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Weekly Flylady Thread - 1st May 2017
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. Its been lovely to see some de-lurkers and some newcomers; do please post even if it's just to say 'list completed' Thank you Natty for last week's thread. It is your responsibility to read the forum rules, please follow them on this thread as Flylady has been here a LONG time and is a…
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A Coco Powder Taste In Cake
I recently baked a chocolate sponge (a trial run for a Black Forest Gateau that I've been asked to make for a 60th birthday celebration). RECIPE While I stuck strictly to the sponge part of the recipe, when finished I found a pronounced coco flavour of the sponge. It's that long since I made a chocolate cake I actually…
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Cook works slow cooker recipe book
Hi I have the slow cookers made by cookworks from Argos but have misplaced the recipe book. I wondered if anyone had the book and would be able to share the vegetable soup recipe from there please.
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OS Daily Sunday 30 April
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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Rhubarb
how do I freeze rhubarb ? Can I just peel it and freeze it in chunks or strips ? Or do I have to stew it first ? Also, I stewed some in the soup maker, yesterday, as chunky - as the top of my oven wasn't working, and it turned out fine! My friend gave me half a bin bag full, so trying different recipes, but needs to freeze…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 29th April
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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Cheap & Freezable Baking Recipes
Hi everyone, I have been searching for cake & biscuits recipes that I can freeze but can't seem to find anything. I'm currently on maternity leave & I'm getting closer to my 3 months with no pay so I'm trying to stash food so we're not spending loads on shopping during that time. Any freezable recipes would be a massive…
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Organising/catering a wake
Hello All I apologise if this is in the wrong place, but it seems like the most appropriate place for the thread. I digress... Following two bereavements in four days, I have the job of organising one of the wakes to help take the pressure off. It will be in our home and is a mid afternoon affair. I am planning to cater…
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making fish cakes
I have a box of mashed sweet potato and some flaked cooked salmon in my freezer, so I'm thinking of making fish cakes, which I haven't done before. I think the sweet potato is going to be quite wet, so what would be best to thicken it up a bit? Would flour or breadcrumbs work? I've seen recipes which say to just roll in…
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cleaning materials
I have run out of kitchen, bathroom and floor cleaner all at the same time! What do people recommend as being cheaper options? I have both Aldi and Lidl near me, plus all the usual supermarkets, but nowhere which stocks star drops (which I've seen recommended here before) I like to have a spray, but do have a spray bottle…
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OS Daily Friday 28 April
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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Cheaper/homemade snacking foods
DH and I have taken to curling up in bed with some snacks and a movie as a midweek treat. We were popping down the corner shop and picking up a selection of crisps & dip/Hagaan Das style ice-cream/sharing chocolate bars etc. We need to cut back and have realised that these impromptu supermarket shops need to go, as its a…
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Spaghetti bogenesse in slow cooker
Can you do it
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OS Daily Thursday 27 April
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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Is kirsch the same as cherry brandy?
It's a long time since I made one but I've been asked to do a Black Forest Gateau for a friend's 60 th birthday. I've yet to decide whether I'll go with The Gordon Ramsay Recipe OR The Eric Lanlard Reciipe The all call for Kirsch. I have Cherry Brandy is that the same thing? I'm a non drinker so don't really know the…
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Money saving idea
I'm a newbie so apologies for my awful ideas/repeated ideas Mention to all Car Insurance Companies that you are part of a car club. You get a discount - sometimes 10% I'm part of a car club and go to car shows but you just need to mention you are part of one, if they ask which one just say '[BRAND OF CAR] owners forum.…
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What to do with leftover egg whites?
When doing a freezer stash review this week, I found a tupperware containing five frozen egg whites. I know you can make meringues and macarons with egg whites but am on a post-Easter detox from sugar so wondered if anyone had any....healthier ideas?? TIA xx
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OS Daily 26th April
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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Measured coffee/sugar/tea dispenser?
Can anybody recommend where I might get dispensers for instant coffee granules, sugar and tea for somebody with severe hand tremor? They need to be able to measure out half teaspoons and teaspoons. The 'traditional' cafe-type dispensers do not seem to accurately measure out these quantities - at least not those that we've…
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My gf is dropping brands in the grocery shop. Whether she likes it or not
I moved into my gf's house, I offered to do the weekly grocery shopping for her. She has lived on her own for 6 years so knows how much an average shop will cost her. I have told her that she needs to double that weekly food budget and give me the money and I will feed us. Goodbye the birds eye fish fingers that she likes…
