Cheap chillis!

[Arch]

I just popped out for some groceries, and spotted a red chilli plant in the veg section, reduced from £3.50 to 89p!

The red pot is my own, I thought it would encourage the plant.

There are 6 ripe chillis on it now, and lots more green to come, if I can avoid killing it. I've put it in the sunniest spot I have in the flat.

According to this site I can freeze them by simply putting them in a box in the freezer as they ripen. When I've got plenty, I might have a go at chilli jam - there's a recipe in my new WI book. I don't use a lot of chilli in my cooking, but maybe that's because I don't tend to buy them....

 

[Sandra Piddock]

You can also allow them to dry on the plant, then keep them in a small jar, to stop them going mouldy. And save some of the seeds to grow new plants for next year. You certainly have a bargain there, Arch!

 

[Arch]

I've got it in the window, must remember to water it tonight and hope it lasts the weekend while I'm away. No sign of any more ripening yet, but I live in hope!

I thought of drying some too, let's see if any more actually turn red!