ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

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George111

6,930 posts

250 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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littlegreenfairy said:
They had Persian blue sea salt which I have only ever found in Harrods since then.
You can get this from Amazon, £5.50 for a small bag of coarse salt.

littlegreenfairy

10,133 posts

220 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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George111 said:
You can get this from Amazon, £5.50 for a small bag of coarse salt.
Not sure I'm that bothered about it, just thought it looked quite unusual. I should hope it is about 10billion time better than normal rock salt for that money!

hairyben

8,516 posts

182 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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We had reindeer steak on Christmas Day last year - seemed appropriate somehow. biggrin

Steamer

13,846 posts

212 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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Those Gin & Tonic crisps are.... Well it's hard to say really!!

first mouthful I thought 'good god these are grim'... But then I couldn't put the packet down and quaffed the lot boxedin

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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Steamer said:
Those Gin & Tonic crisps are.... Well it's hard to say really!!

first mouthful I thought 'good god these are grim'... But then I couldn't put the packet down and quaffed the lot boxedin
Make up your mind! hehe

It grows on you. wink

21TonyK

11,494 posts

208 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Not food but maybe a last minute Xmas present for someone?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thur-10-dec/...



Anyone tried one?

Edit: Just found this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-331...

Edited by 21TonyK on Monday 7th December 16:33

Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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hairyben said:
Its a Finnish product and actually cheaper than buying it in Finland at their normal supermarkets... OH hates it as she is Finnish and loves reindeer, but hates lidl... yet she has to admit this stuff is awesome.

Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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I have picked up a 5 bird roast.

Duck
Chicken
Goose
Turkey
guinea fowl

Plus a pork stuffing.

It was with the 25% off voucher (showed up on the 5th Dec, fking voucher ran out on 6th).... so £7.50 for 1.5kg of meaty goodness.

Will report back on how dry it is.

Steamer

13,846 posts

212 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Aldi mince pies 'for the win'...

Just incase they haven't been mentioned already. The red box ones are great ... 60-something pence or there abouts. (they also do budget ones, but they look flat, and they also do posh ones in a black box - not tried those).

I'm sure I remember there being a test in recent years and these came out better than the likes of M&S and waitrose.

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Steamer said:
Aldi mince pies 'for the win'...

Just incase they haven't been mentioned already. The red box ones are great ... 60-something pence or there abouts. (they also do budget ones, but they look flat, and they also do posh ones in a black box - not tried those).

I'm sure I remember there being a test in recent years and these came out better than the likes of M&S and waitrose.
Likewise Lidl's.

The only entrant to beat Lidl in a recent big mince pie group test was Harrods at £13 for 6.

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Saturday 19th December 2015
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Lidl are doing a 1987 Ben Bracken for £44.00 Incredible value.

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Saturday 19th December 2015
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Steamer said:
Those Gin & Tonic crisps are.... Well it's hard to say really!!

first mouthful I thought 'good god these are grim'... But then I couldn't put the packet down and quaffed the lot boxedin
No, you really didn't.

majordad

3,600 posts

196 months

Saturday 19th December 2015
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Oh Yes he Did !

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Saturday 19th December 2015
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The flavour of the crisps suggest he did. wink

rich85uk

3,312 posts

178 months

Sunday 20th December 2015
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Has anyone tried the vodka they have on offer for Christmas? i bought one for someone as a stocking filler as it was only £20 and the bottle looked nicehehe. However a quick google suggests its actually an award winning 4 times distilled 12 times filtered Russian vodka that normally sells for £35.

I know there are a few vodka fans on here but this does not seem to be selling well at my local Aldi, might have to pick one up for myself

Muskythedog

1,970 posts

112 months

Monday 21st December 2015
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Steamer said:
Aldi mince pies 'for the win'...

Just incase they haven't been mentioned already. The red box ones are great ... 60-something pence or there abouts. (they also do budget ones, but they look flat, and they also do posh ones in a black box - not tried those).

I'm sure I remember there being a test in recent years and these came out better than the likes of M&S and waitrose.
Not tried the red box from Aldi, but the black box posh ones are fantastic - pastry is just right and they are nicely filled. Done my own taste test over the last 2 weeks or so and they are miles infront of M&S, Co-Op, Tesco Finest, Lidle cheapo, Mr Kippling. Bought half a dozen boxes Saturday instead of making our own this time round.

HarryW

15,150 posts

268 months

Monday 21st December 2015
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Muskythedog said:
Steamer said:
Aldi mince pies 'for the win'...

Just incase they haven't been mentioned already. The red box ones are great ... 60-something pence or there abouts. (they also do budget ones, but they look flat, and they also do posh ones in a black box - not tried those).

I'm sure I remember there being a test in recent years and these came out better than the likes of M&S and waitrose.
Not tried the red box from Aldi, but the black box posh ones are fantastic - pastry is just right and they are nicely filled. Done my own taste test over the last 2 weeks or so and they are miles infront of M&S, Co-Op, Tesco Finest, Lidle cheapo, Mr Kippling. Bought half a dozen boxes Saturday instead of making our own this time round.
Whereas I think the blue box Luxury ones are the best. They have a frangipane and flaked almond topping, lovely.

majordad

3,600 posts

196 months

Tuesday 22nd December 2015
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Well done, that's the true PH foodie spirit, we need more like you.

A - W

1,717 posts

214 months

Tuesday 22nd December 2015
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Rib of beef started yesterday. Always been very good.