ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

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Melman Giraffe

6,759 posts

217 months

Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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Mobile Chicane said:
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.
I disagree. The CTM sauce is excellent

Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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IanA2 said:
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.
Kangaroo steaks are worth the effort and will be trying them again.

Riley Blue

20,912 posts

225 months

Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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Lidl's venison is top notch too.

mikebradford

2,483 posts

144 months

Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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Had some Aldi , aged 28 days fillet steaks, just over a fiver each
they were fairly tastey

897sma

3,347 posts

143 months

Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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Du1point8 said:
Kangaroo steaks are worth the effort and will be trying them again.
What sort of taste were they?

Mobile Chicane

20,735 posts

211 months

Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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897sma said:
Du1point8 said:
Kangaroo steaks are worth the effort and will be trying them again.
What sort of taste were they?
Like venison I'd say. I marinated mine and made them into carne asada.

It was ok, but nowhere near as good as when using onglet steak.

ImpossiblyDaft

399 posts

180 months

Tuesday 8th April 2014
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Melman Giraffe said:
I disagree. The CTM sauce is excellent
They have a few different ranges with varying quality; the ones that are the more specific tend to be pretty good while the stuff that's got a different branding and more generic naming tends to be pretty poor.

ImpossiblyDaft

399 posts

180 months

Tuesday 8th April 2014
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ImpossiblyDaft said:
Melman Giraffe said:
I disagree. The CTM sauce is excellent
They have a few different ranges with varying quality; the ones that are the more specific tend to be pretty good while the stuff that's got a different branding and more generic naming tends to be pretty poor (very watery and filled with raisins).

Boobonman

5,645 posts

191 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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matchmaker said:
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.
Further to this, the tinned vegetable and cream of tomato soups are identical to their Heinz competitors...

GG89

3,526 posts

185 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Tried the ALDI pulled pork today. Very tasty!

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Had Lidl's fresh rack of lamb a few days ago. Quite superb. £15Kg v. twice that elsewhere. Nicest rack we've had for a long time. Seriously good.

Sirloin roast is next smile

Joey Ramone

2,150 posts

124 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Boobonman said:
I thought the pea and ham soup was diabolical. Oaties biscuits are amazing though...
That pea and ham soup is indeed gopping. Absolutely disgusting. Not a patch on what can be had elsewhere.

Granville

983 posts

170 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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I got a jar of Carbonara Sauce at the weekend as my little lad loves pasta Carbonara. It was very garlicy and neither tasted or looked like Carbonara sauce.

I also got two little jars of Pate, one Pheasant, the other Venison.

carreauchompeur

17,830 posts

203 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Joey Ramone said:
Boobonman said:
I thought the pea and ham soup was diabolical. Oaties biscuits are amazing though...
That pea and ham soup is indeed gopping. Absolutely disgusting. Not a patch on what can be had elsewhere.
I love the biscuits, always pick up a pack as they are only 66p and a great healthy-ish thing to snack on.

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Granville said:
I got a jar of Carbonara Sauce at the weekend as my little lad loves pasta Carbonara. It was very garlicy and neither tasted or looked like Carbonara sauce.

I also got two little jars of Pate, one Pheasant, the other Venison.
What on earth is carbonara sauce? Spaghetti alla Carbonara is essentially spaghetti, to which once cooked cooked, a few bits of prosciutto/pancetta and a couple of egg yolks are added. Where's the sauce?

TheExcession

11,669 posts

249 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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I've been trying a few of their (Aldi) cooking sauces recently.

Chilli-con-carne, Chicken Tika, Blackbean Sauce, Madras etc etc.

Now normally I'd make these sauces myself, but to be honest the price is at a point where they are cheaper than buying two tins of chopped tomatoes.

I've been pleasantly surprised, the Chilli is lovely, you need to spice it up a bit if you want it hot, but great flavour.

Their rice selection however is utter pants, practically dust. If you cook it for three minutes too long with a bit too much water then you're eating slop.


Mobile Chicane

20,735 posts

211 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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TheExcession said:
I've been trying a few of their (Aldi) cooking sauces recently.

Chilli-con-carne, Chicken Tika, Blackbean Sauce, Madras etc etc.

Now normally I'd make these sauces myself, but to be honest the price is at a point where they are cheaper than buying two tins of chopped tomatoes.

I've been pleasantly surprised, the Chilli is lovely, you need to spice it up a bit if you want it hot, but great flavour.

Their rice selection however is utter pants, practically dust. If you cook it for three minutes too long with a bit too much water then you're eating slop.
I 'sort of' agree with the economic argument. Jarred sauces at Lidl have been cheap enough to make me think "Why not give it a go?" However I conclude having tried them that they're not nicer than home made from scratch.

The cost of spices is the kicker, however these are a quarter of the price in supermarkets when bought from an Asian grocer / Oriental cash and carry.

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Mobile Chicane said:
I 'sort of' agree with the economic argument. Jarred sauces at Lidl have been cheap enough to make me think "Why not give it a go?" However I conclude having tried them that they're not nicer than home made from scratch.

The cost of spices is the kicker, however these are a quarter of the price in supermarkets when bought from an Asian grocer / Oriental cash and carry.
There are some excellent spice dealers on eBay. Good prices and much fresher than most shop bought offerings. The last lot I bought, the seller claimed they milled/ ground everyday, and I believe them.

NormalWisdom

2,139 posts

158 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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IanA2 said:
There are some excellent spice dealers on eBay. Good prices and much fresher than most shop bought offerings. The last lot I bought, the seller claimed they milled/ ground everyday, and I believe them.
Interesting, have you a link to this chap?

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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NormalWisdom said:
IanA2 said:
There are some excellent spice dealers on eBay. Good prices and much fresher than most shop bought offerings. The last lot I bought, the seller claimed they milled/ ground everyday, and I believe them.
Interesting, have you a link to this chap?
Sure, see here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPICES-BY-DESI-FLAVOURS-...