The other day, when I was operating in thrift mode, ( https://silkannthreades.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/heeding-the-needing-for-thrift/ ), you may remember that I boiled up some apple peelings and a few cranberries to make a base for a fruit cordial. Today, with the help of another brew of cranberries and apple scraps, and a small pot of sugar syrup, I did, indeed, make the fruit cordial; about 2 litres of it. And I then had enough of the basic fruit juice to make two little cups of apple cranberry jelly, as well. Now is that nifty thrift, or what? A bit of this, a bit of that, sweetened by syrupy sugar and stirred with some moments from time and there it is ; complete deliciousness in the very pink of thrift and palatable pleasures. 
And, for an extra helping of good feelings, I decided to add a slice of home-made ginger cake to my plate. 
Sweet!
I have heard it said that the colour pink can act as an appetite suppressant. I guess that’s why, after my light refreshment, I didn’t feel like eating dinner. 🙂 Oh wait, maybe that was the sugar hit.
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