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Pressure cooker question
Hi all I've been reading the various MSE forums for years but am more of a lurker than a poster. Inspired by the OS threads, yesterday I unearthed my pressure cooker from where it has been languishing in the garage (for a very long time) and I'm excited about putting it back into use. However - I've lost the instructions…
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Ex battery chickens ?
HI all..not an advert but thought some of you may be able to help ive put my name down for 3 ex batterys from this site http://freshstartforhens.co.uk/oldsite/ still 2 days left if people want to reserve.? Ive never kept chickens before although used to look after them at school for my gcse in agricultural science..(a very…
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OS Daily Thread Monday 10th February
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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alternative to branded replacement grill try for combo microwave?
Any canny tips please? we've lost the metal tray for our Panasonic combo-microwave. A branded replacement is silly money £37.99 +p&p any ideas what can I safely use instead: an enamel pie dish? a quiche/flan tin? it's for when the machine is on Combi or turbo settings ( variation of microwave, conduction oven &/or grill).…
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Living out of the Freezer
Please be kind to a long term lurker who is very impressed with the inventiveness of this forum. I've just "inherited" the contents of my mother in law's freezer as she sadly passed away 3 weeks ago after a long battle with cancer. I already had a well stocked freezer (well 3 actually) but they are now at bursting point. I…
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Expired refrigerated chicken meat - advise required.
Is it good to cook/eat an chicken meat (fresh meat from tesco) which is expired just 10 hours or 1 day from the expiry date. I mean sometimes we tend to forget the meat in refrigerator .
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Weekly Flylady Thread 10th February 2014
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Thank you to Natty for last week's thread THESE…
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Mops - Which Kind Do You Use
I've just about had it up to here with mops. I like Addis the PVA sponge ones with the mop that folds them in half to wring the water out,they clean well and leave the floor almost dry, but I'm so fed up of the sponge coming away from the plastic holder. I have a Vileda one that has rollers that are supposed to wring the…
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Lost my ability to cook!
I've been cooking since I was a teenager, and I'm now in my sixties. I've cooked yorkshires which covered the rails on the shelf above and had to be extracted by getting 2 shelves out.:rotfl: In the last year or so everything I cook is either seriously burnt, or looks OK but is soggy inside. Tonight's yorkies rose ok,…
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Rubber mince beef
Hello I have looked for a thread, can't find it under rubber 500g mince, similar to rubber chicken? Mods please merge? I have just done quite a few meals from 500g of lean minced steak from the butchers, just wondered if people do better? We are 3 adults: Started dry fried mince (there was hardly any fat to drain) and…
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Unchilled cheese
Cheap shops like Farmfoods and B&M have cheese slices, cheese triangles (like Dairylea) and Primula type cheese which are not kept in chillers. I find this wrong. How come this cheese is kept outside chillers?
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ready meal lasagne cook from frozen is defrosted..safe to cook?
Hi all, I bought a frozen lasagne yesterday but left in fridge, intention was 2 hours but I fell asleep and its still in fridge.will it be safe to cook? I've never tried so not sure!
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Mince beef bbf 7 feb safe to cook?
Hi all my mince beef if two days out of date is it still safe? Thanks
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Old style budget meals with dairy/soya allergies
My son has been dairy and soya free since he was four months old, he's now 2. We have spent a fair bit of our shopping budget in the past on free from products which can be really expensive. Are there any top tips from old stylers on how to reduce a shopping budget when you have these types of issues to take into account?…
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Help....how do you organize you chest freezer
As per title....... My chest freezer is so unorganized.....I always tend to use up what on the top so the bottom stuff doesn't get used..... I would your ideas on how you all arranged yours.... Thanks Skint xx
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Meal plans wc 10/02/14
I'm struggling to come up with this weeks meal plan and I think that is because I have more in to choose from after shopping yesterday. Here is a rough plan that I'll shift around. Chicken dinner with yorkshire puddings Chicken and chorizio stirfry HM quiche with cheesy potatoes and cauliflower cheese to use up some brie…
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Sunday 9th February
OS Daily Thread Sunday 9th February 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…
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Why is my towelling dressing gown like sand paper?!
I hope someone can offer some old style (or otherwise) advice on this please. I have a 100% towelling dressing gown that is 7 years old now and gets washed once a week. I wash it at 30 degrees in Ecover, with nothing else added to the wash. However, I'm finding it increasingly rough once it's washed and dried. This last…
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meat help !
hi all im realy stuck i need to find fresh or frozen meat thats cheap, im feeding a family of five and they are all male... well apart from me :rotfl: on a budget of £150 per month for the next 18 months, and meat is the thing im stuck on like stewing beef , bacon, half decent sausages burgers i can make from mince where…
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Uses for water from tumble dryer.
My condenser TD has a drawer that collects water (5KG of it!) that needs to be emptied. Apart from watering plants (I don't have any, I kill them all :D ), what else can I use this water for? Living in an area where water bills are VERY high, I hate to see 5KG of water go down the drain every week...any ideas what I could…
