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Spaghetti bolognese - tinned tomatoes or passta
For years, I always made spag bol with tinned chopped tomatoes. Cheap, but never tasted quite right. The taste was there, but the sauce was always a little thin, however much I reduced it. So I switched to jar sauces. Quite pricey for just tomatoes with some herbs. And I didn't like the salt content in these jars. But…
O/S Daily Friday 2nd March 2018
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…
Laundry gloop
I know there are a few threads about laundry gloop, but I can't find them. Using instructions I found on here I thought I would give it a go and make my own laundry liquid/gloop, but ive hit a snag. I ordered liquid soap and soda crystals and I had some oils left over from an aromatherapy stage I went through. I had a 6…
Diced lamb
I got some diced lamb tonight, thought it would be nice in a curry sauce, but on getting home all I got is Goan sauce (for fish shrimps or chicken) Korma sauce Yellow Thai Curry Tikka Masala Which of these could I use? Is the only contender the tikka sauce or would it work with the any of the others? Thanks
Hostel cooking...
Hi! I was hoping you wonderful people could help. I'm off travelling soon, for the most part staying in backpacker hostels. This means shared kitchens, very limited equipment, even more limited fridge space (and potential for pilfering) and I'm unlikely to be staying in the sameplace for more than a week at a time. Which…
Peanut Butter FLour/PB2/Coconut flour
Your favourite recipes please that use these ingredients. Needing some tried and tested recipes to use these ingredients that I bought in a fit of enthusiasm but not used yet!
O/S Daily Thursday 1st March 2018
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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