I got another decent Lidl box this week and was also early enough to get 2 chicken breasts for 90p! I'm getting more useable coupons on the app now so had a 25% off for unsalted butter. It's already a good price at £1.69 for British made butter so I was happy with the discount. I had 3 free bakery items to claim as well but didn't realise the croissant one hadn't activated. The wee focaccia with cheese and tomatoes and the pretzel are now in the freezer to test how well they freeze!
I made kiwi compote with the perfectly ripe kiwis π₯ I'm not making jam this year (jars and equipment are somewhere still packed in a box) but compote freezes well and I've plenty of freezer space now. Plus compotes use less sugar than jam!!
I also made apricot compote. It was more fiddly as I had to skin them first. So I now have 6 pots of compote, each one probably has about 2 to 3 servings depending on how greedy I am!
I also made strawberry top syrup! I saw this on Pinterest and have been saving the tops all Summer in the freezer. It's so easy. Put in a pan with water, bring to the boil, add sugar and simmer until syrupy! Strain and bottle.
It's not going to last long in the fridge as I didn't sterilise anything for long term storage so it's now frozen in wee tubs in the freezer! It's absolutely delicious considering it's made from the bit you'd normally compost! π
I did put all this in a video for Foodie Friday on YouTube but despite 3 attempts to upload it won't let me. All I get is a corrupted file message π I haven't done anything different so suspect it's a ploy to get me to upgrade to the paid version of Clip Champ. We'll see if it uploads the next one.
I'm realising now how much of a commitment having a 'popular' channel needs. Even when I'm not on the laptop I'm getting notifications/comments on my phone all day and all night. I haven't figured out how to stop them yet! I'd say about 90% of the comments are lovely/respectful/genuine. The rest are people who clearly don't watch the whole thing and jump right in with questions (I'm STILL getting the how old are you/why are you not getting your State pension!!!) Some are saying I shouldn't have a dog if I'm poor (eh, where did I say I was poor??) I've deleted a few personal ones that commented on my lack of make up (WTF?) and hair. And banned one guy who was demanding a lot of personal details about my kids, grandchildren(???) and went on a rant about single women, the declining population and immigrants.
Someone said YouTube is like the Wild West! Yup!!! π€