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Offline jeninwa

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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #9900 on: September 01, 2013, 06:58:17 am »
Lovely gift for you DD Maddy.
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« Reply #9901 on: September 01, 2013, 08:42:49 am »
Wonderful present for your DD Maddy. 8)
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« Reply #9902 on: September 01, 2013, 11:15:50 am »
Great gift Maddy. Trust me when i say follow Gert's advice. DH learnt the hard way with his tank.
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« Reply #9903 on: September 04, 2013, 05:43:38 am »
All of this for $40 from my beautiful local fruit and veg shop. Why would I shop anywhere else?

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« Reply #9904 on: September 04, 2013, 07:40:20 am »
Wow. What a deal. You don't live in Perth do you ? I would travel to be able to do that.
May all dairy items in your fridge be of questionable vintage.

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« Reply #9905 on: September 04, 2013, 08:52:33 am »
Wow. What a deal. You don't live in Perth do you ? I would travel to be able to do that.

I'm in the Lockyer Valley. Apparently in the top ten most fertile areas in the world (although my garden evidently didn't get the message!). The oranges cost $4 for the whole box, the strawberries were $3 for all 6 trays of 500g. When I get bulk bargains I freeze it for smoothies, jams, sauces etc. a few weeks back I bought 10kg onions for $5. I just chopped in TMX, bagged and froze so I always have it in hand for recipes.

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« Reply #9906 on: September 04, 2013, 10:22:58 pm »
How lovely Maddy.

HAs anyone cooked with smeg ovens? The 900 wide AEG has such bad reviews am looking again and smeg has a 900

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« Reply #9907 on: September 04, 2013, 11:27:31 pm »
DJ I have a 900 SMEG and absolutely hate it - sorry! I think the model was A1, it is one of their lower models although about 5 years ago it still cost me over $4,000, I've heard their lower end models aren't great but the higher end ones are wonderful. My SMEG has only one fan which means the oven heat isn't distributed evenly and they also recommend you don't go over 200 degrees for more than 20 minutes at a time, I've already burnt out one heater element and I'm just waiting for the next one to go as I'm always cooking above 200 for extended periods of time when cooking bread and pork belly.

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« Reply #9908 on: September 05, 2013, 01:30:06 am »
great fruit and veg bargains.
Our strawberry farm near here is so expensive...
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« Reply #9909 on: September 05, 2013, 06:23:46 am »
Oh dear thanks Wonder.
The ovens are similar prices AEG or smeg, under £700.
Am still looking at reviews as in UK only the choice of these two to get the width.

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« Reply #9910 on: September 06, 2013, 06:02:05 am »
Looking at cushion flooring for the kitchen called Goliath!
Extra tough, non slip, hard wearing!
Looks like wood.

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« Reply #9911 on: September 06, 2013, 12:05:25 pm »
Another cookbook arrived in the post today.
Just about to sit down and have a read.

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« Reply #9912 on: September 06, 2013, 12:09:14 pm »
Looking at cushion flooring for the kitchen called Goliath!
Extra tough, non slip, hard wearing!
Looks like wood.
It must be an omen DJ..... that's the name of Amy's car!

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« Reply #9913 on: September 06, 2013, 12:31:42 pm »
I watched his show last night Katie and thought it was good. I may get the book.
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« Reply #9914 on: September 06, 2013, 12:39:16 pm »
I may borrow that book when you're ready to part with it Katie, had a quick flick through it today when I popped in and it looks interesting.
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