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Anyone use a Combi Microwave/Oven/Grill got any cooking tips?
Anyone use a Combi Microwave/Oven/Grill got any cooking tips? Most foods don't include cooking instructions for Combi-Microwave so I'm wondering whether you can use printed cooking times to work out combi timing?
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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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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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Cheaper readings glasses
A useful tip to get reading glasses cheap. if you have your eye test figures and , e.g; +3 left eye and right eye +2 . Then go to cheap shops (home bargins or some chemists etc) buy 2 pair of glasses the same style , 1 pair +2 and the other pair +3. Then swap the lenses so they match your persciption. Lenses normally just…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 17 December 2024
Morning all. I'll be back.
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Old Style Daily Monday 16 December 2024
Morning all. The wind has been raging all night here.
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Old Style Daily Sunday 15 December 2024
Good morning all, though it's not really good outside.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th December 2024
Thank you, Valli, for last week's 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…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 14 December 2024
Morning all. Yesterday passed without mishap.
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Old Style Daily Friday 13 December 2024
Off to shower. BRB
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Dishwasher - repair or replace?
Our 6 year old Bosch dishwasher needs a new heating element. Our local reputable repairman can fit a new one for £159 but says if it was him he would replace it. What would you do? Loads of dishwasher last more than 6 years!
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O/S Daily Thursday 12th December 2024
Good morning, back soon.
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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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Old Style Daily Tuesday 10 December 2024
Brrrrrr. Not a morning for getting up just yet.
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Old Style Daily Monday 09 December 2024
Morning all.
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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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O/S Daily Sunday 8th December 2024
Good morning, I'll be back soon.
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Old Style Daily Saturday 07 December 2024
Good morning all.
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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.