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Thank you to the readers and advertisers who have been recommending the Maidstone Village Magazine to local trades and businesses as a great vehicle for advertising. It’s your support that has helped this magazine to become so popular.

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Features Is your pet overweight Top tips on cooking the perfect Christmas turkey A moneymakers guide to Christmas Using your home as a pension Christmas traditions old and new

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n Buy a thermometer - a turkey is safely cooked at 72C in its thickest point.

n Leave the turkey out at room temperature for a couple of hours before putting in the oven.

n Don’t use tinfoil - it dries the turkey out.

n Roast the turkey on a trivet of vegetables and the giblets this helps make a great gravy.

n Don’t truss and stuff a turkey - it adds too much cooking time and can dry out the turkey.

n Rub the turkey with lemon it’s a natural flavour enhancer and colours beautifully. n Allow the turkey once cooked to rest for a minimum of 20 minutes before carving.

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n Don’t try to cook a turkey too quickly as it will dry out.

n Don’t cover with lean bacon - it just adds more salt. Use fatty streaky bacon. n Don’t throw away the carcass - it makes a great stock, for stews and hot pots.

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Caring for your pet

Is your pet overweight?

How to give your pet a body shape check Leading veterinary charity, PDSA, is advising owners to check their pet’s body shape to ensure they aren’t at risk of being overweight.

A third of dogs and a quarter of cats are overweight or obese. Overweight pets have an increased risk of serious illnesses, reduced quality of life, and shorter life expectancy. Definitely not things most people would choose for their pets.

However, one of the key problems is that with so many larger than life pets around, many owners simply don’t realise that their four-legged-friend is overweight. Assessing your pet’s current shape and weight is the first step to giving your pet a healthy year ahead.

PDSA Vet, Vicki Larkham-Jones, has provided some tips on how to check your pet’s body shape. n For dogs and cats, first stand back and look at your pet from the side, and then from above.

You should be able to see a defined, tucked in waist (unless your pet has long hair).

The next step is to feel your pet’s shape. Start by running your hands over their sides. You should be able to easily feel the ribs beneath your fingers, but they shouldn’t be prominent and the skin should move easily over them. Next run your hand along your pet’s back and over the hipbones; again you should be able to feel the bones quite easily under the skin, but without them feeling prominent.

Next feel under your pet’s tummy – it should tuck in and not bulge out. Cats in particular tend to carry any additional weight in their abdomen, 6

which can sag beneath them. For dogs, feel around the base of their tail; there should be no fatty bulge there. n For rabbits, you should be able to feel, but not see, the ribs and other bones. There should be no bulges around the rump area, or around their neck.

If you spot any signs that your pet may be overweight then the next step is to consult your vet, who can weigh your pet and advise on the ideal weight range for your pet’s breed and age. If your pet does need to lose a few pounds, then your vet can provide guidance on safely managing their diet and activity levels. This is particularly important for cats and rabbits, as it can be life-threatening if they lose weight too quickly.

Many veterinary practices now offer free weight clinics to provide regular help and advice to owners whose pets are on a caloriecontrolled diet.

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Top Tips on cooking the perfect Christmas turkey n Buy about 350/400g per portion or you will be left with lots of leftovers.

n Buy a thermometer - a turkey is safely cooked at 72C in its thickest point.

n Leave the turkey out at room temperature for a couple of hours before putting in the oven.

n Don’t use tinfoil - it dries the turkey out.

n Roast the turkey on a trivet of vegetables and the giblets this helps make a great gravy.

n Don’t truss and stuff a turkey - it adds too much cooking time and can dry out the turkey.

n Rub the turkey with lemon it’s a natural flavour enhancer and colours beautifully. n Allow the turkey once cooked to rest for a minimum of 20 minutes before carving.

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n Don’t try to cook a turkey too quickly as it will dry out.

n Don’t cover with lean bacon - it just adds more salt. Use fatty streaky bacon. n Don’t throw away the carcass - it makes a great stock, for stews and hot pots.

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A Moneysaver’s Guide to

Christmas

By James Delaney

Sticking to a strict budget might not seem the most thrilling way to spend the festive season, but you’ll avoid any nasty surprises afterwards. Check out our top money saving tips...

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hristmas is portrayed as a wonderful time of year, if the marketing people have done their jobs properly; it is a time to lavish gifts on each other, completely disregarding the consequences.

Many people have woken up with a hangover after a particularly exuberant Christmas party and asked themselves, “What have I done?”. Checking your bank balance after the Christmas festivities are over can provoke a similar reaction. January is a fairly depressing time of year as it is without making it any worse for you. Perhaps the banks should put one of those sad faces you sometimes get in texts on your statements, or the high streets should be forced to post pictures of a person pulling out a completely empty pocket.

Food

Pigging out is as big a part of the Christmas tradition as the Queen’s speech and being dragged to nativity plays. But the website lovefoodhatewaste.com states that a third of the food bought in the UK is thrown away. This is giving extra money to supermarkets that frankly they don’t need.

When you do your Christmas shopping think about the quantities of products that you realistically require, and how long a particular product will last after Christmas (turkey sandwiches for a fortnight after Christmas is likely to cause family arguments and be met with some pretty sarcastic comments).

Entertainment

If you have a large family renting a DVD will prove far cheaper than going to the cinema, and if there’s a decent film on the television even better.

Even better still get out and about and enjoy some genuinely beautiful scenery and as long as you wrap up warm many happy days can be spent with the family. Taking various bats and balls will let Dad show that he’s still got it (this usually involves showing that he can run rings around a toddler at football) and that people who just want to relax can do so in some of the nicest surroundings in the country.

Here are some tips to make this Christmas as enjoyable as ever, without the nagging doubt in the back of your mind that you’re going to seriously regret this in the morning...

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Drink This is a fairly unavoidable cost, but forward planning can make it cheaper. Write a list of the products that you need and the amount well in advance of the Christmas period. You then have plenty of time to spot discounts on those goods and can buy bits whenever you see a bargain.

Supermarkets are constantly having discounts on particular brands of lagers, ales, and spirits and these reductions are also changed frequently.

Decorations Having a go at your own decorations can be fun, particularly for small children. The first few attempts may be pretty awful, but that is all part of the entertainment.

Housetohome.co.uk has some useful tips about making more successful attempts.

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You can even have a go at making your own Christmas crackers. As they consist of bad jokes, tacky toys, embarrassing hats, and a bang that manages to surprise your Gran every time.

Presents This is still going to be expensive I’m afraid, particularly if you have a large family. The best way to make savings in this area is to have a family pact.

The people that appreciate presents most are under the

age of 21, and these are the ones that will genuinely enjoy the more lavish gifts.

Everyone agreeing to a set limit for presents for people over that age will save everyone huge amounts of money. If a person above that age really wants a particular product, they will usually just get it for themselves.

We’ve all bought our parents some brilliant gifts that we genuinely thought they’d cherish only for it never to see the light of day again.

Having a cap on the amount that you can spend on a loved one just means that you have to try harder to think of something that they’d really find useful, it is also likely to be a more personal gift so they should appreciate the thought that’s gone into it.

Once you have compiled your list make sure that you don’t just browse the high street, many of the products may be considerably cheaper online, and with the amount of price comparison websites you can quickly ensure you are getting the best deal available.

All of these ideas should help you keep the cost of Christmas down, whilst not impeding your enjoyment. Just remember that Christmas in the 21st century is partly about eating too much, embarrassing yourself at parties, and buying lavish gifts, but the main beauty of Christmas is that it is a time when all family and friends get together to spend time with each other, and no amount of clever adverts should detract from that. It is a nice time of the year because you can catch up with the people that mean the most to you, who you may not have seen for a long time.

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Christmas Cooking

A festive Feast

Christmas gives friends and families a perfect excuse to come in from the cold and celebrate over plenty of delicious food! Get in to the Christmas spirit with our easy yet impressive recipes that will make this Christmas one to remember.

Roast turkey

with watercress and orange stuffing Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 3hours Serves: 6 Ingredients: 1 (4kg) oven ready turkey, giblets removed 1 onion, halved 1 lemon, halved 75g soft butter 100g watercress For the stuffing: 50g butter 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 stick celery, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 100g watercress, chopped 50g blanched toasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped zest and juice 1 large orange 200g fresh white breadcrumbs 10ml dried thyme salt and freshly ground black pepper For the gravy 100ml sherry or dry white wine 500ml chicken stock 30ml cornflour

Method: Make the stuffing, melt the butter in a medium pan add the onion and celery and cook over a medium heat until soft and pale golden. Add the garlic and watercress, cook for a further 2 mins until the watercress is wilted.

Remove from the heat and tip into a large bowl, add the hazelnuts, orange zest and juice, breadcrumbs, thyme and plenty of freshly ground black pepper and a little salt to taste. Mix well. Leave until cold.

Preheat the oven to 190oC/ Fan 170oC Gas Mark 5.

Wash the turkey inside and out and dry with kitchen paper. Place the onion and lemon inside the cavity of the bird. Spoon the stuffing into the neck flap of the turkey, packing it in tightly, then secure the flap with cocktail sticks, or sew together.

Line a large roasting tray with two pieces of wide foil laid like a cross. Place the turkey in the centre of the foil and rub the breast and legs with the soft butter.

Season with salt and pepper.

Pull the foil up and around

the turkey to ‘tent’ the bird, sealing it at the edges. Place in the centre of the hot oven and roast for 3hrs.

Half way through the cooking time, remove the bird from the oven, loosen the foil and spoon the cooking juices over the bird to baste, reseal the foil and continue to roast.

Forty minutes before the end of cooking. Remove from the oven, fold back the foil, baste the bird with the juices again then, roast uncovered until the turkey is a lovely golden brown. Remove the bird from the oven, transfer to a board, cover with foil and leave to rest for 10 minutes this makes carving easier.

To make the gravy, pour the hot stock into the roasting tin and use a wooden spoon to scrape away all the cooking juices that have collected on the foil

and in the tin. Then pour the liquid through a sieve into a medium pan. Place on the hob, add the sherry and bring to the boil and simmer to reduce for 10 minutes. Mix the cornflour to a smooth paste with a little cold water, then add to the gravy stirring until the gravy boils and thickens.

Transfer to a warm gravy boat and keep warm.

To present the turkey for the table, take a large warm serving platter, scatter the watercress all over the plate.

Lift the turkey from the board and arrange in the centre of the leaves. The leaves will wilt and soak up the juices from the bird as it is carved. Serve the turkey and stuffing in slices with a good portion of the wilted watercress. Serve with all your favourite seasonal vegetables.

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WHAT’S ON LOCALLY Loose

Mondays Musical Merry Go Round (term times only) 9.30am-11am – Loose Parish Pavilion, King George V Playing Field Surestart Stay and Play 12.30pm-2.30pm – Loose Parish Pavilion Beavers (6-8yrs) 6pm-7.15pm – Loose Swiss Scouts HQ, Pickering Street Cubs (8-10 yrs) 7pm-8.30pm - Loose Swiss Scouts HQ, Pickering Street Loose Area History Society 7.30pm-9pm - 2nd Mon of month (not Aug & Sept) – Loose Infant School, Loose Road Tuesdays Coffee Stop 9.30am-12pm, Congregational Church, 157 Linton Rd Weight Watchers 7.30pm-8.30pm, Loose Parish Pavilion Surestart 12.30pm-2.30pm – Loose Parish Pavilion Brownies (t/t only) – 5.30pm-7pm – Loose Parish Pavilion Alzheimer’s Society Linton Road - Carers Support Group 3rd Tue of month - 10am-12pm. 01622 747181 Wednesdays Maclean Scouts (10-14yrs) 6.45pm-8.45pm - Loose Swiss Scouts HQ Music Mayhem 10am-11am – YMCA Centre, Melrose Close Sure Start 12.30pm-2.30pm – Loose Parish Pavilion Bockingford Club 2pm – Eling Court Day Centre, Hildenshaw (off Broadoak Avenue) Loose Valley Wives 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7.30pm.

All Saints’ Church, Church Street Maidstone Alzheimer’s Association Holy Family Church Hall, off Bicknor Rd, Parkwood, Maidstone - Last Wed of month (except Dec) 2-4pm. 01622 749539 Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Cafe 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 2pm-4pm. 1 Dairy Court, Fairview Farm, Linton Road, Maidstone, ME15 0AL Please contact Vicki Baldwin on 01622 747181 or Victoria.baldwin@alzheimers.org.uk Thursdays Sure Start Stay and Play 9.30am-11.30am – Loose Parish Pavilion Toddler Praise (t/t only), 9.15am-11.30am. All Saints’ Church

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Beavers (6-8yrs) 6pm-7.15pm – Loose Swiss Scouts HQ, Pickering Str Slimming World 7.30pm - Loose Parish Pavilion Cubs (8-10 yrs) 7pm-8.30pm, Loose Swiss Scouts HQ, Pickering Street Badminton Club 7.30pm-9.30pm – New Line Learning Academy, Boughton Lane Fridays Rowallan Scouts (10-14yrs) 7pm-9pm - Loose Swiss Scouts HQ, Pickering Street Georgie Porgies Toddler Group (t/t only), 9.30am-11.30am. Loose Parish Pavilion

Sundays All Saints ’ Church Services 8am & 10.15am. All Saints’ Church, Church Street Linton Road Congregational Church Service Every Sun at 11am. Coffee Stop - 1st Tue of month at 10.00am. M Boorman 01622743952.

East Farleigh Mondays Funtrain 9.30am. For Toddlers. 07709 630062. WI Hall.

Family Dog Services 6.45-9.15. 07989 515814. WI Hall.

Tuesdays Ballroom/Latin Dancing 7.45-9.15. 07801 372598. WI Hall.

Megs Keep Fit Class 2-3. Old School Hall. All ages. 01892 822090.

Wednesdays Gentle Pilates 9.30am. WI Hall. 07730 580402. ­ Camcorder Club 7.45pm. 1st/3rd of month. WI Hall. 01622 745123.

Thursdays Adult Tap Dance Class 10-11am. WI Hall. 01622 726155.

Fridays Old School Samba Band 7-9pm. Old School Hall. 07764 272221.

Hunton Wednesday Tai Jutsu (all ages) 6.30pm-8pm. Hunton Village Hall.

Tel: 07711 143202

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS Loose Primary School 01622 743549

East Farleigh Primary School 01622 726364

Hunton C of E Primary School 01622 820360

Tiger Primary School 01622 745166

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Maidstone YMCA Pre-School 01622 749404

East Farleigh Pre-School 07586 439018

West Farleigh Pre-School 07951 847956

Hunton & Linton Pre-School 01622 820309

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Care Numbers Age UK Maidstone Elder Abuse Response Three Suttons Helpline

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Library Numbers Coxheath

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Services Alzheimer’s Society 01622 747181 Maidstone Hospital 01622 729000 National Rail Enquiries 08457 484 950 Kent Benefits Agency 01892 507300 Arriva Bus Times 08706 082608 Citizens Advice Bureau 01622 752420 Royal British Legion 01622 746509 Kent Fire Brigade Headquaters 01622 692121 Maidstone Borough Council 01622 602000 Kent County Council 0845 8247247 Shelter (housing advice) 0808 800 4444 MP for Maidstone, Helen Grant 01622 752463 Job Centre Maidstone 0845 604 3719

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Join this month and go into a prize draw to win a ‘fitbit’ (terms and conditions apply)

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