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Stand mixers
I do the breadmaking in this house, my Lady Wife does the cakes and pastry, and we've managed nicely doing everything the old-fashioned way for the last 40 years. However, now my arthritic wrists and hand are making it very difficult for me to knead bread dough, and the wife's got major issues with her shoulders which just…
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Old Style Daily Bank Holiday Monday 31 May 2021
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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Weekly Flylady Thread 31st May 2021
What
is FLYLADY? Well, it’s our version of the US flylady idea – but we work on the
principle that housework is not fun, it’s boring, can be time-consuming, is
often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It’s here on Old Style to
provide the support we all need and to make the whole task easier and quicker.
We also…
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Homemade houmous
hi there, I've tried to make homemade humous twice with 2 different recipes and it always turns out bland and lifeless. I made a batch last night it's it's just MEH ... no where near as nice as shop bough which i love. The ingredients seems simple/cheap i'm sure it must be better value to make rather than buying it but i…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 30 May 2021
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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O/S Daily Saturday 29 May 2021
O/S Daily Saturday 29 May 2021 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,…
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O/S Daily Saturday 29th May 2021
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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Some food/cooking advice please...
So in the first lockdown last year my mum was shielding and receiving the food boxes each week. There were a couple items she received she said she would never use so she passed them on to me. They are the large Maggi tomato sauce tins(she hates tomatoes and anything tomato related!). Now, I'm wondering if i could use…
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O/S Daily Friday 28 May 2021
O/S Daily Friday 28 May 2021 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,…
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O/S Daily Thursday 27 May 2021
O/S Daily Thursday 27 May 2021 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,…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 26 May 2021
O/S Daily Wednesday 26 May 2021 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,…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 25 May 2021
O/S Daily Tuesday 25 May 2021 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,…
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O/S Daily Monday 24 May 2021
O/S Daily Monday 24 May 2021 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,…
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Joy of Baking Red Velvet Cake recipe question
Hello all. I am hoping to bake a red velvet cake today, using the Joy of Baking recipe. The recipe calls for using liquid food coloring and I am having a ridiculously hard time finding it. I have gel food color, how do I use it as a substitute? Or should I just wait until I can find the right food coloring?Any other advice…
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Weekly flylady thread 24 May
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Clothes 'bleached' in wash??
Figured this may be the suitable forum for it but feel free to move it if elsewhere is more suitable. When we moved in to our house we found that our clothes were getting bleach spots on them. Some clothes ended up pretty much ruined as they were that bad. After reading my wife discovered that it may be the powder she was…
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O/S Daily Sunday 23rd May 2021
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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O/S Daily Saturday 22nd May 2021
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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O/S Daily Friday 21 May 2021
O/S Daily Friday 21 May 2021 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,…
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O/S Daily Thursday 20 May 2021
O/S Daily Thursday 20 May 2021 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,…