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estimating mashed potato
I am sure that there are some OS people here who know! Community get-together this evening - I have been given a large dish (about 30cms square & 15 deep) to "slightly over-fill" with mashed potato (ooh, we know how to do Valentines!). I am thinking that I will peel & quarter enough potatoes to fill this dish one-&-a-half…
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O/S Daily Saturday 14th February 2015
O/S Daily Saturday 14th February 2015 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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Bread
Sorry folks, I know this has probably been done to death, but thought I'd ask anyway. I've been thinking of making my own bread, but I don't know whether it's worth getting a breadmaker, or just doing it by hand. Aside from a one off in primary school I've never made my own, so I really have no clue what I'm doing! :)…
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newly single mum - money saving tips please :-)
Hi, My husband dropped the bombshell on Friday that he is a secret gambling addict and over the last few years he has amassed a huge amount of debt. So I have been suddenly plunged from being part of a relatively affluent small family to a single mum to a lovely young daughter, with no idea what the future holds, financial…
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Help with tomato stain!
We have a light blue baby bean bag and it's now got a lovely big tomato sauce stain on the blue fabric following an accident last night with the arm of the sofa, my elbow and a flying plate :( The stain is enormous and really obvious. I soaked it in vanish oxy action gold powder and then washed at it 30 degrees as per the…
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oil spillled on drive :-(
OH was doing an oil change on the drive and accidently knocked over the bucket of old dirty oil, so now we have a large patch of oil over the drive, luckily it wasnt the whole bucket spild, but it is alot. He tried washing it off with hot soapy water but this hasnt worked, any ideas of how to clean it all off. Thanks in…
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O/S Daily Friday 13th February 2015
O/S Daily Friday 13th February 2015 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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John Torode Recipe Help
Hi Everyone I'm hoping someone can me help, I used to make a lovely Thai beef salad following a john torode recipe from the sun newspaper website. I'm sure I had printed it off before but I cant find it for the life of me. There is a very similar recipe of his on the bbc good food website but it uses shop bought chilli…
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O/S Daily Thursday 12th February 2015
O/S Daily Thursday 12th February 2015 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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simple/basic cookbook
Hi all, Hope this is the right forum, not sure it really fits in the student one. Basically I'm looking for a really simple/basic cookbook? Not neccessarily a student one - but ideally one that doesn't include lots of convoluted, complex recipes. Ideally (shock horror), it would be one that doesn't require hundreds of…
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Cleaning Help
Hello, I could do with some cleaning help. A couple of years ago, I had my 1950's kenwood chef restored. The attachments however have started leaving these black marks... which doesn't feel very hygenic. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happning/clean these effectively. I have added a picture for reference of said…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 11th February 2015
O/S Daily Wednesday 11th February 2015 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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Store financial / important documents???
How do you store your stuff? I am looking at a messy pile of wage slips, bank statements, credit card bills, utility bills etc, belonging to me and my husband, wondering how to store it so it all makes sense. Help!!!
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Steam cleaners
Does a steam cleaner actually clean stuff, i.e. get rid of grime, or does it just sanitise the surface? I'm considering getting a steam cleaner for general cleaning, but in particular I want it to clean my light-coloured couch (fabric) and curtains. The couch in particular is starting to look a bit grubby. Will a steam…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 10th February 2015
O/S Daily Tuesday 10th February 2015 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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Good quality trays for halogan oven
Can anyone reccomend good quality cooking trays for a halogan cooker. Have seen some online but the quality from the reviews seem suspect ....rusting, losing non stick very quickly. Thanks
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how do I make beef Wellington with a stake?
Hi everyone I have never made beef Wellington before but I have one stake in the freezer and need it to go between me and hubby I saw somewhere about making beef Wellington with a stake and thought I could have a go at that I would not have a clue where to start though so j am Hoping all of you very cleaver people can…
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How to change a habit
I'm really embarrassed to say that I feel like I have got into a really bad habit with drinking wine. It has become routine to drink 2 small glasses of wine each day. I know this doesn't sound like a lot but I would rather not be doing it and I am trying to lose weight! I realise that it isn't good to drink each day but it…
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Baking cakes using less sugar -how do I go about it?
I would like to reduce my sugar intake. One area that concerns me is that I am a keen baker of cakes. Any pointers as to how to replace sugar in cakes? Thanks.
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Dragons Den: Approved Foods
I was quite surprised when they popped up on Dragons Den. I assumed they were already a successful business but it seems they don't make that much money, which is a shame. They were turned down by all the dragons.
