Are you asking for Old Style christmas presents?

Rage_in_Eden

given the price of first hand books I am more than happy to encourage the foot of books - in fact when I was in scotland the other week buying said first book from OH's Mum's local library sale I told them what it was for (actually OS result here - when I said what it wsa for I was given it for free!!!!! :j :j ) i view it as a win-win situation, you get a book, the charity gets money and then another charity gets the book to sell again.....

Bibbitybob

We're getting a couple of small gifts & a stocking for each other, and then putting the rest of our money towards decorating the bedroom!

janeym8

partly OS im asking for craft stuff as i make all my own cards and i recycle the xmas and bday cards given to our family over the year

janey xxx

wendym

I used to have a much-loved cookbook which I lent and lost, and have just discovered that it has been re-issued. I really recommend it (I'll have to buy it for myself, but it's worth asking for at £7.99)

http://www.franceslincoln.com/flincoln/display.asp?K=183769661275811&search_text=innes&search_o=CONTAINS+ALL&form_ob=SORT_TITLE&search_field=CAUTHOR&x=16&y=13&m=3&dc=3

If this very long link doesn't work, search under franceslincoln.com

Edited to add the name of the book, which would be helpful:

The Pauper's Cookbook, by Jocasta Innes

Penelope_Penguin

Just bought for DH:

book on self-sufficiency
book on allotment gardening
a goat (from Oxfam )
an incubator - for raising some chicks from eggs
pre-order of "Thrifty Ways" - though I might read that first, myself!!

Penny. x

newleaf

wendym wrote:

I used to have a much-loved cookbook which I lent and lost, and have just discovered that it has been re-issued. I really recommend it (I'll have to buy it for myself, but it's worth asking for at £7.99)

http://www.franceslincoln.com/flincoln/display.asp?K=183769661275811&search_text=innes&search_o=CONTAINS+ALL&form_ob=SORT_TITLE&search_field=CAUTHOR&x=16&y=13&m=3&dc=3

If this very long link doesn't work, search under franceslincoln.com

Edited to add the name of the book, which would be helpful:

The Pauper's Cookbook, by Jocasta Innes

I'm really pleased that this wonderful book has been reissued! I was given a copy in the 70's, and it's the book I learned to cook from. I still have it, but's very yellow and fragile now, held together with sticky tape, and 'very well thumbed' so I might just have to request a new copy

mustafa_say_ving

I'm new to the os boards and finding some really inspirational ideas ,I've always been os with cooking (6 x homegrown tomato soup in the freezer , a couple of leek and potato , lots of bolognaise and a shepherd's pie, as I made double this week ) wish I could be more os with the cleaning though ,I can never seem to find the time and with 2 very messy DD and an even more messy DH ,it all just seems endless ....

I'm most certainly wanting os christmas pressies , definately a slow cooker , I've already scanned the recipies on here and they look fantastic,

My MIL knows what I'm like , she got me a heavy bottomed ( that sounds ominous!)very large roasting tray for my birthday I was thrilled .

I have the River Cottage cook book ,it's wonderful

wssla00

I need some cheering up so here is my question to you. What is the one thing you have asked OS for this christmas? Maybe it's a set of hens or bees or maybe you have been hankering for a slow cooker or a bread maker? What would be your most amazing OS present?

I have asked for the river cottage bread handbook and my mum has bought me the bread in five minutes book.

My most amazing would be a set of hens and an amazing coop!

What about you?

jaxx46

I too would love hens, but not likely in our rented property unfortunately. Generally I make our bread by hand but my athritis is making this more & more difficult so a breadmaker may be an idea, & I would love to learn how to use a sewing machine, must be a book for that out there somewhere. One thing I do get every year which is much appreciated is posh bubble bath. My family are good about this & this year I made it through to November before having to use the cheap basics stuff the rest of the family use lol.

floss2

Not terribly OS, and I know I won't get one as we don't have room, but I'd love a KitchenAid!

However, a more realistic wish is the River Cottage Everyday book, a new hand mixer (as mine is 25 years old & the plastic is so brittle it cracks when I look at it!) and an apple corer

What I will be getting is a new fridge freezer, to replace the one that is slowly dying as I type.