ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[NormalWisdom]

IanA2 said:

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-...

Much appreciated, thanks very much

[kkerr3]

Just bought a job lot of Monsigny champagne £9.99 a bottle for a party.

Have not tried one but seems to get write ups.

[kkerr3]

Just bought a job lot of Monsigny champagne £9.99 a bottle for a party.

Have not tried one but seems to get write ups.

[Mobile Chicane]

You may want to get some Creme de Cassis to put in that. Cheap champagne can be a tad 'raisiny'.

I've tried the £14.99 'Comte de Brismand' Lidl offering, and thought it tasted exactly as I'd expect from a £14.99 champagne. Raisiny.

[SpydieNut]

NormalWisdom said:

IanA2 said:

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-...

Much appreciated, thanks very much

Another thank you - they're only 8 miles from work and practically on the way home. i'll definitely be calling in to take a look

[Granville]

IanA2 said:

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?

It's a stir-in pasta sauce, creamy, with pancetta in it. Most well known Super Markets sell it fresh in the chilled area.

My toddler loves it with fresh tagliatelle.

[IanA2]

Granville said:

It's a stir-in pasta sauce, creamy, with pancetta in it. Most well known Super Markets sell it fresh in the chilled area.

My toddler loves it with fresh tagliatelle.

I'm not a fan of any sort of processed food, and I have never bought of tasted any of these sauces so I cannot comment on their flavour. I can say that I believe most of them are full of trans-fats/sugar/salt/preservatives etc, so even if they did taste nice, I still would not buy them.

But surely there can't be anything simpler than stirring an an egg yolk and a little cream into a pot of hot pasta?

[NormalWisdom]

IanA2 said:

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?

Don't forget the cream...............

[Shaw Tarse]

NormalWisdom said:

IanA2 said:

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?

Don't forget the cream...............

No cream http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1052/ultimate-s...
I think Gino de Campo agrees?

[NormalWisdom]

Shaw Tarse said:

No cream http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1052/ultimate-s...
I think Gino de Campo agrees?

From the same website
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2876/learn-to-m...

And Mrs Wisdom cooked a Carbonara for Gino about 3 weeks ago and she used cream, he had nothing but praise.....

ETA

Wiki said:

"The pork is cooked in fat, which may be olive oil, lard, or less frequently butter. The hot pasta is combined with a mixture of raw eggs, cheese, and a fat (butter, olive oil, or cream) away from additional direct heat to avoid coagulating the egg, either in the pasta pot or in a serving dish.

Edited by NormalWisdom on Friday 25th April 11:10

[IanA2]

I think the cream depends on what you fancy at the time, sometimes we have cream sometimes we don't. In fact the Italians use a thin uht cream referred to as panna da cucina. I like both versions.

[Shaw Tarse]

IanA2 said:

I think the cream depends on what you fancy at the time, sometimes we have cream sometimes we don't. In fact the Italians use a thin uht cream referred to as panna da cucina. I like both versions.

I'd agree, my other reply was a bit tongue in cheek, I seem to remember Mr DiCampio once saying Italians don't use garlic & onions together?
Anyway, sorry for the derail.

[IanA2]

Shaw Tarse said:

I'd agree, my other reply was a bit tongue in cheek, I seem to remember Mr DiCampio once saying Italians don't use garlic & onions together?
Anyway, sorry for the derail.

You have the advantage ....I have the misfortune of never having been exposed to Sig Di Campio's bon mots: or should I say buone parole

[Granville]

Shaw Tarse said:

I'd agree, my other reply was a bit tongue in cheek, I seem to remember Mr DiCampio once saying Italians don't use garlic & onions together?
Anyway, sorry for the derail.

He said the same earlier this week on TV. They don't cook them together as they 'fight' each other evidently and effects the flavour.

[Granville]

IanA2 said:

Granville said:

It's a stir-in pasta sauce, creamy, with pancetta in it. Most well known Super Markets sell it fresh in the chilled area.

My toddler loves it with fresh tagliatelle.

I'm not a fan of any sort of processed food, and I have never bought of tasted any of these sauces so I cannot comment on their flavour. I can say that I believe most of them are full of trans-fats/sugar/salt/preservatives etc, so even if they did taste nice, I still would not buy them.

But surely there can't be anything simpler than stirring an an egg yolk and a little cream into a pot of hot pasta?

I buy the healthy option pasta sauce, so low in sugar and salt. My toddler is only 20 months old so he does not get high sugar & salt content.

Anyhow, the Aldi jar stuff in awful, very strong garlic flavour and not something I would normally buy or buy again.

[IanA2]

Granville said:

IanA2 said:

Granville said:

It's a stir-in pasta sauce, creamy, with pancetta in it. Most well known Super Markets sell it fresh in the chilled area.

My toddler loves it with fresh tagliatelle.

I'm not a fan of any sort of processed food, and I have never bought of tasted any of these sauces so I cannot comment on their flavour. I can say that I believe most of them are full of trans-fats/sugar/salt/preservatives etc, so even if they did taste nice, I still would not buy them.

But surely there can't be anything simpler than stirring an an egg yolk and a little cream into a pot of hot pasta?

I buy the healthy option pasta sauce, so low in sugar and salt. My toddler is only 20 months old so he does not get high sugar & salt content.

Anyhow, the Aldi jar stuff in awful, very strong garlic flavour and not something I would normally buy or buy again.

Afiaa "healthy options" tend not to be healthy at all, it's a marketing con. I'd be looking at the ingredients very carefully. Actually I wouldn't, honestly, I would not be giving someone so young any processed food whatsoever, none/niente/nada/nix. Horses for courses I guess.

[Granville]

Thanks for your concern, but he usually gets freshly prepared food so I know exactly what is in it, and if it is something like bought fresh pasta sauce I check what is in it.

Being a toddler, his likes and dislikes vary massively from day to day and some days he'll refuse just about everything. Fresh Tagliatelle and Carbonara Sauce is never refused though.

[Shaw Tarse]

Granville said:

Shaw Tarse said:

I'd agree, my other reply was a bit tongue in cheek, I seem to remember Mr DiCampio once saying Italians don't use garlic & onions together?
Anyway, sorry for the derail.

He said the same earlier this week on TV. They don't cook them together as they 'fight' each other evidently and effects the flavour.

Ah, I thought he had changed his mind since cooking in Britain!
I'd also heard Italian cooking traditionally doesn't have meat & fish, or dairy & fish?

[IanA2]

Shaw Tarse said:

Granville said:

Shaw Tarse said:

I'd agree, my other reply was a bit tongue in cheek, I seem to remember Mr DiCampio once saying Italians don't use garlic & onions together?
Anyway, sorry for the derail.

He said the same earlier this week on TV. They don't cook them together as they 'fight' each other evidently and effects the flavour.

I'd also heard Italian cooking traditionally doesn't have meat & fish, or dairy & fish?

Thats a new one on me....who said that , do you remember?

[Shaw Tarse]

IanA2 said:

Thats a new one on me....who said that , do you remember?

No
I think they don't have time to fish & farm?
I may well have imagined/made this up!!?