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Catering for a party????
I am having a 'Tea Party' that won't start till 5pm (just found out can't have hall until 4pm). I've always gone way over the top with food at parties, what I call real food. This time its a buffet type and the more I think of it the more I don't want just teatime stuff, can't bear people to leave hungry. So need idea's,…
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Homemade Washing Up Liquid
Hi, We've recently had a go at making our own washing up liquid as per the Anthea Turner Perfect Housewife recipe: 2L Water 2-3 drops essential oil 8g soap flakes 8g soda crystals 1tsp white vinegar The first time we used it, it seemed fantastic and cleaned our glasses, cutlery and crockery really well - squeaky clean! We…
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Help with easy recipes for a non cook please
HELP! Can't cook, rubbish cook! Does anyone know of a good cookery book for quick, simple recipes that don't require millions of ingredients? I know there's lots of tips on this site, but I'm looking for a quick spaghetti bolognese recipe. I'm embarrased at my lack of culinary skills - but I really have never bothered and…
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Freezing Macaroni Cheese
My husband loves mac cheese. I was wondering if I made a load, could I freeze it in those foil containers then just defrost and cook. Would the cheese sauce still taste the same and would the macaroni go a bit mushy? Any advice welcome.
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Lemon zest frozen a few months ago will it still be any good?
Hi Hope some one can help I have found a few lots of lemon zest that I grated and froze a few months ago,will these still be any good to use for cooking maybe a lemon drizzel cake or am I best to bin them TIA
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freezing a portion
i just made a huge amount of chilli to freeze is portions. when i have frozen it before i just whack it in a bag and freeze. then when i take it out and cook, it looks quite a small amount. when i get it on the potato or rice, the portion always seems too big. i was organised this morning and put what i thought was a…
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homemade?
Hi everyone I want/need to tighten my purse strings this year which got me thinking it's got to be cheaper to hand make things instead of buying everything. I was wondering what does everyone hand make? I can knit I want to start making soap going to have a go and some washing gloop is there anything else you can do at…
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OS Daily Monday 9th January
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 9th January. 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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Car oil trodden into White Carpet
Any tips on the best way to remove car oil in the carpet? Also we have just rearranged our furniture only to find what you can call dust outlines on the carpet following how the furniture was - its a bit like a crime scene. We have tried to hoover out and tried vanish but you can still see. Any tips? thanks
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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th January 2012
Welcome to this weeks thread. Normally we have an influx of newbies around this time so welcome everyone, make sure you read this post and jump straight in. Don't worry if you can't keep up with the thread, it moves really quickly especially at this time of year, just concentrate on doing the lists and let us know how…
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What to do with a glut of fresh bay leaves?
DH and I have chopped down a bay tree that was in our garden this weekend. We didn't really want to do it but it was right next to the house and freaking DD out by tapping on her bedroom window at night! (Yes - it was a BIG bay tree). Anyhoo - we now have about a million or so bay leaves to pick :eek: - I'll only keep the…
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Last years lettuce!
In my quest to be more OS I stopped buying pre packed salad and now buy lettuce, cucumber etc and make my own. Today I found in my fridge still in it's plastic wrapping an iceburg lettuce bought from Lidl on DECEMBER 23rd (16 days ago) - it is fine, in fact perfect so we are having it tonight with chilli - what have they…
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loads of mushrooms!
What can I make with them? I have some cream of mushroom soup - chicken - tinned tomatoes - sausages - pasta sweetcorn peas & bacon bits what can I make?
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Piri piri spice mix
Can anyone recommend a dry piri piri spice mix please :) TiA :j
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Cost of Food shopping
Hi All Im new here and looking for some advise. I about to sort my DMP and need to give realistic idea of how much i need to budget for food shopping, ive been through my bank statements and at the moment im spending around £190 a month on food, cleaning stuff and nappies (one pack a month) PLUS £25 a month on takeaways.…
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Best pudding basins?
I would like to make more puddings ( both sweet and savoury) as the family likes eating them :) . I have a couple of microwave pudding basin with a lid but would like to get a proper one. Any advice on where to get nice and cheap ones and what do I need to cover the top? thank you !!
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Seafood sauce
New year, new me! Determined to use old style cooking as much as possible and not to waste anything. I have a jar of seafood sauce that was used for the starter for Xmas dinner that needs using up - does anyone have any suggestions/recipes that I can try on my family. Thanks in advance
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If i mixed equal parts white vinegar...
and water and maybe a couple of drops essential oil would this work as a bathroom cleaner? I want something to use for my swish and swipe (flylady) each morning! Thanks
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Old recipes using Suet please..
Hi all, I have been given a huge bag of beef suet. I have made lush dumplings just with a casserole but want more inspiration on ways to use it thriftily. I hate waste. I am thinking of roly poly pud and spotted !!!!!! but would prefer none steamed recipes purely cos I would be likely to let the pan boil dry :eek: I found…
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Making lumps of meat look bigger...
Hi We need to cut down our meat consumption - both for economy and because we are both getting far too lardy. trouble is OH is a real 'lump of meat' man, will eat mince and cubes in rissotos etc once a week or so, but if I start doing them too often he grumbles.(not seriously, but I like to keep him happy...). He prefers,…
