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cayenne peppers

I have grown some cayenne peppers for the first time.Does anyone know how hot they are in comparison with birds eye chillies.normally I use seven or eight birdseye in my curries. How many cayennes...

Whoever

How does one manage to crack walnut shells and keep the kernals intact? I always seem to marmalise them when I use a pair of nutcrackers. Do you squeeze along the crack of the shell or across it? All...

danjohn123

Refusing to pay a plumber

Stupidly, i used a plumber i did not know to complete central heating works and fit a bathroom. What should have taken a week at the most has gone in to three weeks, after which my place looks a...

onions_41

Cheese Sauce

A very simple question this but I'm not much of a chef. This is based on a ready meal I bought a couple of years ago and it was basically sliced boiled potatoes, smoked Haddock with leeks and broccoli...

poetrylover

Ember Inns

can someone show me where I can find the published price of a pint of Carling and a small blackcurrant and soda? I have been charged 2/3 different prices for this recently at the same pub!!!

kevfire

can you help

i've got cider and lager in the fridge but don't want both. could anyone please tell me which i should drink? many thanks...

themalster

Smoking at train stations

Hi guys In a moment of madness, I lit a cigarette on a platform and was caught by the train company's enforcement officers. They took my details and sent me on my way. That was in July and todayI had...

flip_flop

The Beatles - demi-gods of music or, at best, an average band?

Interested in opinions on this one! I have a very wide taste in music and can find good in most things (C&W aside, which is awful) and at one point was a reasonably serious collector (10,000 +...

sazzle84

Can't afford car finance

I purchased my car when I was with my ex, we have since parted and she is refusing to pay her half of the mortgage. The car was purchased in my name and it has come to a point where it is...

janzman

Tannoy / Sound Systems....in the workplace....

A large three storey warehouse (250,000sq ft) has a loudspeaker system throughout for tannoy announcements and also radio.The volume levels at present are very different throughout the building Some...

JohnHemel

1980s low alcohol bottled beer

can anyone remember the name of a bottled beer sold for a while in the 80s(?) with about 1% alcohol. It was novel in that it listed the ingredients as it was technically a food not an alcoholic...

Nautilus

Spring Water

I went into my local Somerfield to buy some sparkling spring water (I need to drink 2 litres of water each day for medical reasons) .A 2 litre bottle of Highland spring water was ?1.75.A 2litre bottle...

mrs.chappie

Broccoli safe to eat?

I've had some in broccoli my fridge for a few days and it is starting to turn a funny shade of beige. Would it be safe to eat it tonight, or should I err on the side of caution and throw it away?

infirmary

Have been looking for this for nine years

Originally heard it as a midi on a halloween site. I made a youtube video with the fragment of the melody that I could remember and a picture that I think was the background of the webpage it was on....

suzanneb

chefs food order holder thingie

this has been bugging me for ages, when a chef gets a food order. they go in like a strip thingie he just slips them in and pulls them out (sorry if this is not making any sense lol) how do all the...

Maggoty

'Fake' Sheeps eyes - ideas please

I want to make some fake sheeps eyes for a arabian/moroccan feast. My idea so far is quails eggs, with a slice of olive held in place by a clove. Any other ideas (mainly coz I can't abide cloves!!) xx...

kia cat

Have an oldish music centre. Had hoped to convert cassettes and some LPs to CD, using phono lead and microphone socket on pc.

Now find the only phono socket on the back is line in. So would the headphone socket from music centre to microphone socket on pc work? Or would the sound quality suffer? Thanks

SmileyBoo

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