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Half leg of lamb in slow cooker?
I have bought a half leg of lamb without the bone in for a good price, I would like to cook it in the slow cooker. I have cooked beef and gammon in the slow cooker with a good success, but never lamb yet. Before I ruin a good peice of meat has anyone had success with cooking lamb this way? I prefer my meat slow cooked and…
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Cheapest tea lights?
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How do we make a good broccoli bread that the kids will eat!
Morning all. I'm trying to get the kids and me to eat healthier bread but its so expensive to buy and I do enjoy cooking and baking so I thought I would try out some experimenting. Anyway whilst looking online I came across broccoli bread and it sounds fabulous!…
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Lime peel in marmalade
We like to make a mixex citrus fruit marmalade including limes but whenever we include the lime peel, whether we use the boiling method or make the marmalade in the microwave the peel always ends up rock hard. Any suggestions please for avoiding this problem in our next batch?
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OS Thread for Saturday 9th November 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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Cleaning hired suit - help!
I'm glad there are still a few people up. DH went to an event and someone has upchucked all over his hired Moss Bros suit - red wine to boot :mad:. I have Vanished the shirt and it's in the wash now, that had washing instructions so fairly confident it'll be okay, but I'm at a loss with the trousers and jacket. Does anyone…
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Crochet help please
I am new to crochet and would like to ask a question I am making a scarf which says make 34 chains 1st row states making a treble stitch 4 chains in at the start and a treble into subsequent chains. 2nd row make two chains and miss first treble andFront treble post and back treble post which makes a basket weave effect How…
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Tuna Pasta
I'm feeding a hungry group of 7 people tonight and have spaghetti, tinned tuna and tinned toms. Could you advise what herbs you would put with it? I was thinking garlic, chilli, capers and parsley - sounds good?
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recommend a deep fryer?
Hello OS-ers I'm after a small deep-fryer to make chips in (possibly also home-made felafels :drool: )It only needs to have enough capacity for a couple of portions, as there's only two of us. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a deep-fryer. I know, they're not very healthy! But it'd only get used once, maybe twice a…
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How do I get makeup stain from my carpet?
Can anyone let me know best way to remove brown makeup stain (specifically bronzer!) out of my cream coloured carpet please?
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Gas or Induction hob in new kitchen ?
At last we are refitting our (1970s) kitchen. I have always cooked on gas and like it, but so many sources keep saying how much better induction hobs are. Am completely confused now. I do sometimes 'burn' red pepper skins on he gas flame but that's about all I need a naked flame for and could use a blowtorch. Please can…
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Induction or Halogen?
We've decided to get a new kitchen. I was impressed with the sales talk for the induction (the salesman has one and thinks they are the bee's knee's). However my husband was looking at the specs for installation and it needs a 40amp breaker, which would indicate that it will use a heck of a lot of electricity and would be…
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OS Daily Friday 8th November 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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OS dog coat - Done
So proud of myself today :j Day off work so decided to try to make in indoor coat for our wee lurcher Rax.........result one hand sewn coat, a toasty warm dog and one OS Zaxdog bleeding gently while she opens a beer :D Managed to make a pattern on some old mapping paper my previous office was chucking out and used an old…
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Tinned condensed milk way out of date...
I have a tin which has a use by date of 2001 . I always use out of date stuff but just wondering if this is a bridge too far? I hate the thought of wasting it as I need it for a recipe- coffee ice-cream. If it smells and tastes ok would you use it? Thanks.
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OS Daily Thursday 7th November 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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OS with a modern twist...
There's an app for that........ Just been comparing prices between the supermarkets, In days gone by I would have had to physically go to the store and walk around with a note book, noting the price, then comparing it to the next.. Now with modern smart phones and computer technology we can do it from our homes, saving…
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Handbag treasure
I've just cleaned out my handbag and in with the pens, chewing gum and lip balms I found some money! I thought it could be fun to see who can rummage the most out, so grab those handbags and get digging! I found £1.39 :money:
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Food flask recommendations please
Are there any must have flasks please, that keep food well insulated and don't leak? Both DDs would like to start taking hot food to school. Apologies if this would have been better posted somewhere else. I did try to search the forums but couldn't find anything.
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Living off the land
Hello all for this hitherto unvisited section of the wonderful world of MSE! I've decided following a summer of off-grid living at various solar powered events and festivals that I no longer want to live in the "modern world" and I have decided that I need to aim to buy a small plot of woodland or a meadow and live off the…
