Things to look out for in Lidl and Aldi

[maomao]

Aldi have messed with their peanut butter again.
The shelves were stuffed with the palm oil version.
There was also a load of new recipe "wholenut" that looked rather light in colour and also turned out to contain palm oil.
So once more I have to resist the temptation of having a whole kilo of wholenut crunchy in the house

The big plastic tubs are great. Last me a month and 100% peanut.

 

[gentlegreen]

The big plastic tubs are great. Last me a month and 100% peanut.

You clearly have better self control than me...
My last dietary crime was mixing it with cranberry sauce which thankfully I forgot to buy this time ...

 

[blossie33]

The middle of Lidl in the news again

Men buy more from Lidl's middle aisle of unusual stock, says boss

Ryan McDonnell said the middle of Lidl had a “big male following”.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[High Voltage]

I'm a sucker for "luxury" stollen

But I won't be getting this again



You get 10 little squares of very average stollen

 

[trabuquera]

Spatzle / spaetzle (sorry no umlaut) - German egg pasta, absolutely delicious in veg soup or even just in a plain broth - quite firm and interestingly chewy as long as you don't overboil them. Bought as a cheap alternative to posh Italian egg pasta and actually like these more:

 

[Idaho]

Got this the other day and it was excellent:

Georgian Bediani Saperavi - | Lidl UK

Georgian Bediani Saperavi - Region: Georgia Grade: Full-bodied At Lidl UK

www.lidl.co.uk

Went back a few days later to get more but it'd sold out. Keep meaning to check again.

 

[klang]

Spatzle / spaetzle (sorry no umlaut) - German egg pasta, absolutely delicious in veg soup or even just in a plain broth - quite firm and interestingly chewy as long as you don't overboil them. Bought as a cheap alternative to posh Italian egg pasta and actually like these more:

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once boiled chuck in the pan with fried onions and alpine cheese eg gruyere

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Got this the other day and it was excellent:

Georgian Bediani Saperavi - | Lidl UK

Georgian Bediani Saperavi - Region: Georgia Grade: Full-bodied At Lidl UK

www.lidl.co.uk

Went back a few days later to get more but it'd sold out. Keep meaning to check again.

Aldi's doing an Australian Saperavi for a tenner at the moment, well, £9.99 or 9.95 or something like that.

I thought I'd try it because I had a really lovely Georgian Saperavi a couple of months ago in an independent wine bar/shop and bought a bottle to take home, which was about £19.99, iirc.

I wouldn't bother with Aldi's Australian Saperavi, save your money, save up, and buy one bottle of nice Georgian Saperavi (will try to find photo/details a d post later).

Will also look out for the Lidl Georgian Saperavi thanks.

 

[Epona]

Apparently it's Greek Week in Lidl from next Thursday, but there's no retsina shown on the website.

The main reason I go to Lidl for Greek Week is to stock up on Retsina - it's very difficult to get anything other than the OK but not superb (and really not very resiny) Kourtaki in shops here, and the Lidl 50cl pop-cap bottles of Retsina are far superior and a good price.
So if they don't have any this time round, I'm going to be a bit disgruntled.

 

[pogofish]

The chocolate cronuts are back in Lidl this week.

 

[High Voltage]

Mrs Voltz returned home from a trip to our local Aldi clutching the first sparkling shiraz of the season. Always a bit of a tense moment when it was opened that evening as taste has varied over the years. Glad to report that this years is up to snuff

 

[High Voltage]

And ever closer looms the opening of our completely rebuilt and enlarged Lidl (still going to be bloody February '25 mind) that's over a year of a 15-20 mile round trip, basically negating all savings

 

[TopCat]

Massive rearrangement of stock in my Lidl. Will take a while to find everything. More self service tills and they now have the scan your receipt thing. Bloke paid and was kicking off last night.

 

[existentialist]

 

[gentlegreen]

I haven't looked to see if the Aldi mince pies are vegan, but I can't be trusted near such things ..
Now that I have my microwave working again, all sorts of horrors are an option.
I had a baked potato yesterday
Those gigantic eating apples Aldi sell have been somewhat under-ripe, but they nuke very nicely - no sugar needed - a bit of unsweetened soy poured in ... perhaps I will end up succumbing to a jar of vegan mincemeat ...