ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[GC8]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Aldi thread has become very local.

It is a local Aldi thread for local people.

We will have no trouble here!

[Ace-T]

fk it, my week has made my brain melt. Time to pickle it too.

[Ace-T]

Oh dear, two wine posts one after the other.

Anyhoo, currently enjoying this with home made smoked haddock fishcakes with a tomato and herb sauce. All whilst watching the first episode of series 3 of the Wine Show on Amazon.

[NormalWisdom]

Ace-T said:

fk it, my week has made my brain melt. Time to pickle it too.

My favourite from ALDI, certainly helps fight Lockdown ;-)

[V8mate]

Lidl's next seasonal wine range arrives on Thursday (Winter Wine Tour replacing Autumn Wine Tour)

11 of them score 90 or more - clearly competing with Aldi's top end wines in their Christmas selection.

The Baden Spätburgunder, the Riesling Reserve Trocken and the Alsace Pinot Gris will be on my initial buy list.


https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/c/the-winter-wine-tour/c...

[andburg]

Looks like i'll be going to LIDL again...

I'm out of port (bar the 40yr old) and LIDL have a 10 yr old for £12 in from thursday at £11.99, dont know what the scoring lark is but apparently its a 92 score

[V8mate]

I tend to buy 87 or above.

[Bumblebee7]

andburg said:

Looks like i'll be going to LIDL again...

I'm out of port (bar the 40yr old) and LIDL have a 10 yr old for £12 in from thursday at £11.99, dont know what the scoring lark is but apparently its a 92 score

Nice, I'm not a big drinker at all but I do like some port over Christmas.

[V8mate]

V8mate said:

The local newspaper ran a syndicated piece on 'best supermarket mince pies' yesterday.





I'm very much a home baker when it comes to mince pies but was sufficiently motivated by the piece to grab the 'top spot' variation today, together with the almond topped ones, which I always like (and tend to make my own of too!)

Reviews...

Specially Selected Classic mince pies: nice enough... if you like commercial mince pies.

The frangipane ones... absolutely delightful. Light, fluffy, almondy. Om nom nom...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

V8mate said:

... if you like commercial mince pies...

Bloody hell mate, who doesn't?

[V8mate]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

V8mate said:

... if you like commercial mince pies...

Bloody hell mate, who doesn't?

Me?

I don't like the soft, powdery pastry they use. Much prefer to bake my own and have a nice crisp buttery shell around the juicy jewels hidden therein.

[Legend83]

Any Aldi gins to be recommended? My wife likes the Edinburgh flavoured muck - are the Aldi copies any good?

[SpeckledJim]

Legend83 said:

Any Aldi gins to be recommended? My wife likes the Edinburgh flavoured muck - are the Aldi copies any good?

We find the standard Aldi own-brand one to be fine. Combined with decent tonic.

I always reckon the tonic makes much more difference than the gin does, but I'm an unfixable pleb.

[RammyMP]

SpeckledJim said:

Legend83 said:

Any Aldi gins to be recommended? My wife likes the Edinburgh flavoured muck - are the Aldi copies any good?

We find the standard Aldi own-brand one to be fine. Combined with decent tonic.

I always reckon the tonic makes much more difference than the gin does, but I'm an unfixable pleb.

I agree, their standard gin isn’t bad.

[madbadger]

RammyMP said:

SpeckledJim said:

Legend83 said:

Any Aldi gins to be recommended? My wife likes the Edinburgh flavoured muck - are the Aldi copies any good?

We find the standard Aldi own-brand one to be fine. Combined with decent tonic.

I always reckon the tonic makes much more difference than the gin does, but I'm an unfixable pleb.

I agree, their standard gin isn’t bad.

Boggo gin but I also think their 35p a litre tonic is excellent. As good as the posh tonics.
Was given that as a tip from the booze lady in our posh deli shop in town and agree with her completely.

[The Mad Monk]

Trying to use Aldi Click and Collect.

Seem to be going round in circles.

https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/Grocery-Click-a...

[SpeckledJim]

madbadger said:

RammyMP said:

SpeckledJim said:

Legend83 said:

Any Aldi gins to be recommended? My wife likes the Edinburgh flavoured muck - are the Aldi copies any good?

We find the standard Aldi own-brand one to be fine. Combined with decent tonic.

I always reckon the tonic makes much more difference than the gin does, but I'm an unfixable pleb.

I agree, their standard gin isn’t bad.

Boggo gin but I also think their 35p a litre tonic is excellent. As good as the posh tonics.
Was given that as a tip from the booze lady in our posh deli shop in town and agree with her completely.

Agreed, it's fine. It's just getting through a litre fast enough before it goes flat (I know, I know)

Mrs Jim serves neat gin with a tonic garnish.

[madbadger]

SpeckledJim said:

madbadger said:

RammyMP said:

SpeckledJim said:

Legend83 said:

Any Aldi gins to be recommended? My wife likes the Edinburgh flavoured muck - are the Aldi copies any good?

We find the standard Aldi own-brand one to be fine. Combined with decent tonic.

I always reckon the tonic makes much more difference than the gin does, but I'm an unfixable pleb.

I agree, their standard gin isn’t bad.

Boggo gin but I also think their 35p a litre tonic is excellent. As good as the posh tonics.
Was given that as a tip from the booze lady in our posh deli shop in town and agree with her completely.

Agreed, it's fine. It's just getting through a litre fast enough before it goes flat (I know, I know)

Mrs Jim serves neat gin with a tonic garnish.

Seeing as a litre is less that 1/3 can of Fentimans you could always bin it when it goes flat.

[Ace-T]

Who knew Greek wine was actually quite drinkable!


Just had with salmon and noodles. Quite acidic so cut through the oily fish very nicely. Lovely

[RammyMP]

The red was a bit generic but the white wasn’t too bad.