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Making meal seem 'special'
I am trying to cut down on endless cooking this year. For one Christmas meal somebody suggested beef bourguinon as a main with new potatoes and green beans, not for Christmas Day itself but for 21st. Beef braising but probably local if not organic. Any ideas about how to present it / classy looking accompaniments / not too…
Time Richer but Cash Poorer... advice?
Hello folks I’m looking for the benefit of your collective wisdom & hope you can help! I am very excited that from January, I will be cutting down my hours in my tedious office job from 37.5 a week to 25 hrs. I have a sideline/hobby that is starting to take off professionally & I need more time to devote to it, so when I…
Recipe for Marcus Wareing watercress soup?
Has anyone tried to make this yet? I was confident that I could easily recreate it but haven't come across anyone online who has successfully made it, only some saying they got the ratios wrong. So if any of you lovely OSers has made it and it worked, could you please post the recipe? Ta muchly.
O/S Daily Wednesday 2nd December 2015
O/S Daily Thread for Wednesday 2nd December 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.…
Stockpiling
Hi everyone, Do you have anything that you stockpile? Maybe it's been on sale, or buy one get one free? Or you just buy tons of it because you like it until you realise you are being taken over by it? I realised the other day that I had rather a lot of tea bags, all varieties, all brands. I especially had a lot of herbal…
Advice for a combined slow cooker/rice cooker.
Hi, I was on the lookout for a rice cooker (having recently burnt my other half's favourite pan) and noticed that they do slow cooker combo machines that do a lot more - e.g. porridge, rice, stews, soups, steaming vegetables etc. I have an old slow cooker that only has an on and off button (no timer or different…
Washing machine smell
Not sure if this is the best place for this.... Our washing machine is about 2 years old. It has a very musty smell, so much so that the kitchen is smelling now. I have run the machine on 90 degrees as per their booklet, I have run it with a whole tub of bicarbonate soda, I have also run it empty with vinegar. Nothing…
O/S Daily Thread for Tuesday 1st December
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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