best old-stylers magazines

doddsy

There is a new mag coming out on 1st september called 'move to the country' its the new sister mag of 'grow your own' and is going to have garden, cooking, home decor, bee keeping, chickens, duck keeping articles - i have already reserved my copy
doddsy

patchwork_cat

HI
I think that Family Circle's main problem is there name and image - people think that it is an older mag and indeed reading that link it says that the average age of the reader is 52. I have bought it for a good 10 years and I am 40, but at first I wouldn't have bought it because of the dowdy image the name gives it. My MIL used to get it and one day I picked it up at her house and now it is one of my standards. I am going of Prima and Essentials though, now, my mum always got Good Housekeeping and I still get that sometimes - subscribing at the mo - but I do prefer Family Circle.

Yategirl

patchwork_cat wrote:

HI
I think that Family Circle's main problem is there name and image - people think that it is an older mag and indeed reading that link it says that the average age of the reader is 52. I have bought it for a good 10 years and I am 40, but at first I wouldn't have bought it because of the dowdy image the name gives it.

That is very true.... I don't tend to admit to many people that I buy FC because it does have an "older persons" name and image but I have been reading it since I was about 15! (am 32 now). I do read Prima sometimes and I always read my Mum's Good Housekeeping!! In fact.. I have to admit... I rarely buy a magazine unless I know I can pass it on and get "my money's worth" out of it!! Will try Essentials again so thanks for reminding me about it!

Grow your own can be a good magazine... Kitchen Garden magazine is also a good read

maryb

I don't get Prima on a regular basis but the Christmas specials they did from about 1996 to 2002 were fantastic and i still dig them out every year

dolly_day_dream

When I was first married I used to get Home and Freezer Digest (now that will date me!) cos it concentrated on recipes and crafts and was small enough to fit into my handbag. I still use some of their recipes now. When that folded I used to get Family Circle now that it going! I am still using a cookie recipe from them from 1990! When Prima first started it was good but now, like Essentials, it seems to concentrate on more glamorous items than cooking, sewing and craft. Oh well I bet that the internet has had something to do with it, cos we can access information from all over now and share our wonderful tips with each other so easily. Long Live Old Style

Debt_Free_Chick

Queenie wrote:

Now though, if I do succumb to buying magazines (I'm a mag-o-holic so I have to curb my urges ) I look out for:-

Country Kitchen

Grow Your Own

Ah, a girl after my own heart I subscribe to Kitchen Garden, but I might change to Grow Your Own next year

I'm really not into celeb chat/gossip or 1001 ways to have an orgasm so a lot of magazines (in my opinion) are just a waste of money.

Which is the extra one then?

:rotfl:

Thank goodness for the internet!!!

Amen to that

twink

dollydaydream, i loved the home and freezer digest, forgot about it, kept them all for ages too

exlibris

twink wrote:

dollydaydream, i loved the home and freezer digest, forgot about it, kept them all for ages too

Me too! In fact I threw mine out last year when we were building and am missing them already.

Does anyone have the recipe for cheesecake using soft cheese and packet jelly. It is ages since I made it and wanted to do it yesterday for a family visit and couldn't remember it. I remember I used the sponge flans you can buy as a base.

Ruby_Pudding

Queenie wrote:

Now though, if I do succumb to buying magazines (I'm a mag-o-holic so I have to curb my urges ) I look out for:-

Country Kitchen

This is the one I get and enjoy it very much. I'll also make a point of popping into Sainsburys once a month to get their magazine - for £1.20 I usually find 2/3 really good recipes in there.

Ruby_Pudding

doddsy wrote:

There is a new mag coming out on 1st september called 'move to the country' its the new sister mag of 'grow your own' and is going to have garden, cooking, home decor, bee keeping, chickens, duck keeping articles - i have already reserved my copy
doddsy

Ooooh I'll be looking out for that - sounds right up my street