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Apple jelly is too sweet
I am in the process of making apple jelly and it's nearly ready... Excet that it is exceptionally sweet. Any ideas what I can do about that? or is it supposed to be very sweet?
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making scnapps, help
Just a quickie x I'm making schnapps for christmas presents. Can I do this in a plastic container or does it have to be glass?? ingredients, if it makes any difference, are vodka, sugar and rhubarb. hope one of you lovely people can help, and thankyou x:beer:
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Weekly Flylady Thread 5th September 2011
Welcome to autumn!! 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.…
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Red egg white - help please!
Can any of you chicken keepers out there give me some advice please? DD has just called to say that she was making a cake using some free range eggs from a neighbour and one of the eggs whites was completely red. She scooped it out and carried on. Unthinkingly, she licked the bowl clean, remembered the red 'white' and is…
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Anyone got the recipe for Jaffa cake semifreddo?
I saw this recipe for Jaffa cake semifreddo in the lifestyle section of the free Metro sometime in August and foolishly didn't keep hold of it, have searched online to no avail, does anyone here have it? :beer:
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Washing-up... Hot water??
Just a quick question... Is is okay to use cold/lukewarm water for washing-up? Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of a dishwasher :( I have been trying to cut our bills down and have succeeded in getting the gas bill down to less than £10 a month this summer :j. We use gas for hot water, heating and cooking. I try to do…
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homemade fruit bread/loaf
hi i really want to make homemade fruit bread as for a small loaf of walburtons is rather pricey and doesnt last 5 mins in my house! has anyone got any recipes please i am especially keen to know how they get the bread all moist and sticky like? i want to use a bread based recipe with flour and yeast as opposed to a fruit…
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What's happened to my pan?
I have a Judge saute pan and the base has gone concave, it's no longer flat and rocks on the flat electric plate of my cooker. It seems like now only food in the very centre gets cooked, food on the outside of the pan barely sizzles I need to get a new pan but want to know what caused this so I don't write off another pan…
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Basic Recipes for Novice Cook
I wanted to pick the collective OS brain :D I want to create a book of basic recipes for a friend who is a complete novice when it comes to cooking. She'd never even baked a cake before. I was thinking of including all the simple recipes we use instinctively that she wouldn't know for starters eg how to make a basic white…
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OS Daily Sunday 4th Sept
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 4th Sept. 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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Windfalls
Probably a daft question but how big do windfalls have to be before you can cook with them? My tree is loosing apples like no tomorrow and the way it's going there will be none left to make anything with. The windfalls range from about 1.5 inch across to about 2.5 inch and smell quite perfumery. I did debate with myself…
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Apple juicing
Hi everyone. I have loads of apples on my tree, ripening fast. I want to make them into apple juice but have no pressing machine here! The local farm will press them for me, but will charge me, obviously. As an alternative, would it work if I put the chopped apples into the microwave till they're mushy, and then press…
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Help with my washing machine please
Thurday evening I purchased from Lidl a bottle of V5 washing machine cleaner. I followed the instructions to the letter and left the machine running with the fluid in it while we went off to bed. At 2am I was awoken by the smell of vomit. We couldn't track it down until morning but its from the washing machine since we…
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How to Clean Straw
I found an abandoned huge White Company straw beach/shopper bag yesterday while out and about in a slightly less than pristine state. Have taken it home and wiped it with a damp cloth inside but there is the problem of dirt on the outside. Slightly smudged with dirt and black marked. Is there any way I can clean this thing…
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Any ways to get rid of a water mark on fabric?
I have a big upholstered headboard and stupidly laid back on it with wet hair - I now have a head shaped water mark on the fabric. Does anyone have any clever tips for getting rid of it, please.
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Instructions for Soya Milk Machine
Hi there, if a kind user of the Yaoh Soya/Hemp/Nut Milk Machine can help me out, I'd be very grateful! Being a bit technically challenged and a bit of a Luddite doesn't help (e.g., still haven't got used to using a digital camera - keep putting it to my eye - I'm truly Old Style!). So if you have one of these machines I…
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Saturday 3rd September 2011
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 3rd September. 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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can you freeze cookies?...
Evenin all quick -as always freezer-based ;) - question!! I made a (double) batch of cookies this evening- think i may have underestmiated just how many it would make! .... Is it possible to freeze the cookies once theyre cooked or do I have to eat/give them away over the next few days (which could be disastorous for the…
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crafting ideas
I have just done the annual school uniform sort out and am left with a pile of trashed boys trousers (black and grey). They are beyond reasonable wear and I could send them for recycling but as this is an annual event I wondered if anybody had any ideas for crafting with school trousers?! Or recycling... Same goes for…
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Help me use up ....
I have about 18 eggs, 10 onions & a fair few potatoes that need using up - so what ideas does anyone have that I could make & hopefully freeze? I have bits & bobs of other stuff in like a bit of cheese, a bit of bacon etc - but need to mostly use up the eggs, onions & potato! Just to note that I am allergic to tomatoes &…
