ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
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andburg said:
Its a bit filthy but in the freezer section for about a fiver are chicken peri peri king kebabs, essentially a load of chicken and sauces on 2 big skewers to carve at home.
anyone tried one?
No, but I'll pick some up tonight if they have some in store.anyone tried one?
Edited by andburg on Tuesday 7th May 09:06
WhiteBaron said:
As discussed , had the ghost chilli burgers... I liked them no where near as ass burning as the reaper sausages
The Carolina Reaper chilli is rated at about 2 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU), whereas the Bhut Jolokia aka Ghost Pepper comes in at just over a million, so in theory you might expect less...um....burning.I had some the other night - think they could do with a little more seasoning, but they did have a reasonable heat kick.
Sadly, it's getting more difficult to find genuinely hot food or ingredients in the shops - Tesco were a notable exception a while back as they were selling fresh Carolina Reapers which were satisfyingly brutal, although they haven't had them for a while. Sainsbury's Scotch Bonnets are hit and miss - seems like half of the peppers have little or no discernible heat, and I suspect Waitrose might be on a sticky wicket under trade descriptions terms if anyone cared enough to take them to task - it may have changed, because I gave up on them completely, but what they were peddling as Scotch Bonnets were almost certainly actually Bishop's Crown peppers, which look a bit like Scotch Bonnets but have no heat whatsoever.
eharding said:
The Carolina Reaper chilli is rated at about 2 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU), whereas the Bhut Jolokia aka Ghost Pepper comes in at just over a million, so in theory you might expect less...um....burning.
I had some the other night - think they could do with a little more seasoning, but they did have a reasonable heat kick.
Sadly, it's getting more difficult to find genuinely hot food or ingredients in the shops - Tesco were a notable exception a while back as they were selling fresh Carolina Reapers which were satisfyingly brutal, although they haven't had them for a while. Sainsbury's Scotch Bonnets are hit and miss - seems like half of the peppers have little or no discernible heat, and I suspect Waitrose might be on a sticky wicket under trade descriptions terms if anyone cared enough to take them to task - it may have changed, because I gave up on them completely, but what they were peddling as Scotch Bonnets were almost certainly actually Bishop's Crown peppers, which look a bit like Scotch Bonnets but have no heat whatsoever.
I expect in the case of loose foods that aren't sold in bottles with skull-and-cross-bones and exclamation marks on them, it's more trouble than it's worth for supermarkets.I had some the other night - think they could do with a little more seasoning, but they did have a reasonable heat kick.
Sadly, it's getting more difficult to find genuinely hot food or ingredients in the shops - Tesco were a notable exception a while back as they were selling fresh Carolina Reapers which were satisfyingly brutal, although they haven't had them for a while. Sainsbury's Scotch Bonnets are hit and miss - seems like half of the peppers have little or no discernible heat, and I suspect Waitrose might be on a sticky wicket under trade descriptions terms if anyone cared enough to take them to task - it may have changed, because I gave up on them completely, but what they were peddling as Scotch Bonnets were almost certainly actually Bishop's Crown peppers, which look a bit like Scotch Bonnets but have no heat whatsoever.
Every wally who blithely buys some and ruins the family sunday dinner will be complaining, and every old dear who picks one up then scratches their eye will be complaining. Folk will be picking them up and putting them down somewhere else, potentially 'contaminating' other foods.
I don't really blame them for opting not to bother, because general public.
SpeckledJim said:
I expect in the case of loose foods that aren't sold in bottles with skull-and-cross-bones and exclamation marks on them, it's more trouble than it's worth for supermarkets.
When they do sell them, supermarkets tend to package a few hideously overpriced peppers in plastic packaging to prevent folk touching them (compared to the Asian supermarket I used to frequent in Slough, which had boxes full of loose peppers, invariably of very good quality at much cheaper prices).Even properly hot bottled sauces are a rarity in supermarkets now, although I suspect the same thing applies. People buy them thinking they're Encona strength sauce, splash it all over their chips and then enter a world of pain - and then complain to the supermarket.
eharding said:
SpeckledJim said:
I expect in the case of loose foods that aren't sold in bottles with skull-and-cross-bones and exclamation marks on them, it's more trouble than it's worth for supermarkets.
When they do sell them, supermarkets tend to package a few hideously overpriced peppers in plastic packaging to prevent folk touching them (compared to the Asian supermarket I used to frequent in Slough, which had boxes full of loose peppers, invariably of very good quality at much cheaper prices).Even properly hot bottled sauces are a rarity in supermarkets now, although I suspect the same thing applies. People buy them thinking they're Encona strength sauce, splash it all over their chips and then enter a world of pain - and then complain to the supermarket.
I was expecting the usual supermarket watering-down of spice levels, but it's the real angry deal.
Honourable mention to Iceland for their recent but now discontinued Carolina Reaper frozen curry. Serious stuff and sadly missed.
ambuletz said:
if that peri peri chicken kebabs is anything like the spatchcock peri peri chicken i will give it a miss. the flavour on that is pretty bad IMO. it tastes like someone has bathed the chicken in lemon scented fairy liquid
The sweet chilli spatchcock chickens are nice. For two; ignore the 'serves 4' label.SpeckledJim said:
I was very surprised and impressed to recently find a small and dangerous-looking own-brand Ghost Chilli sauce in Morrisons that turned out to be as hot as promised.
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I just picked up a pack of chicken wings with a sachet of (I assume morrisons own brand)Ghost Chilli sauce from Morrisons and I too was quite surprised , it probably wasnt proper ghost chilly hot as i did manage to eat the whole lot, but it was pretty spicy!.
ambuletz said:
if that peri peri chicken kebabs is anything like the spatchcock peri peri chicken i will give it a miss. the flavour on that is pretty bad IMO. it tastes like someone has bathed the chicken in lemon scented fairy liquid
I got some of the chicken and chorizo kebabs at the weekend, they were a bit s
t.RammyMP said:
ambuletz said:
if that peri peri chicken kebabs is anything like the spatchcock peri peri chicken i will give it a miss. the flavour on that is pretty bad IMO. it tastes like someone has bathed the chicken in lemon scented fairy liquid
I got some of the chicken and chorizo kebabs at the weekend, they were a bit st.V8mate said:
RammyMP said:
ambuletz said:
if that peri peri chicken kebabs is anything like the spatchcock peri peri chicken i will give it a miss. the flavour on that is pretty bad IMO. it tastes like someone has bathed the chicken in lemon scented fairy liquid
I got some of the chicken and chorizo kebabs at the weekend, they were a bit st.V8mate said:
RammyMP said:
ambuletz said:
if that peri peri chicken kebabs is anything like the spatchcock peri peri chicken i will give it a miss. the flavour on that is pretty bad IMO. it tastes like someone has bathed the chicken in lemon scented fairy liquid
I got some of the chicken and chorizo kebabs at the weekend, they were a bit st.
FiF said:
The local butcher we used to use, note past tense, has gone heavily in that direction. Go in now, no longer a display of various meaty goodness, but all sorts of pre prepared skewered this and that. You can still get the joints etc, but little choice on display and often have to wait while they disappear to the cold room and check if they've got anything. Hence an ex butcher.
A bit of tikka paste is an ace way of selling meat which customers wouldn't otherwise touch.have to say i avoid any of the flavoured weekly meat special buys after some bad experiences.
down to my least pack of apple crack again.
Sunday i had the rolled pork belly porchetta they had reduced after christmas, was lovely. 2 of us as a roast with the trimmings left enough to slice up and slowly reheat last night, grilled it really low while basting with the collected juices and gravy.
Other half did complain it was a bit fatty...but its pork belly, its going to be!
down to my least pack of apple crack again.
Sunday i had the rolled pork belly porchetta they had reduced after christmas, was lovely. 2 of us as a roast with the trimmings left enough to slice up and slowly reheat last night, grilled it really low while basting with the collected juices and gravy.
Other half did complain it was a bit fatty...but its pork belly, its going to be!
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