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Veggie version/substitute for bacon..?
Trying to cut back on my saturates intake. Any producer cracked this one yet? It's the one thing missing from my revamped full English which is just as tasty as before but oodles healthier. Sadly, I suspect that it may still be a while before anything even vaguely similar to bacon is on the market.
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Birthday Party Food, what do you serve?
Hello Lovely Old Stylers. I'm generally a lurker but you all have such great ideas that I'm hoping you can help. This week is my daughters birthday and we are having a family party next weekend with approx. 20 members of the family aged 6-73. I started to create a food list and it got me thinking I always seem to serve the…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 17th November 2014
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us. Thank you to Natty for last week's thread There are 3 levels per day with depending on how much time you have. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal…
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Vegetable Trolleys
I was looking at getting a freestanding vegetable trolley, something like this:…
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Xmas food bank donation's
If this is in wrong place, please move. Been on my local food bank web site and there is a list of Xmas food etc to buy. One is Xmas cake. I always make my own. Any suggestions of a reasonable price one to buy?
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HELP-Carmel shortbread
I am following a recipe online for Carmel shortbread. The shortbread is to be in the oven for 30mins at 150. It has been in 40 mins now and is still wishy washy pail brown and soft. Is this normal? Should it not be a little hard?
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Steam cleaner
I Am delighted with my steam cleaner could anyone direct me to the best place to buy extra pads at a reasonable price also the one pad I have can it be washed?Thanks
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Pyrex plates/soup/cereal bowls - where can I buy them?
An elderley relative has asked for Pyrex clear glass plates and soup/cereal bowls for Xmas. I have had a look on Pyrex and various websites and can no longer find these items. Does anyone know if these are still available or failing that the nearest alternative.
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Fixing a coat - what are these called?!
problem solved
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Sunday 16th November
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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your shopping habits please?
I know this is awful but I have no idea how much I spend on food anymore and need to set a budget again so while I know everyone is different was wondering if people could tell me how much they spend on food a week and do you meal plan if so how monthly weekly? And how many people you are feeding please?
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Washing a wool coat
I've had my beloved wool coat for just over two years now, and am ashamed to say that it hasn't had much of a wash besides the occasional spot scrub! :o It's time for it to have a proper wash, as it's beginning to get a bit pongy no matter what I do! I don't want to ruin it though, and not too sure what the best way to…
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Eating raw cauliflower & broccoli.
I know this sounds like a silly question, but is it safe for children to eat raw cauli and broccoli? My 10 year old loves to munch on it all the time, but a friend of mine said its not good for his stomach and that he shouldn't be eating it. She advised me to only give him raw carrots and mangetout etc if he wanted some.…
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How did you learn to cook?
Did your mother or someone else at home teach you? Or school cookery lessons? Or did you work it out for yourself as you went along? I still roast a chicken the way my mother taught me. Ditto cooking veggies. But some things I've had to work out for myself (Mum never did a stir fry or made a curry for example). My…
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help me find this table
hello! can you help me please find at table/office of around 70cm x 45cm (it can be 5-15cm more but not less) and height approx 75cm ? if it is foldable it would be best! cheap please! thanks!
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Fudging hell!
I need some help with a fudge recipe. I'm sure some of you can help! I want to make fudge for Xmas hampers. Just had a go at a basic chocolate fudge, all was fine until it came to taking it off the heat and beating when it split. Tried returning it to the heat and mixing it back together but as soon as it began to cool…
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Defrosted frozen veg
Hi, I have just found a defrosted soggy bag of what was once frozen mixed veg (peas green beans, carrots) in the boot of the car, purchased 2 days ago. They look ok, but smell slightly strange, but then veg does :o Do you think It's safe to use, perhaps in a soup if I make it today, or throw it out? Thanks:)
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please help
Hi everyone we are a family of 5 me and hubby then we have a 6 year old a 4year old and a1 year old and then a cavalier king Charles and we seem to have badly lost our way and be sinking into a pile of debt we owe on our overdraft our credit cards a car loan and to beat all of this we need to be saving for a house as we…
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Saturday 15th November
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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Gluten Free for Christmas?
Hi all I can come up with recipes for stuffing and a gluten free cake, but can anyone help with the pudding? Traditional Christmas pud has suet and I am not at all sure that it is gluten free - can anyone advise please? (I would check, but I currently don't have any in the pantry.) Recipes or tried and tested bought puds…
