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Easy cheap recipes for larg numbers
I help out in a drop in centre, no charge for meals although some do "donate" a few £ if they do not give anything that is fine. We get by on these donations plus contributions of food from volunteers who work in it. To give you an idea we have, tea, coffee, biscuits, buns, cake. For lunch we have soup and stew, then a…
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OS Daily Tuesday 3rd January 2012
OS Daily Tuesday 3rd January 2012 Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Tuesday 3rd 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…
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Kim and Aggies Carpet Cleaning Method
Does anyone remember it? I know it involved white toilet soap, and laying down a towel and stamping on it to draw out all the water, but I can't remember the details. I have a 5 foot strip of carpet just inside the front door. It's pale green and is starting to look a bit grubby. No outstanding stains just a bit yucky…
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Whoospie!
Well plucked up the courage to go into whoopsie corner, ready to fight off the whoospie bullies.....and noone was there except me:-) got some weight watchers loaves for much cheapness and popped them in the freezer, result...will try again:-)
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Ideas for Jewllery Making???
I am thinking about learning a new craft....I love sewing but don't have the room to leave the machine out, and would like to do something which fits round looking after three kids. Anyway, I was thinking about jewllery making but I haven't a clue where to start!! Do any of you make jewllery? and if so, how, what with?…
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Help - using up left overs
I have some eating apples and a sheet of puff pastry that have to be used. I was thinking about making a apple crumble pie - there isnt enough pastry to make a top and bottom but I have a bag of frozen crumble topping in the fridge. Does anyone know 1. If puff will make an ok bottom 2. If I can cook eating apples? 3. If a…
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Does anyone have a recipe for Cheese and Onion pasties?
as the title says does anyone have an easy recipe also what pastry do i need to use? i don't mind using the ready made stuff tia
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Silicone Bake Wear
Hello A few years ago I was given a Silicone bake wear set with loads of different parts and I have had no luck in using it. Whenever I try to bake a cake it all sticks to it and the jelly molds are not for letting the jelly go :rotfl: This was given to me as a gift and I know it was expensive so if anyone can tell me what…
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Using up banana chips?
Hey, hope this is the right place... I bought some honey dipped banana chips from Julian Graves coz they were reduced. I like to eat them on their own but I'd like to do something with them. Is there any way of using them up? I'd make muffins or something but I have no flour or anything like that. Thanks in advance :)
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Garlic Oil - did I do the wrong thing?
My home grown garlic had started to go mouldy in the fridge so I spent a couple of hours peeling about 20 garlic bulbs and popped them into an empty vodka bottle and topped it up with veg oil. There must be over 100 cloves in the bottle, can I use the garlic out of the bottle and will the oil be too strong to use? Does…
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Quick help please - yellow brocolli!
Hello :wave: Just a quick question... I have suddenly become inspired to cook Chicken Divan (after posting about it a few days ago!) and altho I have all the ingredients in, my brocolli is looking a bit worse for wear and is going yellow. its not mouldy and smells ok - but will it ruin my dish if I use it? Would you use…
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How I menu plan with cookery books.
Hi guys. I've been lurking a very very very long time. I have learned so much from here and I am pretty much debt free. I want to share this as a thanks for what I have taken. I hope it will be useful to someone. A long time ago I started to cook most meals myself and learned some techniques and got a few recipes in a…
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Websites with recipies from leftovers (use to be cooking by numbers)
Hello In my quest to be far less wasteful this year, I want to find a website to help me use up all our leftovers and things we've got in the cupboard/fridge. I'm not a great cook, so need all the help I can get. I know a long time ago there was a website cooking by numbers, but it doesn't seem to be working anymore. Can…
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OS Daily Monday 2nd January 2012
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 2nd 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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yahoo groups- 'simplify me' looks interesting..
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SimplfyMeWithTipsAndHints/messages?o=1 cooking / life tips from users..
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Mystery cooking pot
My fiance tells me that his father used to have what he called a "bachelor pot" - apparently some sort of clay pot which went on the stove top. It looked like a large saucepan with a lid on it and worked like an oven so for example, jacket potatoes cooked in it on the hob came out like proper oven jackets. His father…
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Weight watchers veggie meals
Anyone got any good weight watchers friendly vegetarian recipes? Want to c,ook from scratch to save money
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Anyone have a Chestnut Stuffing Recipe ??
I was given some fantastic homemade chestnut stuffing, and would love to make my own. I understand you can buy tinned chestnut puree, does anyone know of a recipe ??? I have been hunting online, but all the recipes I have found use roasted not puree, and seem to be full of spices/herbs. This stuffing seemed quite basic, no…
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Spreadsheets
Hi All Happy New Year. I am trying to get organised this year with budgeting, cleaning etc and although I have found your fabby calendar I was wondering if there are any other things I can download, like menu planners, shopping list etc?? Many thanks x
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Left over dips...
I have a whole pot of sour cream and chive (i think) dip. What else can i do with it other than use it as a dip? I can't see us eating it all and i don't want to waste it if possible...
