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What to do with chicken mince
I bought some YS chicken mince, 500g. I've used turkey mince in bolognese and enjoyed it, not sure what to do with chicken mince though. So I'm looking for some inspiration or recipes?
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which is more economical?2kw or 3kw kettle
hope i've got this on the right board but i need some advice before i go shopping for a new kettle cos my old one broke last night and i need a cuppa!! i've looked in argos, and you can get a rapid boil 2kw or rapid boil 3kw.....whats the difference between the wattages.....does one use more electric, cos i'm trying to…
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Recipes for fresh pineapple & Quick questions?
I've got an over ripe pineapple siiting in a bowl, rather than throwing it out just wondered if anyone has a recipe for a nice pudding or anything else for that matter, that will let me use it up?
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cream cheese ... what is it ? and how do i work ot cups onto uk amounts ?
hi guys ... ive found a recipe for some cinnamon buns and it is on cups, how do I equate this to uk measurements ? and this ones prob really silly but here goes ... the icing for the buns says cream cheese ... is this just like philidelphia and if so could I use the Tesco value one as its loads cheaper :o oh last one ...…
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Party food
It's my dh big 5 0 this year and we are having a party!!!!!!!:beer: I'm going to be doing the food and wondered if I could do some before the day. Could I cook up sausage rolls, cocktail sausages, quiche etc and then freeze, get out on the day to slowly defrost or will it all be a soggy mess??!! It's a fancy dress party so…
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O/S Daily Thread Tuesday 13th May
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Desperate! Please help - bugs
Hi all I have got small 'round backed' bugs with around three stripes across their backs in the bedroom. They are small ( husband says around 5 mm) and I have seen them on the headboard, on the tablecloth of my round bedroom table and one climbing up the mattress on the OUTSIDE. We have googled and think they are bedbugs.…
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May 2010 Grocery Challenge
Guidelines for posting on the Grocery Challenge thread. What is the Grocery Challenge thread? This is a thread where people who are taking part in the Grocery Challenge can post for help encouragement and support and talk about anything related to grocery shopping. We ask that you try to keep on topic and post things that…
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Value supermarket food and goods
Hello! This may have been done before but I can't find a post anywhere. I've been trying out so many different value items lately in Morrisons and found some of them to be brilliant! As money is tight as we want to start saving cash regularly, we've been making changes to spending and found that a lot of the value items…
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Ultimate Use by/sell by challenge
We all know how many thousands of tons of food are binned each year in the UK just because people panic over the sell y /use by date. And so i now proudly present the ultimate use by challenge for those old school aficionados of food husbandry who can remember the days before these dates when the closest thing to a fridge…
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Best way to dry shirts indoors avoiding creases?
Hi all, My OH has got a new job where the office attire is generally shirt and trousers. Prior to this job he worked for a company for 15 years which only required polo tops and jeans. As I do the washing for the both of us, I'm now needing to wash and dry his shirts. I was wondering if anyone can recommend the best way to…
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Washing crystal wines glasses in dish washer
I have sone lovely crystal glasses which I rarely use as I've been told crystal is damaged in a dish washer so nirmally use cheap ones for day to day use which can be fhrown away when they go cloudy. It seems a shame just to have the crystal ones lurking in a cupboard though. Is there any way of washing them in a…
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Meal plan WC 11th May
Sunday- The boys want pizza after they watch the football so HM pizza and garlic bread it is :) Monday-Steak, chips and peas with onion and mushroom gravy Tuesday-Jambalaya with chorizo and cooking bacon Wednesday-LO lamb curry and rice with HF prawn crackers Thursday-HM quiche with salad Friday-Fish and chips with mushy…
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Does anyone have an easy recipe to make bread in the oven?
I remember when I was at primary school one day, we visited a local bakery and were given sheets on how to bake bread at home in the oven. I remember trying it with my parents that night and it was gorgeous. A lot nicer than supermarket bread and the smell was divine. It had a sweetness to it also which I love about bakery…
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When cooking/baking
What kitchen items (not food) can you not do without? I've been looking at recipes so we can have more home made things but we don't have so much as a cake tin or quiche dish to our name :o
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Where do you find your new recipes from?
I have loads that I have pinned on Pinterest, but have never made any of them! So I am going to be trying them out, one a week. Where do you get your new ideas for recipes from?
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Vax cleaner from Argos
Ordered a U88 P3 B and got a U87 P7 PF. What should I do??? One I ordered was £62 ish. The other one appears to be a model previously sold. Can find reviews but no price. Feel reviews were better on the one I ordered. Probably not the right place to post but not sure where is the right place
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Old Style over cost?
Hiya, I just wondered something. I am trying to prepare some picnic things to save money as on a very tight budget and i was going to make sausage rolls but by the time i have all the ingredients it would be cheaper to buy the frozen ones and as cost is my main objective i will go with what will save the most money. I…
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O/S Daily Thread Monday 12th May
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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torch or somethibg useful that uses the small square batteries
Hi, in work we use a lot of the square batteries and I usually take to tesco Tec to recycle, but it has small amount if charge so wondered what else we could do with them is there a torch that takes them I looked on eBay and bought one but it whistles really annoyingly so not ideal for night's shifts Tec or camping