I'm making some minced beef and onion pies. Should the filling be cold before you put it in the pastry? I usually don't give it a thought and just bung it in hot.
When an architect prices a job, is there any sort of formula to it. We've had a quote for a single storey, flat roof extension, (6m x 8m), it's just under a grand more than a recent quote for a house...
I opened a kitchen cupboard earlier and found evidence of mice. They had eaten through the lid of a jar of Nutella, the whole thing was wiped clean, they started on the chocolate spread, that had a...
I've got to take a load of tablets for two weeks, can someone help me out with timings to take them, my heads wrecked thinking ahout it. I usually get up about 6.30. Pantoprazole twice a day...
Daughter spilt tea on her laptop last week, it worked for a little while then made a funny electrical sound and refused to switch off. She let the battery drain but now it's refusing to switch on or...
Just got back from a trip to Dublin were we stayed in a lovely hotel called Beckett's, the walls were plastered with Sandy Roe's face. Very surreal, never knew who Sandy's (old) avatar was til now :)...
I couple of weeks ago I had a large carton of double cream that I wouldn't have used, I whipped it up and put it in the freezer. When I thaw it out, will it be the same consistency that it went in the...
Does anyone one know if their chocolates, (Big Selection I think they're called, in a red box, similar to Quality Street and the like) are on offer at the moment. They're not on their website. Thanks...
My son has just got a new desktop, it was built to his personal spec. The internet connection is very weak although everything else in the house is picking it up fine, the router is only 12 feet away...
Has anyone else had this - I made a purchase on ebay last week for £7.96, used Paypal to pay. Whilst looking at my online banking yesterday, I saw that a direct debit had been set up payable to...
I like to think of myself as a relatively good cook, but, I just cannot cook rice, so I bought a microwave rice steamer, guess what, I still can't cook rice :( Does anyone use one of these things and...