 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…
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meat
After cooking sunday dinner i put the rest of the pork in the oven, I forgot about it until today (tuesday) if i cook it again so its very hot will it be ok to eat?
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Tips on first time eating fish
Hey all I'm a lifelong veggie who has never tried meat or fish, but due to having low Vitamin B12 levels I have been advised to start eating at least fish. I have no idea where to start! :o I'm a bit funny with the texture of food stuff (I don't like quorn texture, or lumps in soup etc!). What would be the easiest, less…
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Help! Lemon Sponge Pudding
Does anybody remember or have a recipe for a lemon sponge dessert with a lemon sauce at the bottom? Mum used to make it for us when we were kids (30+ years ago). She says it was a packet mix and there was a chocolate one also and it was probably a McDougalls packet Fingers crossed one of your wonderful people can help,…
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Best tips for coping on a reduced family income when first child arrives?
I am a big lurker on the OS-board and love reading all of the tips and ideas of making the most out of the things/money we have. My husband and I are expecting our first baby in Feb 2012 and I know that I will be on statutory maternity leave, so things will probably be a bit tight as I want to try and take at least a year…
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Running an efficient Kitchen......
Hello All, After our holiday myself and my OH are on a health kick, this consists of basically eating food that is homemade and without any sauce mixes where possible, as well as the usual fruit. I used to do this a while ago through Weighwatchers! Anyhow, working full time and cooking when we get home from scratch might…
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Anyone watch Jamie Cooks Summer last night?
I sky+ed it. Thought I would print off the portable chilli recipe, looked on the web, it wasn't put up:( Thought never mind I will print off the Levi Roots one anyway. http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/jamie-oliver/levi-roots-stylee-jerk-chicken-and-jalapeno-breads-recipe Noticed at the bottom it featured the…
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cheapest way to make....
i love making mild chicken curry, sweet and sour chicken/pork and spag bol but would love to find out how you oldstylers make them cos i bet it will be alot cheaper than me...would like to learn how to make chilli to that would be mild enough for the kids to try any help welcome..many thanks:D…
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OS Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Tuesday 23rd 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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Hook and Eye type Fastening Thingy
Hi, I hope this is the right place to post this type of thread. I've recently bought a second hand coat, but it has a zip and I don't really like zips on coats. I previously had a jacket with a sort of hook and eye type fastening on, excpt the 'hook' sort of opened out, you popped it through the 'eye / loop' and then…
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Rust stains on bath.
Hi everyone, Anyone knows how to get rust stains off a plastic bath? Last winter we needed to use the hose pipe to clear outside drains but it was frozen. It's on a metal reel, and I stood it in our plastic bath to thaw out, but it left rust marks, and I can't get them off. I've tried neat bleach, bicarb of soda, lemon…
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How to get started?
Hello :D We are a family of six and my monthly food shopping usually comes to about £350. I'm sure I'm spending too much but I've concluded that this is because I'm buying too many convenience type foods due to my lack of cooking ability. Soooo, does anyone have any good words of advice or easy recipes to get me started on…
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baba ganoush gone wrong, what else can I do with it?
I thought I would whip up a quick baba ganoush for lunch I chargrilled an aubergine by putting it over the flame on the hob mashed up some garlic and then wizzed up the aubergine flesh with it. its horrible. its a dark brown colour, not the light colour im used to when getting it from the turkish shop, plus watery and…
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OS Daily Monday 22nd August
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 22nd 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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Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd 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…
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Friend with very restricted diet staying
I have a friend coming to stay for the Bank Holiday weekend. She is temporarily on a very restricted diet and I want to try to serve meals that we all can eat that will fit with her dietary needs and not make her feel like she is missing out in any way. Her diet is restricted to: fish and boiled/grilled chicken, green veg…
