ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

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mrsshpub

904 posts

184 months

Tuesday 25th March 2014
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Shaw Tarse said:
Possibly the apostrophe ?
No 'possibly' about it, as already pointed out by pti.

dazco

4,280 posts

189 months

Tuesday 25th March 2014
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mrsshpub said:
Shaw Tarse said:
Possibly the apostrophe ?
No 'possibly' about it, as already pointed out by pti.
You gotta be joking

theshrew

6,008 posts

184 months

Tuesday 25th March 2014
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dazco said:
mrsshpub said:
Shaw Tarse said:
Possibly the apostrophe ?
No 'possibly' about it, as already pointed out by pti.
You gotta be joking
Sorry getmecoat

Gretchen

19,037 posts

216 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Lidl Easter advert putting it out there

Edgy





soxboy

6,229 posts

219 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Snack update:

Aldi Mini Cheddars - good

Aldi Quavers - v bad

Mark Benson

7,515 posts

269 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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soxboy said:
Snack update:

Aldi Mini Cheddars - good

Aldi Quavers - v bad
Aldi Hoola Hoops - good

Aldi Skips - good

George7

1,130 posts

150 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Popped into Aldi on my way home yesterday and picked up some frikadellers for dinner. I wasn't expecting much, but they turned out to be rather nice and require minimal preparation (fried for 3 minutes, or microwave, I chose to fry them as I was already frying onions). I had them with semi-mashed potato and fried onion. I also cut the last 2 up and put them into sandwiches for my lunch today, very nice.

I also bought 4 cans of 'Shipsterns' bitter for £1.99. It's no 'Old Speckled Hen' but still very pleasant at 50p a can.

Du1point8

21,608 posts

192 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Went to Lidl last night and picked up their kangaroo steaks... thought it would be worth a laugh.

Also have diced wild boar for a goulash tomorrow.

Lets see how good it really is.

IanA2

2,763 posts

162 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Du1point8 said:
Went to Lidl last night and picked up their kangaroo steaks... thought it would be worth a laugh.

Also have diced wild boar for a goulash tomorrow.

Lets see how good it really is.
Both are excellent, as is their duckling and their "veal liver". Odd way to describe it, but nothing odd about the quality.

dazco

4,280 posts

189 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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IanA2 said:
Both are excellent, as is their duckling and their "veal liver". Odd way to describe it, but nothing odd about the quality.
Why is it odd? Love veal liver

IanA2

2,763 posts

162 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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dazco said:
Why is it odd? Love veal liver
First time I've ever heard it/seen it described as such.

jbudgie

8,918 posts

212 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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George7 said:
Popped into Aldi on my way home yesterday and picked up some frikadellers for dinner. I wasn't expecting much, but they turned out to be rather nice and require minimal preparation (fried for 3 minutes, or microwave, I chose to fry them as I was already frying onions). I had them with semi-mashed potato and fried onion. I also cut the last 2 up and put them into sandwiches for my lunch today, very nice.

I also bought 4 cans of 'Shipsterns' bitter for £1.99. It's no 'Old Speckled Hen' but still very pleasant at 50p a can.
I am afraid that the Shipsterns' beer could never be described as pleasant.drinkvomit

George7

1,130 posts

150 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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jbudgie said:
I am afraid that the Shipsterns' beer could never be described as pleasant.drinkvomit
It's a bit watery, and no match for proper beer, but not awful IMO. Having said that, I do brew my own beer, so perhaps I've worked up a tolerance to slightly dodgy stuff biggrin

Boobonman

5,655 posts

192 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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I thought the pea and ham soup was diabolical. Oaties biscuits are amazing though...

jas xjr

11,309 posts

239 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Boobonman said:
I thought the pea and ham soup was diabolical. Oaties biscuits are amazing though...
oaties biscuits , made by foxes biscuits

muppetdave

2,118 posts

225 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Boobonman said:
I thought the pea and ham soup was diabolical.
We did too, smelled rank as well as tasted bad!

matchmaker

8,490 posts

200 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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muppetdave said:
Boobonman said:
I thought the pea and ham soup was diabolical.
We did too, smelled rank as well as tasted bad!
Got to say that I liked it!

Boobonman

5,655 posts

192 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Yeah, mine went straight in the bin. Maybe I'll give one of the others a try.

matchmaker

8,490 posts

200 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Boobonman said:
Yeah, mine went straight in the bin. Maybe I'll give one of the others a try.
Lentil & bacon and minestrone & bacon are nice.

Mobile Chicane

20,829 posts

212 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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I've tried a few of the Lidl tinned soups and casseroles and find them too salty for me. That stuff is made to the Central European taste, where salt is considered one of your five-a-day.

Anything vaguely 'Oriental' / 'Indian' from Lidl is also a bit odd. It will have either pineapple chunks or raisins in.