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biscuit recipe anyone
cooking lamb today,so i thought id have a go at biscuits why the oven is on,any good recipes anyone
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Incredibly bad damp/musty smell in old car - any tips?
Hi all We have an old classic car which we are trying to sell. It has been restored, and is lovely on the outside, but we don't drive it, so its sits, covered in our garage, waiting for it's loving owner to appear to claim it :D It has got the most horrendous damp smell. We do take it out now and again with all the windows…
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Daily Thread for Saturday 31 March.
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 31 March. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please…
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Buying couscous?
Have compared prices on mysupermarket.com and out of the four big supermarkets, Asda is the cheapest at 10p ish per 100g but do Asian shops sell it cheaper? Any info gratefully received.
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Can you make custard without custard powder? (Proper custard)
well is it possible? it proably is but i don't know where to start.
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Rice in slow cooker?
I have some pork cooking away in my slow cooker at the moment and I plan to serve it up with rice, peas and sweetcorn (using up storecupboard bits!). Can I bung some bog standard brown rice in my slow cooker as well? Or would I be better off cooking it separately? I've had a search around and have only come across rice…
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now after sausage advice
Does anyone know if they're gluten free please? I've read the box but still not sure and have a relative with coeliac disease coming to stay. Thanks. x P.S. Sorry for any confusion, this question was about kallo organic cubes but I changed the title after I asked about sausages a bit further down the thread.
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Daft question about, uhm, boiled eggs...
Hi, Get ready for a daft question, but.... Once I have boiled an egg, how long can I keep it for? :confused: I would like to boil up 3 say on a Sunday, for Mr EL to take to work as snacks. My mum used to run a bar and keep them for ages as snacks for people to buy with their drinks, but I can't bring myself to ask her this…
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How long do hard boiled eggs last
Hi All, I boiled some eggs last Thursday.... will they still be ok? I thought not, but then got thinking that raw eggs last for ages! Ta
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what is troll
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Friday 30th March 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 30 March 07. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do…
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What did I do wrong?
Hi all, I made some flapjack with a recipe from here and all looked great until I tried to turn them out, I had lined the tray completely with greaseproof paper and it had stuck to the flapjack, wouldnt come off at all, was i supposed to grease the tin and use without paper or should i have greased the paper too? Any help…
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Help needed please?
Hi everyone...I was just wondering if you could help me...I have bought a 1.5 kg piece of brisket...I have a slow cooker...low/medium/high settings...what seing do I cook it on and for how long?...also do I put it in on it's own or do I put stuff with it...any help would be gratefully received...thanks
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keeping in the fridge
Just wondering how long some foods would keep in the fridge, specifically things I might be able to use for packed lunches such as pasta salad, cold chicken, cold sausage, boiled eggs, can't think of other specific things I might use but ideas would be gratefully received... I'd like to make packing lunches easier by…
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Cooking for 5 (or 3 or any odd number for that matter)
Recipes are always written for 4 or 6 aren't they ? I cook for 5. At the moment the two youngest (7 and 10) don't eat a whole portion so a recipe for 4 works out OK. But I forsee that by the time I have 3 teenagers in the house that's not going to wash :rolleyes: What do other family cooks do ? Do you a) do a calculation -…
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OS marital ethical dilemma
Our veg box contains some gorgeous aubergines...yum! But DH claims he does not like aubergines bc his DAD (not HIM) felt ill after eating some in 1985...since then aubergines have been delcared highly toxic in my IL family. For the record, when we first met, DH never touched anything containing the slightest bit of orange…
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Wine in risotto?
Can you use red wine in risotto? All the recipes seem to say white but I have some red left over and don't really want to open a bottle of white.
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Re-heating food
We are on a tight budget and recently I made a huge pot of Chilli and also made far too much rice. Once cold I put both the rice and Chilli in separate sealed containers and put them in the fridge. Is rice OK to be re-heated? I've re-heated Chilli before but not sure about the rice. Many thanks
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Help, my clothes all stained in the wash
I washed some 'whites in the machine last night just checked them and a turquoise flannel had got in and now they are all really dull, is there any way i can brighten them to the original colours, help??
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Recipe help please
I've just been in my local cafe for a cup of tea (my occasionaly treat) and there was a gorgeous looking rustic sausage bake on the lunch menu. I know the owner fairly well and asked if I could have his recipe for the kids but it's "top secret" (I guess he has to make a living!). Anyway, I wondered if anyone here could…