ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[Stan the Bat]

Spice_Weasel said:

Thanks - will try it. Is it a honey beer or just has a honey taste? I normally find beers brewed with honey to be too sweet.

It is a bit sweet, but lovely in this warm weather.

[Ace-T]

A very nice, refreshing white wine, quite unusually lemony but very satisfying is the Picpoul de Pinet. £6.29.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/exquisite-picpoul-de-pinet/...

[andburg]

Jonny_ said:

The mrs brought some "Specially Selected" sausages home a bit back. They were absolutely bloody revolting - greasy, gristly, rancid tasting pieces of misery. Even worse than Asda's efforts.

Based on that experience Aldi meat products can jog right on.

I tend to avoid most meat special buys, thy tend to be cheap with flavours added in to make them stand out.

Disappointingly the specially selected ready meals in the wooden box have reduced in range, shame as we really enjoyed the macaroni which has now gone.

[Tony Angelino]

Specially selected dry age sirloin from Aldi (the one in the black packet), absolutely lovely. Loads of marbling, decent cap of fat on the side and melted in the mouth. As good as anything I've had from the local butcher or farm shop.

[dickymint]

Tony Angelino said:

Specially selected dry age sirloin from Aldi (the one in the black packet), absolutely lovely. Loads of marbling, decent cap of fat on the side and melted in the mouth. As good as anything I've had from the local butcher or farm shop.

Price per kg ?

[twing]

Brisket burgers were good, chilli & cheese sausages I loved, everyone else thought too hot, bbq sausages were ok. Find of the weekend was the box of tiny Melton Mowbray pork pies...very moreish

[21TonyK]

dickymint said:

Price per kg ?

£19.78

[RammyMP]

Tony Angelino said:

Specially selected dry age sirloin from Aldi (the one in the black packet), absolutely lovely. Loads of marbling, decent cap of fat on the side and melted in the mouth. As good as anything I've had from the local butcher or farm shop.

The Rib Eyes are good too

[rambo19]

Went camping at the weekend, stocked up in aldi's before I went.
I had a sirloin steak which I did in my grill pan on the gas camping cooker=bloody loveley!

[twing]

rambo19 said:

Went camping at the weekend, stocked up in aldi's before I went.
I had a sirloin steak which I did in my grill pan on the gas camping cooker=bloody loveley!

Said no Rambo ever

[Dan_1981]

The 2016 Riesling from the exsqusite collection is bloody lovely.

[Tony Angelino]

dickymint said:

Tony Angelino said:

Specially selected dry age sirloin from Aldi (the one in the black packet), absolutely lovely. Loads of marbling, decent cap of fat on the side and melted in the mouth. As good as anything I've had from the local butcher or farm shop.

Price per kg ?

Dunno to be honest, think the steak itself was £6 or so but when I'm in Aldi/Lidl I give it the old billy big bks and don't bother looking at the prices

[Gretchen]

twing said:

rambo19 said:

Went camping at the weekend, stocked up in aldi's before I went.
I had a sirloin steak which I did in my grill pan on the gas camping cooker=bloody loveley!

Said no Rambo ever

LOLd at that. I’m sure he means the cow he garrotted hung and quartered was worth the effort after man made fire from stick and stone.

That’s how woman does it anyway.

[TvrJohn]

Aldi are doing grimbergen blonde £1.29.
Going down great at 6.7%

[andburg]

TvrJohn said:

Aldi are doing grimbergen blonde £1.29.
Going down great at 6.7%

its a nice summery beer, just wish they had other variants and more foreign beers.

Always tastes better when you have a cupboard of the correct belgian glasses too

[V8mate]

andburg said:

TvrJohn said:

Aldi are doing grimbergen blonde £1.29.
Going down great at 6.7%

its a nice summery beer, just wish they had other variants and more foreign beers.

Always tastes better when you have a cupboard of the correct belgian glasses too

Yep - I wish they'd bring over more consignments of German beers, even just as short, one-offs, not necessarily permanent lines. They had Berliner Kindl a couple of years ago, which was lovely.

[SwanJack]

V8mate said:

andburg said:

TvrJohn said:

Aldi are doing grimbergen blonde £1.29.
Going down great at 6.7%

its a nice summery beer, just wish they had other variants and more foreign beers.

Always tastes better when you have a cupboard of the correct belgian glasses too

Yep - I wish they'd bring over more consignments of German beers, even just as short, one-offs, not necessarily permanent lines. They had Berliner Kindl a couple of years ago, which was lovely.

Four different varieties of Corsendonk in Lidl at the moment, as well as a variety box of 6 Belgian Beers.

[andburg]

SwanJack said:

V8mate said:

andburg said:

TvrJohn said:

Aldi are doing grimbergen blonde £1.29.
Going down great at 6.7%

its a nice summery beer, just wish they had other variants and more foreign beers.

Always tastes better when you have a cupboard of the correct belgian glasses too

Yep - I wish they'd bring over more consignments of German beers, even just as short, one-offs, not necessarily permanent lines. They had Berliner Kindl a couple of years ago, which was lovely.

Four different varieties of Corsendonk in Lidl at the moment, as well as a variety box of 6 Belgian Beers.

Out Office - gone to lidl!

[twing]

SwanJack said:

Four different varieties of Corsendonk in Lidl at the moment, as well as a variety box of 6 Belgian Beers.

These ones again?

[Stan the Bat]

twing said:

SwanJack said:

Four different varieties of Corsendonk in Lidl at the moment, as well as a variety box of 6 Belgian Beers.

These ones again?

There's some strong beers on show there. !!