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Bluebottles
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Haven't seen a bluebottle for many years, they used to be very common before we had a fridge. They would hurtle themselves at the mesh of the meat safe, horrid things
Have you seen any lately?
Have you seen any lately?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.They can be a pain in the posterior when I've put three bowls of moist cat food down for the Troublesome Trio. It can only be a matter of minutes before the food is covered in bluebottle eggs, meaning that I've got to throw the whole lot away.
Things don't seem to have been too bad in that respect over the past couple of years though, suggesting that there might well have been a welcome decline in bluebottle populations.
Things don't seem to have been too bad in that respect over the past couple of years though, suggesting that there might well have been a welcome decline in bluebottle populations.
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Buen - fly eggs used to drive me mad. Now I only put down what I think they might eat in one sitting and then cover it with a collapsible food net if there is anything left. They have biscuits all the time so they ain't going to starve (despite what they might tell me).
Have not seen any blue bottles so far, but over the last few days a few flies in the house. I've fired up the electric zapper and got the tennis racket zapper out.
Have not seen any blue bottles so far, but over the last few days a few flies in the house. I've fired up the electric zapper and got the tennis racket zapper out.
LiK, a meat safe is simply a cupboard with a chicken wire or mesh front so the air can circulate, usually kept in the coolest part of the house.
Ours was made of some sort of metal with an enamel interior but they could also be made of wood. It was usually only used on a Saturday after we'd fetched the joint for Sunday dinner from the butcher - no Sunday trading back then. If there was a thunderstorm before we could cook a pork joint it would go off very quickly so we didn't eat pork when storms were forecast.
Ours was made of some sort of metal with an enamel interior but they could also be made of wood. It was usually only used on a Saturday after we'd fetched the joint for Sunday dinner from the butcher - no Sunday trading back then. If there was a thunderstorm before we could cook a pork joint it would go off very quickly so we didn't eat pork when storms were forecast.
I grew up in Wembley & we had a pantry, though it was called a larder by everyone. Thinking about it, I do now recall the tiny window with metal mesh across it, but it's escaping my brain if we ever kept meat in there.
If it helps with the phraseology, mum & her lot were from Gloucester-ways & dad & his mob were from Cheshire.
If it helps with the phraseology, mum & her lot were from Gloucester-ways & dad & his mob were from Cheshire.
As we only feed our hound's raw meat on our veranda, we are always on the lookout for flies. Mind you, they do have a tendency to lick their bowls clean, and often a little robin comes in and picks up any morsels that are dropped whilst the hounds are eating, for some reason, the hounds really don't mind, but no flies so far.
We had a meat safe in the 50's and most of the 60's until a fridge made an appearance. It was kept at the top of the cellar steps (nice and cool) and was a pain to edge around- but it kept the dratted flies off.
'Bluebottles', hmmm! A widowed lady I know (lives in the village)is rather reclusive and has given me instructions to keep looking for bluebottles when I pass her house on my daily dog-walk 'Just in case'!
'Bluebottles', hmmm! A widowed lady I know (lives in the village)is rather reclusive and has given me instructions to keep looking for bluebottles when I pass her house on my daily dog-walk 'Just in case'!