ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[Gretchen]

I’m enjoying a quiet Friday morning Lidl shop recently. Just picked up some more compost and went to sling it in the boot only to discover I had 40l of compost already in there. So I’ve bought some more bulbs. And a climbing Passion Flower for £1.99! Probably a third at least garden centre prices.

[condor]

I've had a small shop in Aldi and bought their current specials - giant scampi, and their Guiness and Leek sausages. Will be eating them this weekend

[V8mate]

condor said:

I've had a small shop in Aldi and bought their current specials - giant scampi, and their Guiness and Leek sausages. Will be eating them this weekend

We're having the scampi this evening!

[condor]

V8mate said:

We're having the scampi this evening!

Was ok but nothing special, there was one that I thought stil had it's base claws partly attached that stirred my interest, - perhaps that's my old oven and Aunt Bessie's frozen chips with Bird's eye frozen peas that hasn't given it a more flattering review.

[NoVetec]

V8mate said:

Well... I just had their breakfast muffin.

I've certainly come over with a strange desire for somewhat overweight women in unfeasibly thin and tight leggings as a result of consuming it, but... it wasn't too bad.

Microwaving the bread is always going to leave it in Maccy D's wake - fortunately I turned it upside down as soon as it came out of the microwave, which dryed the 'soggy bottom' quite promptly.

A cheap but tasty emergency brekkie, IMHO.

Should have said before, toast the buns lightly instead of microwaving.

[V8mate]

condor said:

V8mate said:

We're having the scampi this evening!

Was ok but nothing special, there was one that I thought stil had it's base claws partly attached that stirred my interest, - perhaps that's my old oven and Aunt Bessie's frozen chips with Bird's eye frozen peas that hasn't given it a more flattering review.

Thought the scampi was ok but the crumb was a bit too salty.

[V8mate]

Aldi bread news!

I've mentioned before how much I dislike 'factory' bread, but will readily eat Aldi's large white and malted bloomers.

The malted bloomer especially, is good for sarnies but *great* for toast!

A few week's ago they added a honey seeded loaf to the range (which has an horrendous calorie count per slice!) and today a tiger bloomer, full of the olfactory joys of sesame.

Two slices of which are about to receive egg and bacon therein between

[condor]

I had 2 Guinness and leek sausages for breakfast this morning, except I only ate one. Far too strong a taste for a breakfast sausage, and I didn't enjoy it. Wondering what to do with the others, will probably remove from their skins and add some beef mince to make a cottage pie.

[V8mate]

condor said:

I had 2 Guinness and leek sausages for breakfast this morning, except I only ate one. Far too strong a taste for a breakfast sausage, and I didn't enjoy it. Wondering what to do with the others, will probably remove from their skins and add some beef mince to make a cottage pie.

I saw they had Guinness beefburgers for the St Guinness Day too.

Weird.

[twing]

I love the Guinness sausages, not for breakfast though, as you say they’re too strong. I got some COD in parsley sauce today, looks nice and cheap at £3 something

[V8mate]

Another little tip: these are delicious!

And work perfectly dunked in Aldi red pepper houmous

[twing]

Spiced rum gets a thumbs up here! May have over done the measure a tad but very tasty

[twing]

The cod was bloody lovely, not just good for the money, it was amazing! Will be a regular for me

[dickymint]

twing said:

The cod was bloody lovely, not just good for the money, it was amazing! Will be a regular for me

What weight? Frozen?

[oilbethere]

dickymint said:

twing said:

The cod was bloody lovely, not just good for the money, it was amazing! Will be a regular for me

What weight? Frozen?

If it's the same one I'm thinking of it comes in a silver tray with breadcrumbs. It's really nice.

[V8mate]

I don't look in the freezers as often as perhaps I should, so I don't know whether these are a recent addition to Aldi's range or not, but I gace these a try last night and they were delicious.

A reassuring level of fat kicked out during grilling, but leaving a good, thick, coarse burger once done. Cooked straight from frozen and were spot on. And very tasty!

I'd go so far as to say that I thought they tasted better than the packs of two, fresh, SS Aberdeen Angus burgers.

[BrabusMog]

V8mate said:

I don't look in the freezers as often as perhaps I should, so I don't know whether these are a recent addition to Aldi's range or not, but I gace these a try last night and they were delicious.

A reassuring level of fat kicked out during grilling, but leaving a good, thick, coarse burger once done. Cooked straight from frozen and were spot on. And very tasty!

I'd go so far as to say that I thought they tasted better than the packs of two, fresh, SS Aberdeen Angus burgers.

I think they're new, I grabbed a pack the other day and I hadn't seen them before. Glad to hear positive feedback, these will be a good Monday dinner.

[wobert]

BrabusMog said:

V8mate said:

I don't look in the freezers as often as perhaps I should, so I don't know whether these are a recent addition to Aldi's range or not, but I gace these a try last night and they were delicious.

A reassuring level of fat kicked out during grilling, but leaving a good, thick, coarse burger once done. Cooked straight from frozen and were spot on. And very tasty!

I'd go so far as to say that I thought they tasted better than the packs of two, fresh, SS Aberdeen Angus burgers.

I think they're new, I grabbed a pack the other day and I hadn't seen them before. Glad to hear positive feedback, these will be a good Monday dinner.

I find the SS Angus Burgers ok, but they’ve seem to have a high fat content judging by the amount that leeches into the pan whilst cooking...

[V8mate]

wobert said:

I find the SS Angus Burgers ok, but they’ve seem to have a high fat content judging by the amount that leeches into the pan whilst cooking...

I see that as a good thing - as long as the cooked product doesn't end up a shrivelled shadow of its uncooked self, that fat, rendering during the cooking process will leave the meat tasty and succulent.

[twing]

dickymint said:

What weight? Frozen?

380g not frozen, my stomach doesn’t do well with frozen fish