I'm trying to use up the contents of our deep freeze and came across a bag of lamb chops. I've marinated them in a BBQ sauce and was going to bung them in the oven. Any idea of how hot and for how...
My daughter is approaching the time she has to choose her options and hopefully a path to her future career. However this is proving a little more stressful than it should. She's doing ok at...
I have a south facing garden with a wall towards the west bordering my patio. I would like to put some trellis on this wall and grow some climbgers underneath, but they have to be in a couple of large...
My son - who I don't see very often - has bought me a lovely big poinsettia. Thing is, house plants usually come to their last home when they come to me. I haven't a clue. Can someone tell me how to...
I get bored senseless with reading endless lists of ingredients for recipes and instead, i prefer to "sex up" the normal food i cook. For example... When cooking lamb, brush the outside with...
There's a song at the end of jamie Oliver's Naked Chef in New York that sounds a bit like the who....possibly called "If we are together again"
any ideas
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The fan in my boiler has just broken so I was without heating and hot water for 3 days. It cost me £140 to fix and that was at mates rates. What do people think about British gas insurance where...
Have you ever fancied someone and not been able to look at them or speak to them?! I know I have. But there is a man I like- we have been emailing regularly, silly and funny stuff. But in real life,...
I want to make a large layered trifle for xmas and im racking my brain to think of what to layer it with. The plan is....bottom layer of brandy soaked sponges with set jelly. Next layer would be angel...
we used to have lots of birds in our garden, but even though the weather has turned so cold we have hardly seen one for ages, we always feed them, but lately have been throwing peanuts, all sorts of...
I am sure I posted a thread about this in 2009 and there were some great ideas, but I can't find it. The OH has just asked if I will host a Christmas party. Originally it was about 12 people, now it...
https://www.facebook....570840&type=3&theater I have this plant in my garden and I have no idea what it is. The bush/tree is about 5ft tall and the fruit/berries are 2-3cm across at their biggest. Any...
Tomorrow I`m going to make a beef stew in the slow cooker. My one and only attempt ever of making dumplings failed miserably. They disintegrated. I didn`t realise you are supposed to put them in at...
Can anyone remember watching one of the tv cooks doing roast pork, using water in some shape or form and the crackling was wonderful, I tried it myself but have now forgotten how to do it. I know that...