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Pheasant
Calling country folk! I’ve been given a pheasant. I think it was killed yesterday. I need to pluck it and prepare for cooking. Do I pluck, then hang it or hang first? And how long should it hang? I’m a city person, never dealt with one that didn’t come from a supermarket…
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Make Do, Mend & Minimise in 2025 (and 2024)
With the cost of living showing little sign of easing soon, I thought I'd start a new thread for this. I'm sure many of us are trying to be as environmentally friendly as we can be as well as stretching our budgets as far as we can. I'm putting together a To Do list towards this end and will publish any achievements as and…
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Old Style Daily Monday 27 October 2025
It's been a noisy windy night. Good morning.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 20 October 2025
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Old Style Sunday 26 October 2025
Morning all. This clock moving thing is very discombobulating!
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Old Style Daily Saturday 25 October 2025
Morning all.
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Joint present suggestions for kids
Was just speaking with my daughter who's absolutely dreading xmas. She's three kids 4B, 9G, 11G and her partner has three also 7B, 10B, 11B. It's their Xmas for everyone christmas morning, which also apparently includes being in charge of stockings all round, plus gifts. Eeek. Her partner may be between jobs at that time,…
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O/S Daily Friday October 25 2025
Good morning folks.
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Reading as a cheap hobby
Reading needn't cost anything if you live within walking distance of a library or get a free bus pass. Libraries often put on free activities for children, too. If you're lucky, your local library will be warm and have some cosy armchairs. Some libraries will allow laptops so that students can work on projects and…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 23 October 2025
Good morning all.
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O/S Daily Wednesday October 22 2025
Good morning folks.
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Reverse Meal Planning
Not sure if many of you will have tried the reverse-meal plan idea. Rather than buying all the ingredients you need to support your meal-plan, you look at your fridge, freezer and store-cupboard and meal plan from that, minimising what you shop for. Based initially on the fresh produce that would be wasted if it is not…
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How to stretch a £2.67 Sainsbury’s chicken - your best tips please
Sainsbury’s is doing a 1.6kg whole chicken for £2.67 for Nectar members, normally £5.35. You’ll need to be logged in with your Nectar card and choose a delivery or collection slot between Wed 22 Oct and Tue 28 Oct to see the deal in your basket - full details in the Supermarket Savings guide. The offer's UK-wide online and…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 21 October 2025
Good morning all.
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Straining fruit for cordials, jelly's etc.
Hello all, I'm looking for some advice, I'm wondering what everyone uses to strain their fruits to make cordials, jellys and the likes. I have an old KitchenCraft jam strainer but have managed to lose the bag and it's a specific one which hooks in (it's plastic but I absolutely love it, it's worked perfect for years, think…
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What are you making for dinner?
There were problems with the original thread in that it disappeared and could not be reinstated. So a new thread was created and we all started again, unfortunately that thread also seems to have joined it's predecessor. So here's a new one. We need to hear about Suki's lamb casserole and Island Maid is back from Amsterdam…
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O/S Daily Monday 20 October 2025
Morning folks.
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Calling All Canners!
Hi I did a search but couldn't find any threads specifically dedicated to canning. If you're unsure what canning is, it is a type of food preservation that uses hot water bath or a pressure cooker/canner to preserve foods so they are shelf stable in jars, avoiding the use of freezers that may fail in a power failure, but…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 13th October 2025
What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our
version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is
not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but,
unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all
need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 19 October 2025
No…not yet!
