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Can you freeze jar sauces?
I am trying not to waste food but when there is only one eating it, it is difficult. I am planing on doing a curry this week with a sauce in a jar. I will only use half, does anyone know if I can freeze the other half (will have to be just the sauce as I will be making with twice frozen chicken so can't freeze that again).…
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Your food memories please.
Posting on the Food Shaming thread I was taken back to my student days and the memory of a friend sharing his chips covered in ketchup and salad cream and with me discovering that, rather than being disgusting, the combination is actually delicious :D . Does anyone else have strong food memories? Those meals which stick in…
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How do I remove stubborn dirt stain from carpet?
I have a stain on my carpet from a flower pot that leaked, so the brown from the flower pot stained it. I have tried 1001 Troubleshooter Ultra carpet cleaner and Vanish PowerShot stain remover but the stain remains!! :(
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IOS app price change alerts
Hi, I came across this website MobileAppWatch dot com that let's you monitor the prices of your sought-after apps. So if an app that you want becomes cheaper, or free even, you will get an email so that you don't miss the discount :-) It certainly saved me some money with apps for my children
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Altering a pair of trousers
I have a very baggy pair of chef's trousers which fit perfectly at the waist, but have legs designed to fit an elephant. Whilst my legs are not exactly sylph-like, they are certainly not in the tree-trunk category!!! I need to take the legs in - do I run a seam down the outside or the inside or doesn't it matter:o Many…
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O/S Daily Saturday 7th September 2013
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. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Fruit in Trifle
Hi all, I'm making a trifle for a christening on Sunday and had to start it tonight as it will have so many layers I need lots of time for each one to set! However, I've just done the bottom layer with Swiss roll and fresh raspberries with raspberry jelly. I've glanced over at the raspberry packet and see they are best…
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Please help, tiny tiny caterpillars in my home
Can anyone shed any light on what these are and where they have come from??? I have cream wardrobes in the bedroom and I've just found loads of very tiny caterpillar like things on the side of it. They are about 1/8th of an inch, thread like with a round head and move like a worm / caterpillar. I'm itching like crazy
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Knorr Fish Stock Pots
Hello ladies ... I read this board often but not normally a poster. I recently discovered Knorr Fish Stock Pots and think they are amazing at vavavuming up basically any dish ... not limited to fish at all. I use them in risottos (all types), soups, stews etc and today have just made a Bolognese sauce which tastes amazing…
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What to do with videos?
We have a large number of videos (both home recorded and pre-recorded) which we want to get rid of. Will charity shops take them or should I just take them straight to the tip?
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can i save my jumper??
I have a jumper which I love, but it is a very naughty jumper. It bobbles and moults too. it's made of viscose/ cotton/angora and polyamide. any tips to whip it into shape please? TIA
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Meal Plans W/B 9th September
I am on a use up the freezer mission as would like both defrosted before weather turns horrible. Small one have managed to empty this week but this means the big one is groaning at the seams. So all main ingredients will come out of the freezer this week. Saturday - Baked fish with vegetable noodles and salad Sunday -…
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Keep that holiday feeling
I have just come back from a week long holiday in West Wales. I felt relaxed, free from worries and clutter and now I'm back home I want to keep that feeling:). We stayed in a lovely cottage in Wales and it occurred to me that I liked it so much because for a week we lived a simple life. The thing with holiday cottages is…
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O/S Daily Friday 6th September 2013
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. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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lots of blackberries, raspberries ideas >?
hello :j I have found a fab place that is loaded with blackberries and raspberries. Also looks like i can get loads over the next few weeks :D Any ideas what to do with them ? They will get eaten by me and the kids so wont be wasted. But i would love to make jam , never made it any easy recipes ? also can we make jelly ? i…
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Freezing tarts!
Help please! I am trying new recipes for tarts with large amounts of both double cream and alcohol in them, Is this just going to split if I freeze it, ( it would be cooked)
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first simple sewing machine, which one?
Ok, I am looking for my first simple sewing machine, want to try my hand at sewing crafts, so must be more than one of those hand held jobbies. Under £100 but able to do more clever things if I can master the basics, looked at loads and some 2nd hand ones. But decided if I am going to go for, I may as well go good style.…
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Quick help with roast chicken please!
I bought a YS counter fresh free range organic chicken from MrT today and have just put it in the oven but I forgot to weigh it and have no idea how long it will take! It isn't very big - label, if it had one, would probably say serves 3 people (altho us OS'ers could easily make it feed 8!) Obviously I know to check the…
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Prepping flat for rental but got a couple of problems!
Hi all, I'm moving home in a few weeks and have a tenant lined up to move into my flat but have a couple of issues that I hope there are old style solutions to! Firstly there was a spill of candle wax on a carpet (about the only thing I couldn't find a cleaning solution to in the index), I was advised to iron over baking…
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Anyone else start OS completely burnt out?
Hi all I have been on gardening leave for three weeks now while my redundancy process runs its course and had been away on holiday for the two weeks previous to that. I did hope for a short break before getting back into the world of work so that I could get the house, admin etc. sorted out but thought I would be feeling a…
