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Old Style Daily Wednesday 11 December 2024
Morning all. Yes, it's Baltic.
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Do not freeze pizza dough issue
on saturday my partner bought two lots of fresh rolled up pizza dough we only needed one. It says not to freeze. I assume this is due to being frozen before. Its on todays date as due to various issues not wanted to/able to make a another pizza in the last few days. Do I throw caught to the wind and freeze it. Or do I bake…
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Pickled onions for Christmas!
Posting this in here after not many comments in the 'I want it' forum. Always a good idea to try Old Style! I'm a great fan of pickled onions and used to make my own. Unfortunately illness has meant that I haven't been able to make any for a few years now and I'm reliant on the commercially-available ones. Can anyone…
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Vegan Storecupboard Challenge 2024
It's back!! 😁 ETA: This challenge is about using up what you have in your storecupboard and freezers to make vegan meals and save money on groceries! Link to last year's challenge: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6413148/2023-vegan-storecupboard-challenge/p1 Following a massive deep clean of my food…
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Make Do, Mend & Minimise in 2024
With the cost of living showing little sign of easing soon, I thought I'd start a new thread for this. I'm sure many of us are trying to be as environmentally friendly as we can be as well as stretching our budgets as far as we can. I'm putting together a To Do list towards this end and will publish any achievements as and…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 10 December 2024
Brrrrrr. Not a morning for getting up just yet.
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Low/ non alcohol cocktails
Hi as usual I’m the host for Christmas for my family 12 of us including grandkids so Im very busy cooking . I usually buy the usual wines beer soft drinks but this year I like to make a cocktail that looks good in a jug and festive with ice that can be made in advance ( may add ice just before serving) which tastes nice…
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Any old style tips for newly single older vegetarian lady
So this year I've gone from having a very decent standard of living in a married couple, to being single for the first time in about 40 years and need to make some big adjustments in lifestyle. I've always enjoyed being thrifty so I need to rediscover those traits. I've recently moved into an all electric flat, and have…
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Old Style Daily Monday 09 December 2024
Morning all.
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What are you making for dinner?
There were problems with the original thread in that it disappeared and could not be reinstated. So a new thread was created and we all started again, unfortunately that thread also seems to have joined it's predecessor. So here's a new one. We need to hear about Suki's lamb casserole and Island Maid is back from Amsterdam…
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Inspire me for Christmas Eve?
For those that don’t have a big family meal on Christmas Eve, what are you planning to eat. I’m thinking something lighter before the blow out of the next couple of days, but I’m bored with everything I normally cook and salad doesn’t appeal in winter. Hit me with your suggestions.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd December 2024
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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Christmas veg ideas for the freezer
January is a long cold month already but with all the cheap veg in the supermarkets I’m trying to make the most of it by making food for the freezer. So far it’s been mostly soups a bit I thought we could share some ideas to make the most of the cheap food and stock up the freezer. * Soup ( millions of variants!!) *…
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24 for 2024
OK, it's that time again! I know a few people have done this in the previous years, but I'm making a start on getting organised (or procrastinating over my 23 for 23 list 😂) The idea is you have a list of 24 goals, that you do 24 times during the year. It can be big or small, fun or serious, and the idea is something you…
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O/S Daily Sunday 8th December 2024
Good morning, I'll be back soon.
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The all new using what you have from your Freezer, Cupboard or Shed (Barn)
It is probably time to have a new thread for this. What do you have in your freezer? In your cupboard/shed? Do you have a veg patch or allotment? What did you manage to store, preserve or freeze? I, myself, like to cook following a recipe, but love to add veg from my allotment!
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Old Style Daily Saturday 07 December 2024
Good morning all.
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La Dolce Vita - 2024
Happy New Year. Hello Everyone. I continue on my mission to live La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - living the best possible life I can with what can be politely termed a modest budget. 😂 I want to have it all......a beautiful home, gorgeous clothes, gourmet quality food, exotic travel and fun. Alas I am not a trust fund…
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O/S Daily Friday 6th December 2024
Good morning, don't know what the weather is doing, yesterday wasn't a bad day. Another medical appointment for Dh this morning so we'll be out by 9am, it's at a medical centre a few miles away. Hope everyone is ok and has a good day, take care folks.
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Old Style Daily Thursday 05 December 2024
Morning all.