ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

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SpydieNut

5,794 posts

222 months

Sunday 14th November 2021
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SpeckledJim said:
Yup. I equate spice tolerance directly with masculinity, because I’m an idiotic dinosaur, and I'll happily admit to having a proper fight with an Iceland CR ready meal.
I must be in the same group hehe - by the time I got back to it it had cooled down and the first few bites weren’t nearly as hot. So I added the rest of the sauce to the rice and finished it off. The last few mouthfuls almost finished me off rofl and I paced up and down with sweat beading off my face, for a good 5 minutes, until my mouth started to subside.

Woke up at 2am needing a glass of milk to calm the burning in the pit of my stomach. And today I’m wishing I’d had the foresight to put the bog roll in the freezer yikes - I’ve never had either of those things happen in the past and I’ve added a fair amount of chilli to things (or I thought I did).

I can easily say that short of the sauces like insanity etc, this was the hottest thing I’ve ever bought.

Would I have it again? I’m not sure - it crossed the line to uncomfortably hot - although I did enjoy a slightly euphoric feeling midway through biggrin - but glad I tried it thumbup



ambuletz said:
I bought my dad the CR curry from iceland around a month or so ago as the supermarkets had stopped doing their super hot ready meal boxes. He likes his heat and he found the iceland CR curry to be miles hotter than the phall/vindaloos that were in the ready meal boxes.

the scarily spicy pizza is also bloody hot. I've had it 3 times now. each time I've been halfway through eating it and regretted ever buying it, no idea what brought me to go back and by it again after the first time .
Memory of the pain fades quickly and you think I wonder if it was really that hot smile

If I’m ever tempted to get it again I’ll look at this page first.

Edited by SpydieNut on Sunday 14th November 14:31

21st Century Man

40,660 posts

247 months

Sunday 14th November 2021
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I've got to give the ICR a go, I like a hot curry.

SpydieNut

5,794 posts

222 months

Sunday 14th November 2021
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Well good luck biggrin

Gluggy

711 posts

108 months

Sunday 14th November 2021
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Not quite same but found a pack of Iceland CR burgers lurking in the freezer - going to have them this evening so will report back.....

MrJuice

3,300 posts

155 months

Monday 15th November 2021
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Lidl had great value persimmons the other day . 29p each

the sourdough at £1.59 at Lidl is excellent value.

andburg

7,214 posts

168 months

Monday 15th November 2021
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its back!

LIDL Van Steenberge beer packs for £11.99 back in store 18/11

https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/gift-packs/belgian-ales-g...


twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Monday 15th November 2021
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andburg said:
its back!

LIDL Van Steenberge beer packs for £11.99 back in store 18/11

https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/gift-packs/belgian-ales-g...
Thanks for the heads up! beer

SpydieNut

5,794 posts

222 months

Monday 15th November 2021
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Looks like the unicorn is back in Aldi - well at least I can add it to my trolley on-line bounce


ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Monday 15th November 2021
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^very nice!! ill be on the lookout. now we just need AIMONE to come back.

Ace-T

7,688 posts

254 months

Monday 15th November 2021
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SpydieNut said:
Looks like the unicorn is back in Aldi - well at least I can add it to my trolley on-line bounce

Ordered. Thank you thumbup

sean ie3

1,958 posts

135 months

Tuesday 16th November 2021
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Aldi have 'poffertjes' a great quick savoury or sweet snack with your coffee.

boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Tuesday 16th November 2021
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ambuletz said:
... no idea what brought me to go back and by it again after the first time.
Its the same effect that gets women to have more than one baby

SmoothCriminal

5,047 posts

198 months

Tuesday 16th November 2021
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Anyone who has had the Chicken King kebab did the cooking instructions suffice?

I'm always wary since a time I cooked an Aldi chicken thigh burger and it came out raw.

Thanks in advance.

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Tuesday 16th November 2021
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SmoothCriminal said:
Anyone who has had the Chicken King kebab did the cooking instructions suffice?

I'm always wary since a time I cooked an Aldi chicken thigh burger and it came out raw.

Thanks in advance.
I've done the king kebab twice, had no problems. Funny you mention that as I've had those fried chicken thigh burgers a handful of times, first time was perfect, though there were afew times i felt the thighs were still raw inside and didn't stay very long in my stomach before going back the way it came.

SpydieNut

5,794 posts

222 months

Tuesday 16th November 2021
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ambuletz said:
^very nice!! ill be on the lookout. now we just need AIMONE to come back.
thumbup - looks like that’s available on-line too smile

Ace-T said:
Ordered. Thank you thumbup
Only a pleasure smile - will be ordering some myself biggrin

SmoothCriminal

5,047 posts

198 months

Tuesday 16th November 2021
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ambuletz said:
SmoothCriminal said:
Anyone who has had the Chicken King kebab did the cooking instructions suffice?

I'm always wary since a time I cooked an Aldi chicken thigh burger and it came out raw.

Thanks in advance.
I've done the king kebab twice, had no problems. Funny you mention that as I've had those fried chicken thigh burgers a handful of times, first time was perfect, though there were afew times i felt the thighs were still raw inside and didn't stay very long in my stomach before going back the way it came.
Thanks for that.

I know they're only a guide but I cooked that thigh burger 5 mins longer than the instructions just to be safe first bite was okay then I went into the thickest part and it was completely raw like it had just been boned off of the thigh.

Was going in the bin but first wanted to see how long it would take to cook so put it back in and it literally took double what the instructions said.

Never chanced them again which is a shame as they looked and the bite I had was really nice.

On another note Aldi prawn cocktail extra special crisps are back first time I've seen them in a while.

Trustmeimadoctor

12,525 posts

154 months

Tuesday 16th November 2021
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SmoothCriminal said:
Anyone who has had the Chicken King kebab did the cooking instructions suffice?

I'm always wary since a time I cooked an Aldi chicken thigh burger and it came out raw.

Thanks in advance.
Mine was heading over done but ours is a decent oven

Frybywire

467 posts

195 months

Thursday 18th November 2021
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MrJuice said:
the sourdough at £1.59 at Lidl is excellent value.
Its a great loaf for the money.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 18th November 2021
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21st Century Man

40,660 posts

247 months

Thursday 18th November 2021
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SpydieNut said:
SpeckledJim said:
Yup. I equate spice tolerance directly with masculinity, because I’m an idiotic dinosaur, and I'll happily admit to having a proper fight with an Iceland CR ready meal.
I must be in the same group hehe - by the time I got back to it it had cooled down and the first few bites weren’t nearly as hot. So I added the rest of the sauce to the rice and finished it off. The last few mouthfuls almost finished me off rofl and I paced up and down with sweat beading off my face, for a good 5 minutes, until my mouth started to subside.

Woke up at 2am needing a glass of milk to calm the burning in the pit of my stomach. And today I’m wishing I’d had the foresight to put the bog roll in the freezer yikes - I’ve never had either of those things happen in the past and I’ve added a fair amount of chilli to things (or I thought I did).

I can easily say that short of the sauces like insanity etc, this was the hottest thing I’ve ever bought.

Would I have it again? I’m not sure - it crossed the line to uncomfortably hot - although I did enjoy a slightly euphoric feeling midway through biggrin - but glad I tried it thumbup



ambuletz said:
I bought my dad the CR curry from iceland around a month or so ago as the supermarkets had stopped doing their super hot ready meal boxes. He likes his heat and he found the iceland CR curry to be miles hotter than the phall/vindaloos that were in the ready meal boxes.
21st Century Man said:
I've got to give the ICR a go, I like a hot curry.
SpydieNut said:
Well good luck biggrin
Right, I'm going in at about 6'ish.