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by pskipper
Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:51 pm
Forum: Looks like we made it
Topic: Does anyone know what these are?
Replies: 23
Views: 9335

#3 is a bit blury but looks like a heming foot to me. Does it have a little curl of thick wire inside? They are a bit fiddly to use but once you get them going you can hem really quickly!
by pskipper
Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:43 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Rapeseed oil
Replies: 11
Views: 3153

Nope, all rape seed oil is genetically modified. It was a big thing when I was doing my A-level biology. The modification was to reduce the level of a protein which rape seed plants produce which can be toxic, so unlike the GM crops we here about these days where they are inserting genes, the altera...
by pskipper
Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:00 pm
Forum: 101 Uses For
Topic: 101 uses for a tea bag
Replies: 18
Views: 11431

Friend of mine tried the roll-up thing, might have been good if he hadn't used selotape to hold it together :lol: :roll:
by pskipper
Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:54 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Word Association game
Replies: 3191
Views: 622119

Fire engines
by pskipper
Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:53 am
Forum: Green Building
Topic: 101 crazy building/ DIY discoveries
Replies: 33
Views: 12374

10. Sash windows, the surveyor missed the fact that they are 20% polyfilla :( The front garden of our flats had also been raised to the point that it blocks the building ventilation bricks and completely blocked one of the drain pipes for the guttering.
by pskipper
Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:20 am
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: HELLOO FROM BATH
Replies: 12
Views: 3446

Hi BonnieT and welcome, I'm just down the road in Trowbridge!
by pskipper
Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:14 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: bean bag thingies
Replies: 21
Views: 5364

Just made 4 using long grain rice, each weighs a kilo and when tucked in my hot water bottle cover stay warm all night! (Hot water bottle leaked on tuesday so a replacement was in order!)
by pskipper
Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:42 pm
Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
Topic: What have I made?
Replies: 12
Views: 3684

Try adding dried skimmed milk powder (~4 tablespoons per batch) the extra milk protein thickens the yoghurt up wonderfully.
by pskipper
Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:02 am
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: down at the allotment and in the garden what are you up to
Replies: 695
Views: 198948

I've put in some winter greens and am sitting fingers crossed that my tomatillos will ripen before the cold weather sets in!
by pskipper
Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:37 pm
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: Why do this?
Replies: 12
Views: 5490

No, the death sentence is still on the statute books for high treason. Included as high treason is interfering with the royal succession, when Diana had an affair within wedlock the BBC news pointed this out as technically the bloke she was seeing was interfering with the royal succession had she go...
by pskipper
Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:41 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Happy Birthday Earthmother
Replies: 3
Views: 1040

Happy Birthday :king:
by pskipper
Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:41 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Word Association game
Replies: 3191
Views: 622119

country
by pskipper
Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:14 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Word Association game
Replies: 3191
Views: 622119

fairy
by pskipper
Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:31 am
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: what home brew have you got on the go at the mo?
Replies: 61
Views: 20667

2 gallons plum and blueberry
1 gallon bramble and elder
1 gallon garlic and red grape
1 ginger beer plant which should give 14 pints a week if I want :drunken:

Hoping to go round the back roads this weekend gathering apples for hedgerow cider!
by pskipper
Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:27 am
Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
Topic: What have I made?
Replies: 12
Views: 3684

Fantastic idea with the cool box, last winter I just left the culture on top of my storage heater lifted off the surface with candle light holders.

Thomzo, I think you have made Labneh...

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Ch ... Labneh.htm