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    Fruit strainer substitute?

    pantyhose or stockings placed over a jug may help.
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    In praise of pressure cookers

    :lol: yeah like tucking a restaurant's table cloth into your collar? :wink:
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    Chinese buffet

    Let me google that for you
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    In praise of pressure cookers

    :rofl: no no no ! Harry, I just take my plate through to the living room innit !
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    In praise of pressure cookers

    Olden day types only had a valve that sat loosely on the lid... too much pressure and off they flew.
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    Cooking defeats - What have yours been? Did you learn anything from them.

    First time I tried to impress a boy with my cooking - Marinated a rump steak in tobasco sauce. That put a whole new meaning to the words HOT DATE. :ohmy: Lesson: There is a reason why a label says only use a few drops !
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    Thoughts on breaking spaghetti prior to cooking

    One has to wonder why there aren't packs of half the length spaghetti/linguine - or are there ? Trying to eat little bits of spaghetti/linguine is like trying to eat spare ribs with a knife and fork! Besides, (depending on the mood/setting of course) messy food can be so sexy !:lol:
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    Cheats cuisine

    I use a lot of various jars and packets. Chicken Tonight sauces are really good. The Spanish Chicken one is great for any sort of sauce that needs a tomato base. I do always enhance these cheats by adding peppers, onions etc. Canned condensed cream of chicken and mushroom soup is nice to make...
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    Bobotie Alla Odette (South African Recipe)

    Hi Margi I have always enjoyed Gewürztraminer with any curry sort of dishes. I did some research and Zonnebloem Shiraz would be good with this.
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    Wednesday's Dinner- June 6

    I had a throw together thing tonight. Left over ham, peppers, onion, leeks, mushrooms. I did a crustless quiche with a simple green salad and beetroot.
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    What Is Your Wine I.Q.?

    Margi, you have asked me to recommend some good Stellenbosch Reds. To be honest my student days ( many moons ago ) of throwing the stuff down my throat has meant that I have had an aversion to red wine of any cultivar / origin. I have however very recently been re introduced first to Rose (...
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    Why your selected D.C. name?

    didi is one of my nicknames. That particular username was used, so I added the initials of my surname. In hindsight I could have been a bit more "creative" with a username, but hey ho.
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    Hello from the NE England

    Thank you for the warm welcomes. I have only recently moved from the North West to the NE. Lived near Blackpool for 12 years.
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    In praise of pressure cookers

    :ermm: I would think it was chicken soup ! :ohmy:
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    In praise of pressure cookers

    I inherited an old PC that had a valve that just sat on the PC, no screw in thing. I made some pea and ham soup, left it on high a bit too long and .... well the valve shot off and out erupted a volcano of pea soup. :ohmy:
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