ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[ambuletz]

Gareth1974 said:

Phunk said:

Gareth1974 said:

Alpenfest at Lidl started today - German food is right up my Straße

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/c/flavour-of-the-week-al...

Sad to report that the Curryvurst is crap

The 99p Festbier and Weissbiers are pretty good though.

thanks for the headsup on the currywurst as i was looking to get that above all.

+1 on the beer. for 99p the weissbier is pretty good. a much cheaper alternative to buying hoeegarden. the £4.99 stein + can is a bargain too, as they usually cost twice as much on places like amazon (and without a beer).

[BrabusMog]

ambuletz said:

Gareth1974 said:

Phunk said:

Gareth1974 said:

Alpenfest at Lidl started today - German food is right up my Straße

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/c/flavour-of-the-week-al...

Sad to report that the Curryvurst is crap

The 99p Festbier and Weissbiers are pretty good though.

thanks for the headsup on the currywurst as i was looking to get that above all.

+1 on the beer. for 99p the weissbier is pretty good. a much cheaper alternative to buying hoeegarden. the £4.99 stein + can is a bargain too, as they usually cost twice as much on places like amazon (and without a beer).

I would love to be able to just buy the cans - I've got too many of those steins now

[V8mate]

BrabusMog said:

I would love to be able to just buy the cans - I've got too many of those steins now

I only saw cans in-store yesterday. No 'gift packs'.

[Don Veloci]

Not good about the currywurst. A great memory from Germany, as was the pork knuckle but not optimistic this version is worth a punt.

[BrabusMog]

V8mate said:

BrabusMog said:

I would love to be able to just buy the cans - I've got too many of those steins now

I only saw cans in-store yesterday. No 'gift packs'.

I didn't know they sold them separately, brilliant, thanks!

[V8mate]

Don Veloci said:

Not good about the currywurst. A great memory from Germany, as was the pork knuckle but not optimistic this version is worth a punt.

They're both imported from Germany and the same as is on sale in German stores. I guess the key factor is that they're made to a discounter price.

My dad enjoys the little microwave currywurst packs. Reminds him of his army days.

Sure, they're nothing like having one served from a street stall on a freezing night, but they are what they are. Same goes for microwave burgers that all supermarkets sell.

(Don't forget to remove the wooden fork which is hidden behind the label underneath the tray BEFORE microwaving though )

[Phunk]

Don Veloci said:

Not good about the currywurst. A great memory from Germany, as was the pork knuckle but not optimistic this version is worth a punt.

Homemade currywurst is pretty easy - buy the German sausage, chop it up. Serve with tom sauce with curry powder mixed through it. Much better

[SmoothCriminal]

One thing I hate about Aldi/Lidl is they do mixed flavour boxes of the same product so everyone comes in and takes the most popular flavours and the st is left for ages and not replenished because there is still loads of the unpopular flavours left.

Really wanted to try those prawn cocktail crisps posted above went to two aldis and each had 3 whole boxes on the shelf full of sweet chilli and some other flavour and zero Prawn cocktail.

[Parabola]

Those Prawn Cocktail crisps are so good. My local ALDI hasn't had them in stock for a while though.

[21st Century Man]

SmoothCriminal said:

One thing I hate about Aldi/Lidl is they do mixed flavour boxes of the same product so everyone comes in and takes the most popular flavours and the st is left for ages and not replenished because there is still loads of the unpopular flavours left.

Yes, it would be much better to have them separate. I find this with packet sauce mixes, yoghurts, curry sauces (with the spices in the lid) and lots of other stuff too. Bloody annoying. And the worst is jars of lasagne sauce where the ratio, by all logic and rationale, should be 50/50 red/white, but there's never any bloody white!

[ambuletz]

21st Century Man said:

SmoothCriminal said:

One thing I hate about Aldi/Lidl is they do mixed flavour boxes of the same product so everyone comes in and takes the most popular flavours and the st is left for ages and not replenished because there is still loads of the unpopular flavours left.

Yes, it would be much better to have them separate. I find this with packet sauce mixes, yoghurts, curry sauces (with the spices in the lid) and lots of other stuff too. Bloody annoying. And the worst is jars of lasagne sauce where the ratio, by all logic and rationale, should be 50/50 red/white, but there's never any bloody white!

+1. i had this issue with the greek yoghurt (coconut one always sold out). their chilled pizzas (people always bought plain pepperoni). to name a few.

also, the soda water. they would have 1-2 pallets full of tonic water or other stuff... but not a single one will contain any regular soda water... and i wont be for several days or a week before that comes back into stock/gets placed there.

[Steamer]

ambuletz said:

21st Century Man said:

SmoothCriminal said:

One thing I hate about Aldi/Lidl is they do mixed flavour boxes of the same product so everyone comes in and takes the most popular flavours and the st is left for ages and not replenished because there is still loads of the unpopular flavours left.

Yes, it would be much better to have them separate. I find this with packet sauce mixes, yoghurts, curry sauces (with the spices in the lid) and lots of other stuff too. Bloody annoying. And the worst is jars of lasagne sauce where the ratio, by all logic and rationale, should be 50/50 red/white, but there's never any bloody white!

+1. i had this issue with the greek yoghurt (coconut one always sold out). their chilled pizzas (people always bought plain pepperoni). to name a few.

also, the soda water. they would have 1-2 pallets full of tonic water or other stuff... but not a single one will contain any regular soda water... and i wont be for several days or a week before that comes back into stock/gets placed there.

+2 - The drinking squash! All of them horrible.. apart from Summer Fruit: like trying to find the Holy Grail among an ocean of Orange and Blackcurrent bottles.

And nobody is buying the beef flavored rice, they only want the chicken flavor.. yet there are mountains of beef.

Other than that the store has been spot-on since the plague hit town.

[Truckosaurus]

Similarly, in the leafy herbs box, the coriander always goes first and you're left with some rubbish like Thyme that is no use to anyone.

[RammyMP]

Same with the peppermint tea, never any liquorice left.

I’ll get my coat...

[Total loss]

Phunk said:

Sad to report that the Curryvurst is crap

Have you had Curryvurst in Germany?, as it was not half as good as I had hoped when I did & tried several times, all seem the same, so maybe its not crap, it's just the same as they have in Germany, but nowhere near our Curry expectations!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Currywurst is just ketchup and curry powder really only difference is easy and west German sausage skin on or off
https://youtu.be/XAjFBXsW_K0

[Phunk]

Total loss said:

Phunk said:

Sad to report that the Curryvurst is crap

Have you had Curryvurst in Germany?, as it was not half as good as I had hoped when I did & tried several times, all seem the same, so maybe its not crap, it's just the same as they have in Germany, but nowhere near our Curry expectations!

Yeah, love it In Germany. Both the LIDL sausage and sauce were just a bit ‘meh’

[ambuletz]

The mention of Pomelo earlier. they weren't green but yellow. still bought one to try.

[madbadger]

ambuletz said:

The mention of Pomelo earlier. they weren't green but yellow. still bought one to try.

We had one yesterday. It was nice. Cut in half round the middle and ate it with a spoon.

[twing]

anonymous said:

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Do you find it a drawback?