Use flat fizzy pop to add depth to Boston baked beans, make a syrupy glaze for chicken wings or, best of all, to glaze a festive ham (or celeriac)
Over Christmas and new year, large bottles of fizzy pop are often opened and not always finished, so end up going flat. Although they might lose their fizz, soft drinks don’t actually go off, so keep them in the bottle and use them to sweeten and add depth to the likes of Boston baked beans, or to make a syrupy glaze for chicken wings or simply in cake batter. My favourite way to use up flat sodas, however, is Coca-Cola ham, but all sorts of other soft drinks, or even a mixture of them, will work – I especially recommend trying Lilt, cherry cola and dandelion and burdock, for their botanical flavourings.