ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
hyphen said:
To lazy to cook...off to the Council thread for you Gretchen!
BrabusMog said:
Not quite 
It’s not quite the seaside as we live in the woods, but I think it works ok.
I’m Cambs/Beds border so rarely enjoy the regular delights of seaside fish n chips. I’m just not a fan of chips at home. I do however make a tasty and healthy batch of potato wedges every now and then. It’s not quite the seaside as we live in the woods, but I think it works ok.
Very pretty - do you sit out in the rain? Other than a winch parasol, little summerhouse and a Gin Parlour (I converted the brick shed/barn) I don’t have a purpose built covered area. I’ve thought about building a Pergola over the entertainment area but I’m not sure I’d use it in the rain.
Not too lazy to cook, usually too busy! but do like to enjoy it when I have. 
Back to Lidl... I picked up a tin of Condensed Milk at .99p and 2x 300ml tubs of Double Cream at .85p each on Tuesday and made some no churn Ice Cream. Already had a couple of Vanilla Pods (also Lidl).
Not for the health conscious/Diabetics but kids love it. 4 tubs of ‘luxury’ Ice Cream for just over .67p a tub. Use half a Condensed Milk to one tub of Cream. Add a broken Crunchie, Peanut Butter Cups, Strawberries, Mango, food colouring/flavour and factor in another .50p it’s still a bargain compared to Ben & Jerry’s et al.
And for extra savings I recycle the instant Porridge Pots I take to work as one half tin/tub of cream fits perfectly between two.
/GretchensTipoftheDay
Now to sneak some in to the cinema...
Gretchen said:
I’m Cambs/Beds border so rarely enjoy the regular delights of seaside fish n chips. I’m just not a fan of chips at home. I do however make a tasty and healthy batch of potato wedges every now and then.
Very pretty - do you sit out in the rain? Other than a winch parasol, little summerhouse and a Gin Parlour (I converted the brick shed/barn) I don’t have a purpose built covered area. I’ve thought about building a Pergola over the entertainment area but I’m not sure I’d use it in the rain.
Not too lazy to cook, usually too busy! but do like to enjoy it when I have.
Looks nice! We sit and cook outside as much as we possibly can in Sweden (outside of winter), but when we're in the UK we don't have the space to do it. We also have Netto in Sweden, you can get some ridiculous bargains in that shop!Very pretty - do you sit out in the rain? Other than a winch parasol, little summerhouse and a Gin Parlour (I converted the brick shed/barn) I don’t have a purpose built covered area. I’ve thought about building a Pergola over the entertainment area but I’m not sure I’d use it in the rain.
Not too lazy to cook, usually too busy! but do like to enjoy it when I have. Gretchen said:
bingybongy said:
I bloody loce ice cream, care to share the recipe?
It’s just a small tin (397g) of Condensed Milk and 300ml of Double Cream (add whatever flavours colours etc) - I use my Kitchen Aid with to whip it up until it’s thick, holds itself, then freeze 
bingybongy said:
Gretchen said:
bingybongy said:
I bloody loce ice cream, care to share the recipe?
It’s just a small tin (397g) of Condensed Milk and 300ml of Double Cream (add whatever flavours colours etc) - I use my Kitchen Aid with to whip it up until it’s thick, holds itself, then freeze It’s not the sort you want a bowl of however, best served in moderation.
BrabusMog said:
V8mate said:
BrabusMog said:
V8mate said:
Monday, non?
I always thought it was chip shop Sunday, Chinese Monday?Traditionally, chippies were closed Mondays because fisherman (like all God-fearing folk) had Sundays off, so would go out for a new catch on a Monday, which would then be in the markets overnight Monday-Tuesday and in the chippies for Tuesday lunchtime.
This is, obviously, an historic situation though.
Equally there was a rule along the lines that they couldn't sell chips on their own it had to be part of a meal, maybe this element was subject to local by laws. Certainly in the mid 70s one local chippy in Sheffield (Adrian's Nether Edge) used to open on Sundays, but got round council trade interference by only selling meals which did not contain fried fish, so you could have pie and chips, or sausage etc but not fish, fishcake etc.
There have to be other factors such as no fish markets on Sunday, was that because fishermen had a superstition about setting out to sea on Fridays? Who knows, but the essence was that the law pre 1980ish prevented the sale of fish and chips on a Sunday. Local councils in seaside resorts were permitted to authorise opening on 18 days a year.
The old Sunday trading laws were a complete dog's breakfast, worse than now, recall the bill sponsor, Clement Freud, using the example that if it's legal to go into a shop and buy a bicycle wheel, a frame, pedals, handlebars, gears, saddle etc, but illegal to buy a bicycle then that is bad law.
Why Monday closures? Rightly or wrongly assumed it was because either people were eating the Sunday roast cold leftovers, so trade was down, or shop owners making a two day 'weekend' for themselves. Again seaside was different in season.
Round here nowadays it's 7 days a week, but then tourism is the driver.
t. It's going back for £50 it should have been far better built!Do Lidl do an own brand mayonaise? If so, how does it compare to the Aldi ? Like wise salad cream and pickled beets.
All 3 of those offered by Aldi, to me way exceed top brands, much better. I've had a Lidl open just near by me, so it would be more convenient to use tan my nearest Aldi.
All 3 of those offered by Aldi, to me way exceed top brands, much better. I've had a Lidl open just near by me, so it would be more convenient to use tan my nearest Aldi.
LeadFarmer said:
BrabusMog said:
Not quite
It’s not quite the seaside as we live in the woods, but I think it works ok.
I like that. Ive often thought about creating an outside seating area under cover that can be used on warm days even when its raining, Do you have any more photos please?It’s not quite the seaside as we live in the woods, but I think it works ok.
Hosenbugler said:
Do Lidl do an own brand mayonaise? If so, how does it compare to the Aldi ? Like wise salad cream and pickled beets.
All 3 of those offered by Aldi, to me way exceed top brands, much better. I've had a Lidl open just near by me, so it would be more convenient to use tan my nearest Aldi.
I can't recall which does the better mayo (which annoys me, as I use a lot if it)All 3 of those offered by Aldi, to me way exceed top brands, much better. I've had a Lidl open just near by me, so it would be more convenient to use tan my nearest Aldi.
Lidl brown sauce is definitely better than Aldi. And Aldi tomato ketchup is pretty dreadful (I think I've got Heinz at the moment - and I'm not proud). Don't use much ketchup though; prefer curry ketchup from ze Fatherland.
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