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Vegetable help
Hope someone can advise me... I bought a carrot, a courgette, an onion and 2 potatoes yesterday, and put them in our fridge in the garage. When i went to get a potato out this evening, I noticed that the courgette had ice on it, and i think that and the carrot have frozen. The potatoes seemed very cold, leading me to…
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Dissappointed with Veg
Ok i've been trying to be good and support the local fruit and veg shop. always get good bargins. it has a kind of old farm store look to it and often sells huge trays of things of only a few pence etc. but last month new owners took over. now it is so clincal in there, nearly everything in fridges, they don't sell off…
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Physalis?? What to do with them?
DH has just come home with a reduced punnet of Physalis. I've seen them are plate decoration, what else can I do with them??
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war time rationing programme on cbbc monday
just thought this might be interesting to watch.... o.k. i know its a children's programme.. its on the cbbc channel on monday 5pm...( i think)... its about children.. going back.. and eating food.. during the war.. and rationing.. etc....the preview that i have just seen showed the children dressed in the clothes of the…
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It seemed such a good idea at the time...
:doh: Hi Everyone. It seemed such a good idea at the time to try an OS way of making my own 'insect screen' so that I could have the windows open as wide as I liked without the insect/wasp stings which I'm allergic to. I'd looked around and there weren't any I could find - some in Kleenezzee but they cost so much…
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Beware of Orangeina!
I was at a friend's house today. She was really upset because her son had tipped a glass of orangina on her carpet. You would not believe the stain it had left and it will not shift with anything! It is a huge dark brown stain. We don't have it in our house, but I had no idea of the damage it could do if spilt on a carpet.
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De-icer? (OS or eco-friendly)
Not sure if this belongs here or on the eco-friendly board, but here goes :) Has anyone got any chemical-free de-icer ideas - is there a solution of some sort we can make up? Really don't want to use those foul smelling sprays on the car windscreen any more :)
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Hair tonic
[font=<p>Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Take a large bunch of stinging nettles (use gloves) and bring to boil in 1 pint of water. Leave to cool, strain. Rub it gently into scalp and shampoo as usual. It prevents dandruff and also hair loss. [/font]
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Birthday cake for 20 people- never made one, no equipment. Help Very APPRECIATED
Hi I haveto make or obtaining a birthday cake for 20 people for friday. I was between buying a plain cake and decorating it ( i am good at decorating cakes, but have found it difficult to buy a plain cake ) or making one myself. BIG problem is I have never made any cake before , never mind a birthday cake and have no tins…
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Evening Meal Planners
Where do you get the recipes for your meal planners? I wouldn't mind giving it a go
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Carpet cleaning
Right a challenge for you all I have a light coloured carpet in my living room and it is minging . BF insists on bringing in car and bike bits so now there are little oil stains and god knows else what smeared on it. I also have a potty training 2 year old and a 3 year old jack russell. So i need ideas for some sort of…
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Scratched Wrought Iron Bedstead in need of love!
Hello, I have just come into possession of a beautiful victorian wrought iron bedstead. However it has quite a number of scratches and scrapes along it as well as the odd' very small, patch of rust and could do with an overhaul to make it lovely again. I wash thinking a clean up and spray paint (after dealing with my other…
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Foolproof Cake Recipe
Thought I would share my cake recipe with you. This makes a large batch of cakes which are perfect for giving the children when they come home from school until tea time. Good for lunch boxes as well. The cakes keep for about a week but you can halve the recipe if you want. Sorry it is in imperial as I dont do metric and…
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Excuse me, that's my herb garden Mr Snail
How can I stop Mr Snail making a bee-line for my coriander? Slugs are not a problem here but snails...... I know it's keeping the local thrush population in food but even they look bewildered with the oncoming march...
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How to get paint off a stainless steel sink?
We moved into about new house in January and the previous owners had obviously not really used the utility room sink for anything other than washing paint brushes it is covered in dried splashes of white paint. I have managed to get the big bits off with pure elbow grease and a scraper, but the smaller bits and smears are…
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Conversion tables.
I was just about to try a recipe from the mega index, which quoted half a pound. Now, not being very good on these things, i realised i needed a conversion table to work it out. I found this one here http://www.onlineconversion.com/, which has helped, but didnt know if anyone else used a different/better one. It might also…
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Cardmaking
It's more of an 'I wanna', but posted here cause I know there's lots of crafters in OS. I'm looking for cream translucent vellum paper to make my wedding invites. The only place I found it, now doesn't seem to stock it. Does anyone know where I can get some? Need about 30 A4 sheets.
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Help! White plastic food savers stained orange in dishwasher...
Can anyone help, please? I bought some new plastic food savers and the packet said they needed to be washed before using. They are 'dish-washer safe' so I popped them in the top rack, but stupidly, so stupidly, left a pan in the bottom rack that had contained spag bol.... Now my new food containers have a lovely orange…
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Are these any good?
Hello OSers I have a real draft in my hallway and I was thinking of getting a door curtain to try and save some heating. I've had a search around and I think that these look reasonable: here or here It would cost approx £30 if I bought the door curtain and tiebacks. What do you think? Is this the best way to save money? (I…
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Safe storage of cooked food.
I moved out ot my own flat a few weeks ago. Since then I've been having fun getting back on with cooking after years of being lazy. I've been amazed at how cheaply I can eat well. Sure, the hardcore OSers could probably halve my bill, but I'm doing quite nicely on £20-£25 a week and not trying too hard. That covers about 5…