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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...
21:31 Fri 30th Oct 20154 answers, last by cecil39 12:20 Sat 31st Oct 2015
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cecil39

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...
19:59 Wed 14th Oct 20156 answers, last by Mosaic 21:10 Thu 15th Oct 2015
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cecil39

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?...
20:34 Thu 08th Oct 20153 answers, last by cecil39 19:41 Fri 09th Oct 2015
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joggerjayne

Gaah! Phoo, Phoo!

Why do we like hot foods which cause us pain? My eyes are watering, and I'm wiping my sweaty forehead with the back of my hand. I've had to slug down about half a bottle of Sauv Blanc to try to cool...
18:12 Wed 30th Sep 201523 answers, last by cecil39 16:43 Thu 01st Oct 2015
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cecil39

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.
16:32 Tue 29th Sep 20158 answers, last by cecil39 17:08 Wed 30th Sep 2015
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horseshoes

Money For Nothing

Have you seen this programme? BBC 1 (now) 16.00. I've NEVER seen such a load of tosh in all my life. It's SO ridiculous I have to watch it. Do you remember Harry Enfield's "Yah, saw you coming"...
16:09 Fri 18th Sep 20159 answers, last by horseshoes 16:01 Mon 21st Sep 2015
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cecil39

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...
16:23 Mon 14th Sep 201512 answers, last by cecil39 16:17 Thu 17th Sep 2015
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cecil39

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?...
20:40 Tue 15th Sep 20153 answers, last by cecil39 17:57 Wed 16th Sep 2015
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redvanman

Yaya Toure

This devout muslim footballer farthering a child out side of his marriage makes a joke of is islam religion...
10:44 Mon 14th Sep 201566 answers, last by andy-hughes 16:57 Tue 15th Sep 2015
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cecil39

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.
16:41 Mon 07th Sep 20159 answers, last by ruthann58 20:00 Mon 07th Sep 2015
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cecil39

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....
22:00 Thu 03rd Sep 20159 answers, last by Baldric 17:42 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...
16:01 Thu 03rd Sep 20155 answers, last by cecil39 17:20 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Ringlet

Deterring Spiders

I read somewhere that chestnuts (the conkers type) deter spiders. Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone tried the spider deterrent sprays that are for sale, and do they work? I am over-run with...
08:58 Thu 03rd Sep 201530 answers, last by pusskin 16:28 Sat 05th Sep 2015
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cecil39

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...
12:21 Thu 20th Aug 20153 answers, last by cecil39 19:57 Thu 20th Aug 2015
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cecil39

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.
12:10 Thu 20th Aug 20152 answers, last by cecil39 19:52 Thu 20th Aug 2015
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foxhaven

Elephant Moth Caterpillar

I have found an elephant hawk moth caterpillar in my garden [hiding under a globe thistle plant] I have read that they eat fuchsia or willowherb but I don't have any of these plants, will it starve ?...
09:15 Wed 29th Jul 20156 answers, last by foxhaven 22:26 Fri 31st Jul 2015
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cecil39

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.
17:09 Thu 30th Jul 201515 answers, last by TWR 08:20 Wed 05th Aug 2015
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cecil39

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...
17:03 Thu 23rd Jul 20153 answers, last by cecil39 19:42 Sat 25th Jul 2015
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cecil39

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....
15:55 Fri 24th Jul 20155 answers, last by cecil39 19:37 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...
16:42 Fri 26th Jun 201511 answers, last by Retrochic 19:48 Fri 26th Jun 2015

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