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stir up sunday - is it this sunday? who does this?
hi all I am wanting to start a stir up sunday tradition in our house... is it this sunday coming? who participates in your family? it would be just me and the 2 kids in or house as DH will be at work... art
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Groaty pudding/Groaty !!!!!!
Hi all, wondering if someone on here may be able to help me. I want to make a recipe in my slow cooker that my Gran used to make for Bonfire Night when we were kids. It's an old Black Country recipe called Groaty Pudding or some people call it Groaty !!!!!!. It's like a really thick creamy stodgy stew, made using groats,…
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Thread about self sufficiency etc
Sorry for another thread about searching but I remember a thread about saving for the dream life of living a simple life in the country, becoming self sufficient etc and it was full of great people who were doing that and discussing their animals and tractors and others who dreamed of doing the same. I've looked everywhere…
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OS Daily Tues 15 Nov
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Tuesday 15th November 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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Daily Thread Monday 14th November
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 14th November 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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How to get OH OS
I love all the hints and tips on here, and incorporate as many as I can into our lifestyle but do find my OH resistant. So I'm wondering how other people get OS when someone in the house is not 'up for it'? For example, rarely do the cheaper brands come up to his expectations: Putting the heating on 'only costs pennies' (I…
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Care for ceramic hob?
Hi all, I have today taken delivery of my first ever 'brand new' cooker! Eeeek, so exited! I cooked two yummy casseroles in it earlier. It is the type with a ceramic hob, and I have no idea how to care for it- clean it/prevent scratches etc. Please can anyone advise how best to go about keeping it looking sparkly and new?…
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Jacket potatoes in the Bread Machine
Hope this is the right place to post. I have looked through previous threads but couldn't find this already Today I did jacket potatoes in my bread machine! I had a brainwave yesterday while leftover bread ends were transforming themselves into bread pudding in the bread machine, that maybe I could use it as a mini oven.…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 14th November 2011
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us. There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own…
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Kitchen cleaning help
I have just moved into my new home and the kitchen is a bit outdated - the metal boiler casing as a yellow tinge to it and the white kitchen cupboards also need refreshening. I have tried sugar soap but no real joy, any other ideas to get these looking a bit cleaner and newer?
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Quick Questions on ANYTHING Old Style 3 (See first post for links to other threads)
Hi everyone, This is a continuation of the original Quick Questions threads which you can find here QQ1 and here QQ2 If you have a quick question about anything Old Style that you think only needs a single answer (or maybe two ;) ) then please ask it here. There are a few "specialist" Quick Questions threads too -…
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Daily Thread Sunday 13th November
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 13th November 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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So excited!
Hello lovely people, Please can I share tonights/todays experience with you? Well I shall anyway :) I have been massively trying to cut back on every possibe outgoing to save some money for hopefully baby number 2 next year:j I decided to read OS as much as poss in the run up to my weekley shop which normally is £65+ish…
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Additional uses for a log burner?
Hi everyone, as some people already know I have moved from a council estate in the Midlands to rural Wales. I am in a small village, there are 42 houses and a tiny shop and thats it! We only have electricity and power cuts are quite common. We have installed a log burner and its lovely, I'm thrilled with it. Now I have a…
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Help
I have lost my link for the Old style recipe collection. I have searched the site but can not find it! Could anybody point me in the right direction please.
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What size casserole dishes?
We had a little catastrophe in our house this morning, when a child opened a cupboard door and managed to unbalance almost my entire stock of casserole/gratin/serving dishes. I had quite a collection built up over around 25 years, including a set of 5 hob proof pyrex which had been going strong for around 20 years!…
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My creamed coconut ood - can I use coconut milk?
This morning I decided to make a curry and my recipe called for coconut milk. Went to get my sachets and horrified to see they had expired in April!! - have a can of coconut milk in the cupboard - could I use a small amount of this as a substitute or am i going to have to nip out? Many thanks
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choc fondant pudding-can u do lemon?
Hi all, I made some of those little choc fondant puddings the other day which turned out brill but I am not a huge lover of chocolate and wondered if there is a similar recipe anywhere for a lemon or orange type one ? if anyone knows I would be grateful
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covering seat pads
my dining chairs have cream coloured fabric seat pads which are looking really grubby. would love to cover them in some thing thats wipe clean. would i be able to cover them in that oil cloth fabric that you can use for a table cloth?
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Daily Thread Sat 12th November
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 12th November 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…
