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Marmalade making and muslin square
Hello all, This will be the first time I have made marmalade. I have made jam, jelly and fruit cheese before though. I would like to know whether it is necessary to buy the muslin squares to contain the pips and pith from the oranges? Can I just put the pips into the mix? Thank you :)
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Baking times for scaled-up cake recipe - help!
Hoping a clever OS'er can help me!! I currently have a cake in the oven, the recipe says bake it for 1hour 30 minutes, but I've tripled the quantities - do any of you have any idea how much longer I should bake it for? Obviously I don't want to be opening the oven door every 5 minutes to check it!! It's this chocolate cake…
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OS Daily Friday 20th January
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 2oth 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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Getting over the embarassment
Compared to some of my friends I am very thrifty I think but struggle to get over the embarassment of trying to save money. I know it's silly but I still find it really difficult if I feel like people are judging me. Does anybody else get this? For example I paid for my shopping at Tesco using the self checkout tonight. I…
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water tablets, alternative use?
I like to find a use for everything rather than throw stuff our, dishwasher salt on the drive came in useful during last winters freeze, and old aspirins often find their way into vases to refresh flowers ... what could I use an excess of diuretics for ? perhaps the more chemically minded reader could make a suggestion…
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Idea's for new mum food presents
Hey all! My sister in law is due a baby girl in a few weeks, and as well as buying a gift for the baby, I'm thinking of cooking up some food, freezing it, and taking it over to her. I don't have kids myself, but I can imagine you don't have much time to cook! So, Im thinking I could do bolognese and chilli, that way she…
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Homemade vinegar spray - smelling of vinegar!
Hi, After lots of reading on here i tried my first homemade cleaning spray for doing my swish and swipe with. Half vinegar, half water with a few drops of lavender oil. It still smells overpowering of vinegar though. Now whenever I go into the bathroom where I've cleaned with it I can smell vinegar. Is there such a thing…
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Transporting Soup?
Hello Oh Wise Ones! I'm doing my best to bring lunch to work and my wonderful better half has made a yummy parsnip and ginger soup this week. However, I've been bringing it to work in a lock and lock round container and yesterday it leaked everywhere. I don't need to transport it warm, so a flask is unnecessary, can anyone…
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Meal Plans WB 23rd January 2012
Thank you everyone for your kind wishes last week :) After a hard start we finally got back into HM food by Tuesday (only 1 take-away post baby!!!) so i'm well pleased :) We are trying to cook large at the weekend (ie. I have DH there to help) and live on leftovers durung the week... No more post-baby take-aways here! So…
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OS Daily for Thursday 19th January
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for xx (add date). 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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Mary berry cake mix ingredients
I have just made one of the Mary Berry cake mixes and it didn't turn out well.I have another one which I don't want to use now because of this does anyone know of another way I can use the ingredients which are 210g dark brown sugar,40g chopped almonds,833g soaked fruit.Thanks in advance
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Slow cooker .... again lol
Hi guys I'm a single bloke and have just got a slow cooker to help cook batch meals to freeze and make life a bit cheaper and easier. My question is, can I put dry beans etc.. in the cooker along with a stew? i'm thinking about the dried broth mixture to add to chicken stock and veg. Cheers John
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Home made bolognese sauce
I'm new to the cooking thing, having brought my first place towards the end of last year. However with the new year came the resolution to eat healthier, meaning no more jar sauces!! I found a thread on here for Caterina's spaghetti bolognese, which I was going to make this weekend after getting the ingredients from…
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We didn't have this green thing in my earlier days
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help with mung beans please
Hi there , I have a big plastic tub of mung beans to use up but I can't find any info on whether or not to soak them , and also how long to cook them for !! Don't you just love tupperware :D Many thanks in advance x
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Woolly jumpers gone all greasy *shudder*
Hiya, I have a couple of nice, woolly jumpers which was soft and gorgeous to wear when new, but since washing in the machine have all greasy to the touch. I have quite sensitive skin and actually cannot bear to wear them now, as they are. Has anyone got any idea how to rescue them now, or are they doomed? I have tried…
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What would you do with old muesli?
Hiya, We've got some muesli that's been around for a little bit and has gone a bit soft. Mr BR isn't keen on us actually eating it as muesli (although I'm actually sure it would be fine!) so I just wondered what you guys might do with it. I'm thinking perhaps something like flapjacks - although I've never made one in my…
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Being given food
Just wondered if anyone else is like us and how do you feel about it. We are struggling due to Christmas and it being a long time till pay day. We didnt get into debt for Christmas but we have just over £100 left till pay day on the 27th. Still need to pay DH's £4 a day train fare out of this and petrol on Monday so I can…
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What sites / books inspire your cooking?
Good Morning All, Sorry if this is a daft question, but I wonder what websites / books etc inspire you for new money savvy recipes. I am currently trying to create a list of out household favourite recipes but seem to have hit a brick wall for new inspiration. In the past I have used the BBC food wesbite as well as a few…
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OS Daily Wednesday 18th January
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Wednesday 18th 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…
