ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[IanA2]

FiF said:

IanA2 said:

FiF said:

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

Yup Lidl do unsalted. I prefer their butter as it's a "continental" churn. Not as hard as the British churn.
Bit of googling about reveals that the main problem is that folks are dumping spreads as they no longer believe butter is bad for them, I never did! So whilst they've been off on their chemical spreads, demand for butter has fallen, milk producers have gone bust, and so now we have huge increase in demand for butter alongside a reduction in the availability of milk. Wonderful.

Thanks for that. Didn't know about different churns, I must be the other way round as I find, for example, the President the daughter buts too soft and a bit greasy. Also interesting to hear about consumers dumping the processed spreads, though personally find Bertolli olive spread ok. Guess it's a similar scenario to ice cream, Mr Whippy vs proper gelato.

Looks like butter might cost even more soon: http://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/n...

[hyphen]

IanA2 said:

FiF said:

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

Yup Lidl do unsalted. I prefer their butter as it's a "continental" churn. Not as hard as the British churn.
Bit of googling about reveals that the main problem is that folks are dumping spreads as they no longer believe butter is bad for them, I never did! So whilst they've been off on their chemical spreads, demand for butter has fallen, milk producers have gone bust, and so now we have huge increase in demand for butter alongside a reduction in the availability of milk. Wonderful.

Butter is only hard when it comes out of the fridge?

I have of these that lives on the table and the British butter that lives in it is always soft: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/1496/Insulated-Butter-Di...

[FiF]

hyphen said:

Butter is only hard when it comes out of the fridge?

I have of these that lives on the table and the British butter that lives in it is always soft: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/1496/Insulated-Butter-Di...

Yes but, can assure you that President when kept in one of those Lakeland dishes is softer than English butter kept in another identical dish under same conditions. Not a lot in it, but to me it makes the President a bit greasy.

[IanA2]

hyphen said:

IanA2 said:

FiF said:

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

Yup Lidl do unsalted. I prefer their butter as it's a "continental" churn. Not as hard as the British churn.
Bit of googling about reveals that the main problem is that folks are dumping spreads as they no longer believe butter is bad for them, I never did! So whilst they've been off on their chemical spreads, demand for butter has fallen, milk producers have gone bust, and so now we have huge increase in demand for butter alongside a reduction in the availability of milk. Wonderful.

Butter is only hard when it comes out of the fridge?

I have of these that lives on the table and the British butter that lives in it is always soft: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/1496/Insulated-Butter-Di...

Soft churn (continental churn v. British churn) is about the relative hardness at the same temperature, not about it being in the fridge.

[hyphen]

IanA2 said:

Soft churn (continental churn v. British churn) is about the relative hardness at the same temperature, not about it being in the fridge.

Still confused I don't see the benefit of comparing 2 butters at the same temperature, if they both 'work' and spread on the toast/melt in the pan. Or is the taste also different?

[IanA2]

hyphen said:

IanA2 said:

Soft churn (continental churn v. British churn) is about the relative hardness at the same temperature, not about it being in the fridge.

Still confused I don't see the benefit of comparing 2 butters at the same temperature, if they both 'work' and spread on the toast/melt in the pan. Or is the taste also different?

They taste different imo. Be daring try some.....

[jas xjr]

Gretchen said:

It's the New Yorker.

These were all from Aldi - I'm not/wasn't a big fan of Pizza - until today - the Pizza Oven and stone make such a difference and cooking in the garden is always fun. I didn't know what to buy so I bought them all! The top two were the biggest hits.

what did you think of the spinach and ricotta? always tastes good to me

[FiF]

IanA2 said:

hyphen said:

IanA2 said:

Soft churn (continental churn v. British churn) is about the relative hardness at the same temperature, not about it being in the fridge.

Still confused I don't see the benefit of comparing 2 butters at the same temperature, if they both 'work' and spread on the toast/melt in the pan. Or is the taste also different?

They taste different imo. Be daring try some.....

They do indeed.

[RammyMP]

Heads up, Aldi beer festival starts tomorrow.

[anonymous-user]

Cant see anything on website.

[RammyMP]

Picked the offer book up this morning

[RammyMP]

[21TonyK]

The stocks already out (and being bought) in my local Aldi

[V8mate]

The proper beer should be along in the next couple of weeks too!

[Rick101]

New store opening near me soon. Very exciting. Looking forward to not having to make a 10 mile round trip. I imagine it will have all the latest setup too.
Might see if I can get to the opening!

[hyphen]

Hope they have a decent sized car park, Aldi's near me have small car parks and are often full which is a pain.

[RammyMP]

Went to get some beer samples this morning, I'll try a few this evening. The beers in store were limited though, not as many as in their offer book.

[Tony Angelino]

Lidle finest or whatever Paella for 2, flavour not bad but a bit claggy - the time saving versus making one yourself not worth it in my opinion. The Joe Wickes one is easy and much more pleasing. Won't be trying again.

[FiF]

Tony Angelino said:

Lidle finest or whatever Paella for 2, flavour not bad but a bit claggy - the time saving versus making one yourself not worth it in my opinion. The Joe Wickes one is easy and much more pleasing. Won't be trying again.

Haven't tried the Joe Wicks one, but generally agree, paella is not especially difficult from scratch.

[condor]

Lidl's frozen paella is good