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Potato Dauphinoise

I made some tonight, having made it lots of times before but tonight it sort of curdled. It tasted fine but the crème fraîche was lumpy and it was watery at the bottom of the dish. What went wrong?...

cupid04

See How Far This Goes...

Good morning. The last one has vanished from the latest posts. So here is a new one for you all to join in with. You just follow previous song/lyric with one of your own. Enjoy and most importantly...

Bramleyboy

Electrical Switches With Neon Warning Light

We have a small room which my wife never turns off the light when she leaves it. We went away for the weekend recently and the light was on all the time. SO, I want a switch with a red light on it to...

nailit

As You Get Older

Do you find yourself getting more or less altruistic? Personally (at aged 50) I'm getting less. I see humans as been nothing more than a cancer upon the Earth, the sooner we are eradicated the better....

pastafreak

Fresh Green Peppercorns

Any ideas on how to use and keep them? I just bought some in a local imported food shop and I'm keen to try them this weekend....

ethandron

Spag Bol

When you're serving spag bol...using the world famous ragu of course...how do you serve it? Im talking about serving it to guests rather than just family. Do you put an amount of spag on each plate...

Garaman

Mashed Potato

Eating in a very nice restaurant in London the other day I was reminded of how much I hate 'posh' mashed potato. Perhaps it is my humble upbringing but I like my mash simple and resembling potato not...

kenny1234

Land Line Telephone Unit

I have a Binatone cordless phone---just lately the characters on the hand-set display have gone to "broken up" (just about legible) ---I have checked the batteries and they are quite well charged. Any...

fredfredfredfred

Why Am I Being Told I've Received Answers To A Question I've Not Posted On Ab ?

I visited AB a couple of days ago,just a casual browse through,and posted an answer on the 'food and drink' category.Now I find that I've 'posted' a question on the 'crosswords' section,(even though I...

wiltsman

What Do Amazon Know About Me That I Don't?

Just sent an order off to Amazon for a replacement lead for my camera. On placing it they suggested that based on my order pattern I might like to purchase a ceiling light and some light bulbs -...

weecalf

Do You Really Believe

Do you believe those so called reality shows where the contestants pit their wits against the elements to survive . I don't really and my reason is that to set up the cameras to gets the right shots...

Smowball

Livers - Which Sort?

A few days ago at the local butchers I bought quite a few things including 2lbs of livers. Trouble is I cannot remember which ones- lamb, pig or calves. Is there any way I can tell just by looking at...

fredfredfredfred

Career Change At 52 Years Old...

I've been studying electrical installation at college for the last 3 years,and as part of my qualifying as a sparky,I need to compile and complete a port-folio. This is proving to be a real...

DTCwordfan

A Question.....?

If Rick Stein is such a great chef, especially with fish, why has he never won a Michelin star on [i] any[i] of his restaurants, though I will admit some of his protegés have, wit Nathan...

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