My 92 year old Dad has been in hospital for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, he’s completely lost the plot, hasn’t got a clue about anything, and now talks utter drivel. (Yesterday, he’d been to The Isle...
Has anyone else ever been advised by their GP to stop taking beta blockers due to not really needing them any more. If so, what effects have been felt when coming off these tablets and over what...
Well I have had a pig of a week starting with being hospitalised on Sunday and missing the concert that I have had tickets for since March! On the plus side I am now 12 stones lighter! And my darling...
My daughter has been married for nearly two years and they had been together for 7 years before that. They have their own house and love each other very much. The problem is, money. They have always...
OH and I are celebrating 2 years since we first dated this coming Sunday (although we've known each other longer). I'm cooking a roast beef dinner, but should I decide to do a pudding, what would you...
I have been storing a large quantity of fishing tackle in a friends garage while i moved house. I went to get it back today & it is gone. My friends ex said he has sold it all. I am having trouble...
How would you cook yours? I've cooked it a few times but it's always tasted a bit chewy and I'm not a fan of having to chew food for ages. Ideally I'd like it medium rare (medium at a push). Let's say...
My ex always used to 'blast' any meat (chops etc) done under the grill. High heat on both sides and then low heat for the remainder. Why? Just made me think as ive currently got pork chops under the...
I'm not talking about foods you hate (swede, marmite or curry) or things that make you shudder (octopus, brains or tripe), but rather foods that are utterly tasteless, boring and serve no discernible...
Do you tip or provide gifts at Christmas for various services? eg, now I live in rural utopia (ie the back end of beyond) I've got to know my regular postman really well. We always have a chat, and he...
Yes, I know its only November, but if I have half a chance of being ready on time this year, I have to start thinking about it now. Christmas Day my brother and his gf are entertaining us all to...
I'm making the Christmas puds, but just realised I dont have a steamer (it got left behind). No pressure cooker either. My recipe says steam for about eleventy billion hours. Will it be OK if I stand...
As the title says, I am looking to buy a food mixer, and the market has lots. Which would you recommend and do you use one regularly? I am not one for gadgets and if I get a food mixer the bread maker...
Keith Barron has died. I had no idea he was this age. R.I.P
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/keith-barron-duty-free-actor-dies-aged-83/ar-BBEZc0h?li=BBoPWjQ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-41973919/what-s-causing-britain-s-food-waste A lot of it is to do with the idiots who slavishly follow the use by and sell by dates and throw the food away on the...
I tire of popping in assorted tablets/powders for the dish-washer to do the honours. I always think of the mixture of environment-unfriendly chemicals being continually disposed from the D-W into our...