in the bag are: 3 courgettes, 6 large vine tomatoes, a bag of red onions, some meat (lamb, chicken or sausages), some tiny little new potatoes. PLUS anything from the cupboards (the usual staples -...
anyone learning it? is it still used in an office situation or has technology taken over?
i learned pitman a long, long time ago but i'm not aware of anyone learning it these days....
does anyone out there know, once you've had malaria are you prone to getting further attacks? i don't know if i've dreamt it, or it's an old wives tale, or true, but i seem to think once you've had it...
anyone contemplating buying a water butt? wicks have them for £18.61 for a 200 litre one, includes lid and tap, and the base for £5.97. very good value, we've been doing some research on...
think i've developed a verruca under my heel, right in the middle. been looking on patient uk and they recommend 4 methods of treatment: salicylic acid freezing duct tape do nothing as i've not had a...
so, we have a caravan and love going away in it, must spend about half the year in it either here or abroad. it's like a holiday apartment on wheels, has a bathroom with shower, flushing loo and...
we're putting terracotta tiles along the top of a raised oblong pond (now a flower bed) due to the frost having got into, and crumbled, the top layer of reclaimed bricks which the pond is made of....
anyone had them? any comments - good, bad, average? forgot to buy a tray of heinz in costco yesterday and have completely run out, wondering whether to buy aldi ones instead.
having recently spent some time in france, i had snails in garlic as a starter in a restaurant. never had them before and decided it was about time i did so. well, i have to say i was very...
sausage casserole made with cosco finest sausages and the last bits of some veg i had left over, all covered with a tin of tomatoes and a tin of chilli beans.
anyone fancy some?...
anyone know if this will happen again this year, and if so, when do they release the titles? i've bought them for the last 3 or 4 years and they're always good books...and very cheap if ordered...
i'm doing delia smiths black bean chilli with avacado salsa but couldn't get any dried (or tinned) black beans in the shops. instead, i bought dried black eyed beans as they're the nearest in size. do...
anyone know if any supermarkets sell spanish bread? i'm not even sure what it's called or what to look for. am doing delia's black bean chillie next saturday for some friends and would quite like to...
anyone remember the thread about this wine from, i think, asda? no-one could get hold of it at the time and i was just wondering if anyone has managed to since as i haven't. i've just opened my...
any of you ladies got one of these things? we do a lot of walking and i'm hoping it's going to come in handy when i get caught short and there are no convenient bushes around. just wondering if anyone...
have this afternoon made an all bran cake, as recommended by NoMercy. i tweaked the recipe a bit and allowed the all bran to soak for 10 mins in the milk while i measured out the other ingredients: 1...
i have a friend who reckons another friend of hers gets really nasty when she drinks wine, but doesn't when she drinks gin. i think this is probably because she actually drinks more units of alcohol...
i've just made an enormous chillie and put 3 squares of 70% plain choccie in it..... and by jove, it's lovely! anyone else put chocolate in a chillie, and if so, how much do you put in? i wasn't sure...
