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Tonight Matthew I'll be...
Chopping veg! :rotfl: Seriously though it is true :) OH is away for 3 nights and this gives me the chance to uninterupted be in my kitchen! So to make my life easy (with working 8-5 depending on what horrid things go wrong :eek: I prefer to have as many veg ready prepped in my freezer as possible. Then I just have to grab…
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Unperfumed soap?
I've been getting dead organised recently and going throug my "christmas" book which mentions making home made soap from unperfumed soap (grated - mixed with tiny amount of water, essential oil and possibly lavender flowers) but uhmmm where on earth do you find unperfumed soap without paying a minor fortune for postage?…
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Balancing That Budget
This has been a constant thorn in the side and I'm hoping someone has the solution. I like to use extra sums of money for big trips to the market to stock up on meat etc. but lately all the money seems to be flowing together and I can't work out why? We get paid monthly on the 30th of every month. My maintenance gets paid…
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Best OS beefburgers
I have a large bag of lean mince, majority of basics (eggs/cheese/milk etc) and store cupboard ingrediants, onion/leek veg wise and want to make some good burgers for tonights tea. Any good recipes about...
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Fruit and Veg Gardening
I believe there is a long thread on this site about this, but just wondered if anyone could recommend a book on the subject. There seem to be so many out there. I'm not an expert by any means, but know the very basics of how to grow plants!
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Slow Cooker/Pressure Cooker/Ceramic Hob
I am trying to decide whether to buy a slow cooker or a pressure cooker. I'd like a slow cooker for casseroles, rice puddings etc. Having just visited my sister-in-law in France who made some delicious fig chutney in a pressure cooker, I'm also considering one of those to save on time when making jam/chutney. I've read the…
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Ironing tips and other odds and ends...
I looked but could not find a thread on this. I have recently discovered the joys of laundry starch for making DS's shirts stay smart ALL day :) I still iron shirts the way I was taught as a child (by mum or dad, can't remember...) Collar then cuffs, then sleeves, sides then back. I do someone else's ironing too and until…
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How OS?!
Well, I have to admit this site, and this board in particular, is addictive, but I didn't realise how much it was affecting me until this morning. I had to clean the kitchen floor (kids, mud, guests on the way - you get the idea). Now usually it's a spray mop job, but today for some reason I had the urge to do it…
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Question about heather
I love my allotment and I hate slugs and snails. I would rather slugs stayed away from our plot, as I dislike the idea of slug pellets. I used slug pellets a couple of times, and it looked like slug masaca, yak! I think I found a solution! I am going to plant slug ressistant plants like lavender and rosemarry on the…
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Save money - visit parents!!
I'm visiting parents in Scotland for a few days and my mum said "you need to take some of these toiletries with you". Now, maybe a year ago, I'd have thought, I've got enough but now being a "wee" money saver. I'll be leaving on Wednesday with enough to get me into the new year!! And my proudest em "borrowed item" - I've…
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Confused about low weekly shop
I have read about how many Os'ers manage to spend very little on their weeky shop. I try very hard to spend wisely and often make use of the many tips and hints here on MSE with the aim of reducing my bills. Today however I was in Somerfield and the lady in front of me bought a large pack of wafer thin ham, a smallish…
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Washing Machine Disaster - Advice Please
My washing machine has just packed up, but not before depositing oil(?) all over the load of whites it was washing. A complete load of the boys school shirts are now covered in black polka dots. They seems to have the pattern of the dimples in the drum spread across them. :eek: Can anyone advise how I should attempt to…
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OS Planning.
We plan our meals, we plan Christmas 6 or even 12mths in advance, we draw up budget plans, set ourselves grocery targets; we take up grocery challenges, flylady challenges, pin money challenges, sewing/craft challenges; pretty impressive stuff! :T :T :T But, what is it all for? What are your life plans? What longer term…
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How do you dry your clothes?
This might sound like a strange question, but I was curious to know how other people manage their washing during the winter. We don't have a dryer and I always struggle to keep up with the washing in winter and end up taking it to the launderete (which ends up costing a fortune). How often do you wash your clothes and…
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what can I eat the day before barium xray?
I am absolutely starving - not because there is no food in the house but I am having a barium xray tomorrow.:eek: My letter says I can have watery soup, so I have had a cuppa soup then sieved the vegies out. I can't face bovil cubes and now my son has made himself some corned beef mash - I am pretty tempted to try some but…
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Home cooked Gammon Ham
Hi Ladies I bought a gammon ham from the butchers this week for £10.50. I roasted it in the oven with a mustard and honey glaze and we had it for tea. Did lunch the next day, then DH & I had it chopped in part-baked rolls with cheese and onion melted in over (yum). Carved up what was left and enough for Dh and DD's to have…
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Panny BM - Urgent!!!!!
Hi All I tried to make a wholemeal loaf in my bm a few weeks ago, it included honey - not from the bm recipe book, but after the three hours (it recommended rapid) the bread was an unholy mess. Not mixed properly atall. OK now I am trying again and my panny seems to be struggling to mix the dough. Do you think there is a…
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quick!!how to get dye out of grout!!
please help have had a hair dye disaster!!!hubby home in 30 mins and dye stained grout how do i get it out?????
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organic vegbox vs local greengrocer
I wonder what your opinions are on this? I have been thinking about ordering the organic vegboxes on home delivery by riverford farm (riverford.co.uk) but wonder if I could get a lot more for my money just by visiting local greengrocers? You'd think, being in Devon that we would have great farmers markets, but the ones…
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Stinky Suit
In the middle of August I had the misfortune to get stuck on the train from hell going to Cardiff for an interview in my best suit As a result the suit I was wearing smells like the inside of one of British Rail's finest, so far its had 2 dry cleans and 90% of a bottle of febreze over and been hung on the line outside for…