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Chillies In Oil

I have done some chillies in olive oil for the first time, I grilled the chillies cut them up and put them in hot jars and poured the hot oil in, they looked lovely, but after a couple of hours the...
20:31 Fri 30th Oct 20154 answers, last by cecil39 11:20 Sat 31st Oct 2015
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Air Vents In Outside Door

I just had a new back door fitted, when I came home and found that it had no air vents I felt like phoning the company and complaining, but my oh insists that they don't put air vents in outside...
18:59 Wed 14th Oct 20156 answers, last by Mosaic 20:10 Thu 15th Oct 2015
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Cauliflower In Chilli Sauce

Since I have a surplus of both these veg I wonder if I do roast cauliflower and make some chilli sauce could I put them in jars together as a sort of hot pickle? do you think it would work?...
19:34 Thu 08th Oct 20153 answers, last by cecil39 18:41 Fri 09th Oct 2015
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Lpa Forms

where can I get these forms please, I don't want to fill them in on line and can't really afford a solicitor.
15:32 Tue 29th Sep 20158 answers, last by cecil39 16:08 Wed 30th Sep 2015
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Great British Bake Off

Is the Ian in the present series the same Ian that tipped his dish in the bin before judging last series?...
19:40 Tue 15th Sep 20153 answers, last by cecil39 16:57 Wed 16th Sep 2015
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Peach And Raspberry Jam

I have a very old hand written recipe for the above jam that says to crack the peach stones and put the blanched kernels in with the fruit, can anyone tell me why please? as modern recipes do not say...
15:23 Mon 14th Sep 201512 answers, last by cecil39 15:17 Thu 17th Sep 2015
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Where Have The Thrushes Gone

Has anyone seen them this year? we usually see or hear them tapping away on some large stones at the bottom of the garden, but not this year and have not found any empty snail shells either.
15:41 Mon 07th Sep 20159 answers, last by ruthann58 19:00 Mon 07th Sep 2015
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Eggheads

Thank goodness the beeb are showing some NEW programs at last, I was getting so sick of old repeats, they nearly lost a customer....
21:00 Thu 03rd Sep 20159 answers, last by Baldric 16:42 Sun 06th Sep 2015
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Chillies In Oil

I would like to put some chillies in olive oil as I have so many, but do I have to heat the oil or cook the chillies? I want them to stay nice and red, and I want them to keep a long time so I can...
15:01 Thu 03rd Sep 20155 answers, last by cecil39 16:20 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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R.i.p Little Yellow Frog

we had a sad thing happen today, there was a little yellow frog that had been hanging around the water butts at the back of the shed for ages, then we found he (or she) has been run over by the lawn...
19:08 Thu 20th Aug 201510 answers, last by Chipchopper 09:25 Fri 21st Aug 2015
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Heat In Green Chillies

I put 4 green chillies in my piccalilli, but then decided it would not be hot enough for my son so added 4 red ones as well, am now waiting for a visit from son for a taste test, he does like it hot...
11:21 Thu 20th Aug 20153 answers, last by cecil39 18:57 Thu 20th Aug 2015
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Black Eyed Susan Vine

I got one of these for my birthday but wonder if it will over winter, never had one before, its so pretty I would like to keep it.
11:10 Thu 20th Aug 20152 answers, last by cecil39 18:52 Thu 20th Aug 2015
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Roof Cleaning

tomorrow we are getting a quote for cleaning and treating the roof of our two bed bungalow, can anyone give us an idea how much to expect? so we won't get ripped off.
16:09 Thu 30th Jul 201515 answers, last by TWR 07:20 Wed 05th Aug 2015
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Golden Fry

for years I bought golden fry gravy granules but now I can no longer find them, does anyone know if they are still made? they are the only ones my other half likes....
14:55 Fri 24th Jul 20155 answers, last by cecil39 18:37 Sat 25th Jul 2015
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Niger Feeders

I have seen some niger seed feeders that seem to be made of metal and have lots of tiny round holes over its whole length, but I wonder how the finches get the seed out as they have such large beaks...
16:03 Thu 23rd Jul 20153 answers, last by cecil39 18:42 Sat 25th Jul 2015
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Jars For Canning

I have been given a nice recipe for ginger and lemon marmalade, but told that it don't keep very long and would be better to 'can' it in a water bath, I have not done this before, can I use the sort...
15:42 Fri 26th Jun 201511 answers, last by Retrochic 18:48 Fri 26th Jun 2015
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Pickled Egg Question

I pickled some eggs a couple of months ago but when my oh cut one open it was soft in the middle, I obviously did not boil them long enough to start with, oh ate it anyway and I have been watching him...
15:11 Fri 19th Jun 201542 answers, last by cecil39 21:22 Sat 20th Jun 2015
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Elderflower Jelly

I have made elderflower jelly as the recipe says but I cannot make it set, it has now been boiled for 15mins and I am using the cold plate in the fridge method of testing, any idea's?
12:19 Tue 16th Jun 201515 answers, last by cecil39 18:39 Tue 16th Jun 2015
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Ah Bless

I rang the surgery to get an appointment and the receptionist asked me what my symptoms were, but as I told her she repeatedly said "ah bless" in what I call a soupy sort of voice, it made me feel...
21:00 Fri 05th Jun 201532 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:20 Sun 07th Jun 2015
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Eggheads ?

What's happening with eggheads? first they replace the brilliant Daphne with a non egghead like Lisa, and then keep chopping and changing old and newer episodes, tonight we were back to an old one...
20:39 Fri 29th May 20153 answers, last by Gill1941 11:50 Sat 30th May 2015

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