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Well done! and without the need for dieting - that is fantastic

I get occasional symptoms like yours and also occasionally a severe pain in my right side which I thought was due to the IBS (occasionally worried it might be grumbling appendix if there is such a thing). I took peppermint and aloe vera which didn't help the pain. Have since found out there is a mid...

I was looking for an idea for dinner on saturday - that sounds just the thing

great tip - thanks

I suffer from severe headaches and your lavender pillow idea sounds ideal to me , would love one. When i have a headache certain strong smells make me worse , but lavender is always fine, I love it My mum bought me a cup with a diffuser that hangs over the top and has a wee lid on top - you can make...

I don't know I'm afraid but thank you - you have given me an idea for new things to add to my ginger beer for the winter

you can buy from fermented treasures - or ask the folks at the yahoo group - link on previous page - or you can wait till mine is finished and have half of that

thank you to all for a lovely welcome!

i remember witch hazel worked on mine when i was a child

I've just revived mine from the fridge recently, so once it has grown and my next bottle is on the go you can have half of mine if you want to pm me your address Or you can contact the people in the yahoo ginger beer plant group, I'm pretty sure Mark is a contributor to this group anyway, he's the o...

It sounds awful Ellendra, I hope you get better soon. the worst thing is thinking this is out of your control and that doctors aren't helping. keep going back to the docs. you don't say if anyone has suggested further tests. You need complete rest and the correct drugs and only a doctor can tell you...

I too am dizzy .. off work with labyrinthitis for three weeks so far, which is slowly getting better though some days are worse than others labyrinthitis can happen as a result of inner ear infection (that's what happened to me) or it can just happen. My dad had an attack last year and a colleague t...

Substitute some of the flour for some soft wheat semolina, also known as farina, for a shorter crunchier shortbread try 8 oz (200g) flour 8 oz (200g) butter 4 oz (100g) semolina 4 oz (100g) caster sugar My mum always says it should be so crumbly as you spread it in the tray that it is held together ...

i've made potato pancakes with potato flakes, very very quick and very cheap too, and have added a spoonful in soup occasionally to thicken it, as i hate flour in my soup

Shell i just used a big pyrex casserole dish the first time and it worked fine. Because it was smaller than my iron pot i got a taller-shaped loaf and it was still very crusty