ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[addz86]

Me and the Mrs got a nice bottle of Prosecco from Aldi the other day, award winning jobbie for about £7.
There's cheaper ones but really enjoyed that



That one ^

[bazza white]

Not aldi but lidl this time, Pork mince 500g for £1.29 strangely only 6% fat to I always presumed it would be higher in fat than beef mince. I've never used pork mince before so as its on offer thought I'd try it, chucked it in a chilli and pretty happy. May get a few packs and see what I can do with it.


I buy loads from aldi and lidl now and 95% happy with own brand. Their pot noodles are rank though and peperamis are not a patch on the branded versions.

[V8mate]

bazza white said:

Not aldi but lidl this time, Pork mince 500g for £1.29 strangely only 6% fat to I always presumed it would be higher in fat than beef mince. I've never used pork mince before so as its on offer thought I'd try it, chucked it in a chilli and pretty happy. May get a few packs and see what I can do with it.

Mix pork mince and beef mince 50:50 for yummy home made meatballs!

[Du1point8]

V8mate said:

bazza white said:

Not aldi but lidl this time, Pork mince 500g for £1.29 strangely only 6% fat to I always presumed it would be higher in fat than beef mince. I've never used pork mince before so as its on offer thought I'd try it, chucked it in a chilli and pretty happy. May get a few packs and see what I can do with it.

Mix pork mince and beef mince 50:50 for yummy home made meatballs!

Burgers in Finland seem to be 50:50 pork and beef, not tried them yet as Im a bit of a simple person and prefer them to be 100% beef.

[jas xjr]

bazza white said:

I buy loads from aldi and now and 95% happy with own brand. Their pot noodles are rank though and peperamis are not a patch on the branded versions.

I am on a very low income these days so I have to be very careful with shopping. Aldi pot noodles and pepperami are terrible.

[NWTony]

jas xjr said:

I am on a very low income these days so I have to be very careful with shopping. Aldi pot noodles and pepperami are terrible.

I prefer their curry pot noodle to the real curry pot noodle!

[jas xjr]

NWTony said:

jas xjr said:

I am on a very low income these days so I have to be very careful with shopping. Aldi pot noodles and pepperami are terrible.

I prefer their curry pot noodle to the real curry pot noodle!

To me it is the composition of the actual noodles themselves that are a bit strange.
Although I cannot really taste much these days because my taste buds are not functioning correctly.

[SpeckledJim]

If you tread carefully, Iceland isn't bad at all.

Their mixed frozen veg selections are very good.

[Du1point8]

thelittleegg said:

I've just visited an Iceland store for the first time in many, many years and been shocked at the vast array of meat and fish

They had loads of frozen seafood including scallops, lobsters, lobster tails, seabass, plus cleaned squid tubes, which I think are a great buy frozen. The meat section was very impressive, with ostrich fillets & burgers, kangaroo fillets, burgers & sausages, rabbit fillet, venison haunch & burgers, boar sausages & burgers.

I'll definitely be popping back to see what some of these are like.

Can recommend the large frozen prawns and the salt and pepper squid.

http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/arctic-royal-salt-a...

Have seen artic royal in another supermarket, whole foods market.

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list/uk

So if in there, the quality must be good, plus cheaper in Iceland.

[Scantily]

I'm thoroughly impressed by the Lidl Western Gold 6 year old bourbon. It was 20% off this weekend, so £12 instead of the usual £15.

[Du1point8]

thelittleegg said:

Du1point8 said:

Can recommend the large frozen prawns and the salt and pepper squid.

http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/arctic-royal-salt-a...

Have seen artic royal in another supermarket, whole foods market.

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list/uk

So if in there, the quality must be good, plus cheaper in Iceland.

If they're in Wholefoods it must be a decent brand, I generally only use Wholefoods for those hard to find ingredients due to their, errr, generous pricing .

We use it as the OH thinks buying organic is best for her lunches, I just happened to wander past a freezer and recognised the brand in there as I buy it every now and again when I fancy some squid/calamari

[Broccers]

Lidl deluxe Pies are really quite good - got meat in as well which is nice.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/11/14156649...

[Du1point8]

picked up the steak and stilton pie to try this week, I will be reporting back on that one.

[Broccers]

Yes that and the chicken smaller ones are really surprisingly good. Im sure youll enjoy it.

[RammyMP]

thelittleegg said:

I've just visited an Iceland store for the first time in many, many years and been shocked at the vast array of meat and fish

They had loads of frozen seafood including scallops, lobsters, lobster tails, seabass, plus cleaned squid tubes, which I think are a great buy frozen. The meat section was very impressive, with ostrich fillets & burgers, kangaroo fillets, burgers & sausages, rabbit fillet, venison haunch & burgers, boar sausages & burgers.

I'll definitely be popping back to see what some of these are like.

The frozen kebab meat is worth trying!

[5potTurbo]

We keep trying in our local ALDI, and I have to say that the choice you get in the UK vs. the continent is vast. Our local (quite large) ALDI is RUBBISH.

[BrabusMog]

5potTurbo said:

We keep trying in our local ALDI, and I have to say that the choice you get in the UK vs. the continent is vast. Our local (quite large) ALDI is RUBBISH.

Yep, there is one in Trollhättan and it's utter ste compared to the one I use in the UK.

There is a Netto near to us though, that's very good and has the Aldi/Lidl type bargains.

[Du1point8]

BrabusMog said:

5potTurbo said:

We keep trying in our local ALDI, and I have to say that the choice you get in the UK vs. the continent is vast. Our local (quite large) ALDI is RUBBISH.

Yep, there is one in Trollhättan and it's utter ste compared to the one I use in the UK.

There is a Netto near to us though, that's very good and has the Aldi/Lidl type bargains.

Can vouch the same for the Finnish ones near Nokia and Tampere, absolute crap and more expensive than the UK.

[Adenauer]

5potTurbo said:

We keep trying in our local ALDI, and I have to say that the choice you get in the UK vs. the continent is vast. Our local (quite large) ALDI is RUBBISH.

Same here, when I read of people picking up Steak & Stilton pies at Aldi, it just doesn't compute.

[5potTurbo]

Adenauer said:

Same here, when I read of people picking up Steak & Stilton pies at Aldi, it just doesn't compute.

I'd LOVE a decent pie.