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3 Tier Cake
I want to make a 3 tier chocolate birthday cake for my daughter, I have tins measuring 24, 18 and 11 cms, how can I work out how much mix I need to make.. I'm thinking enough for a standard cake x 2, and then pour them in so they are all around the same depth?
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Help please
I got some chicken thighs out of the freezer last night to make a curry with. I picked up all the bits on the way home but I forgot ginger! Can I use powdered ginger - the recipe calls for 2.5cm of fresh. If I can't use powdered, can anyone suggest a good, freezable, chicken thigh recipe?
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Getting Surgical Marker Pen off wall
My 3 year old decided while I was cooking yesterday to grab one of these pens (my dad works in a hospital and somehow one ended up in my house) and draw lines in the hallway, up the stairs, on the landing and on various bits of furniture in her room. Needless to say I flipped out a little bit, but is there a way to get it…
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OS Daily Thread Tuesday 4th 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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furniture restoration
i have just bought a 1950's style ottoman and i plan to restore it. it is made of wicker which i want to paint white, but i'm unsure as to what sort of paint to use. any suggestions please?
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Bulgur wheat recipes?
Hi, got some cheap organic bulgar wheat from approved foods last week with the intention of using it in soups? But what else can I do with it? Thanks C X
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OS Daily Thread Monday 3rd 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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Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd 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! After Dusty's Reception Room declutter last week,…
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Old style Baking ingredients
Hi everyone :) After enjoying some regular cooking due to a better spell of health (I have a long term condition that makes me pretty useless in the kitchen!) I am sticking to a meal plan each week and am trying to make lunch box snacks myself to try and save some money.. Anyway, I'm getting off track... I was lucky enough…
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lighter baking
Hi everyone, We love banana loaf in this house. And so easy to bake. Since I have a new job I eat breakfast at work so I decided this week to make banana loaf for breakfasts, but to make it less calories I have bought Tate&Lyle lighter sugar-sugar mixed with stewia plant. I just licked my fingers after putting it in the…
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OS Daily Thread Sunday 2nd 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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Meal Plan WB 3rd February 2014
February already??? How'd that happen? We did really well in January, so here's for a good February too :) Dinners Saturday - Beef Stew with Mash Potatoes Sunday - Roast Chicken, Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding & Veg Monday - LO Beef Stew Pie, Mash Potatoes & Veg Tuesday - Chicken Jambalaya Wednesday - Toad in the Hole…
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OS Daily Thread for 1st 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…
