ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[matchmaker]

berlintaxi said:

Welshbeef said:

Not have car doors dinged in the tiny car parking spaces not be mugged off

Have you been to a Waitrose recently, they must have some of the tiniest parking spaces going.

The rest of your post is just jingoistic nonsense...quelle surprise.

A local Tesla owner manages to park in Aldi no problem.

[bingybongy]

RammyMP said:

berlintaxi said:

hyphen said:

So that leaves Waitrose, and having read your posts, you seem too tight to use Waitrose

Only visits there when he wife gives him permission.

And lets him have a couple of quid

[V8mate]

hyphen said:

V8mate said:

Lidl, on the other hand, is much like itself in both countries, with UK branches now rolling out the instore bakeries which D stores have had for quite a few years now.

Regional thing? My local Lidl's have had bakeries for years.

Croissant are dirt cheap, but taste nothing like the more expensive ones from the bakers down the road so avoid. The Goats Cheese Focaccia and the vegetable pizza thing are useful for filling up kids on the go.

Lidl croissants/pain au chocolat are certainly not to be avoided. You'd be hard pressed to get better in France!

[l354uge]

SidJames said:

given up on Aldi now, perhaps it's because ours is a small store.

todays visit unable to purchase...

lancashire hotpot
beef stew & dumplings
lemon posset
cauliflower & cheese
mac and cheese
any sort of fish pie

Too much pasta shyte
freezers just full of chips & pizza
20ft of milk products...really
flowers & paper stands....in the skip please.

even the tat wasnt able to tempt me.

Back to Tesco.

Not to sound like a smug arse but most of those things are an absolute piece of piss to cook yourself, it'll be cheaper, healthier and tastier than any ready made st. Even if you lack time they are still viable, hotpot and stew can be put in a slow cooker in the morning and ready to be devoured as soon as you get through the door!

Lemon posset is the easiest thing to make, not even exaggerating.

[anonymous-user]

aldi, 4 cans of 1079 project beer. Pretty tasty and another bottle of organic pinot grigio, really lovely stuff.

[NWTony]

l354uge said:

Not to sound like a smug arse...

ohhhh unlucky.

[Riley Blue]

NWTony said:

l354uge said:

Not to sound like a smug arse...

ohhhh unlucky.

Not wrong though. I'll try my hand at most of the things listed rather than search for them in a supermarket though at this time of year we tend to eat salad several days a week, takes seconds to prepare. Stews, curries, chillis, fish pies etc. are regulars in the slow cooker during colder months.

[Colonial]

Welshbeef said:

Good it sounds like the BrITISH companies are pulling back punters from foreign owned food soldiers.


Also/Lidi/Netto are essentially what Kwiksave and Sommerfield and Safeway were before they went bust.

The public are tired of austerity so want to upgrade again. Not have car doors dinged in the tiny car parking spaces not be mugged off

Do imaginary cars even get their doors dinged?

[berlintaxi]

Riley Blue said:

NWTony said:

l354uge said:

Not to sound like a smug arse...

ohhhh unlucky.

Not wrong though. I'll try my hand at most of the things listed rather than search for them in a supermarket though at this time of year we tend to eat salad several days a week, takes seconds to prepare. Stews, curries, chillis, fish pies etc. are regulars in the slow cooker during colder months.

Indeed, I am one of the world's most useless cooks and even I would have a crack at those dishes.

[SidJames]

l354uge said:

SidJames said:

given up on Aldi now, perhaps it's because ours is a small store.

todays visit unable to purchase...

lancashire hotpot
beef stew & dumplings
lemon posset
cauliflower & cheese
mac and cheese
any sort of fish pie

Too much pasta shyte
freezers just full of chips & pizza
20ft of milk products...really
flowers & paper stands....in the skip please.

even the tat wasnt able to tempt me.

Back to Tesco.

Not to sound like a smug arse but most of those things are an absolute piece of piss to cook yourself, it'll be cheaper, healthier and tastier than any ready made st. Even if you lack time they are still viable, hotpot and stew can be put in a slow cooker in the morning and ready to be devoured as soon as you get through the door!

Lemon posset is the easiest thing to make, not even exaggerating.

Now look here Mary, if you want to start your own thread on "slow cooking" help yerself, some of us have work to do, and more manly stuff to get done at the weekend!;)

[andburg]

I leaves the cooking to my house wench.


Not

[NWTony]

Riley Blue said:

NWTony said:

l354uge said:

Not to sound like a smug arse...

ohhhh unlucky.

Not wrong though. I'll try my hand at most of the things listed rather than search for them in a supermarket though at this time of year we tend to eat salad several days a week, takes seconds to prepare. Stews, curries, chillis, fish pies etc. are regulars in the slow cooker during colder months.

Yeah? I'll race you, your slow cooker and the seconds it takes to prepare against my 1000W microwave and a ready meal. First to be eating gets a prize.

Then we can wash up all the pots and utensils we've used - see who wins that prize?

[Riley Blue]

NWTony said:

Riley Blue said:

NWTony said:

l354uge said:

Not to sound like a smug arse...

ohhhh unlucky.

Not wrong though. I'll try my hand at most of the things listed rather than search for them in a supermarket though at this time of year we tend to eat salad several days a week, takes seconds to prepare. Stews, curries, chillis, fish pies etc. are regulars in the slow cooker during colder months.

Yeah? I'll race you, your slow cooker and the seconds it takes to prepare against my 1000W microwave and a ready meal. First to be eating gets a prize.

Then we can wash up all the pots and utensils we've used - see who wins that prize?

Cooker hoods - speed matters

[berlintaxi]

NWTony said:

Yeah? I'll race you, your slow cooker and the seconds it takes to prepare against my 1000W microwave and a ready meal. First to be eating something that taste good gets a prize.

Then we can wash up all the pots and utensils we've used - see who wins that prize?

Fixed that for you.

[l354uge]

berlintaxi said:

NWTony said:

Yeah? I'll race you, your slow cooker and the seconds it takes to prepare against my 1000W microwave and a ready meal. First to be eating something that taste good gets a prize.

Then we can wash up all the pots and utensils we've used - see who wins that prize?

Fixed that for you.

Exactly, I feel taking 30 mins to an hour a day making myself something cheaper, tastier and healthier is worth it. Just made myself some roasted med veg, 5 mins of chopping and flipping in olive oil, 35 mins roasting, then 20 secs washing the chopping board and removing the foil from the tray...

If you want to microwave stuff then crack on, but there's cheaper ways to get it than through aldi etc...

[andburg]

Nothing new but my local have the cotes de Provence rose in after a month so stocked up

[Mobile Chicane]

Hungarian wines start tomorrow at Lidl. These look interesting - and well priced.

[ApOrbital]

Colonial said:

Welshbeef said:

Good it sounds like the BrITISH companies are pulling back punters from foreign owned food soldiers.


Also/Lidi/Netto are essentially what Kwiksave and Sommerfield and Safeway were before they went bust.

The public are tired of austerity so want to upgrade again. Not have car doors dinged in the tiny car parking spaces not be mugged off

Do imaginary cars even get their doors dinged?

In his warped world yes

[anonymous-user]

Not aldi or lidl but just discovered creme brumlee liquor at m and s. 2 bottles for 16 quid. Bloody lively stuff.

[whoami]

The Spruce goose said:

Not aldi or lidl but just discovered creme brumlee liquor at m and s. 2 bottles for 16 quid. Bloody lively stuff.

Looks like you enjoyed them (both) already.