Things to look out for in Lidl and Aldi

[MrSki]

Children's bagpipes sound a good present for the kids of people you don't actually like.

 

[RedDragon]

The best chocolate in lidl is 'rich chocolate'

One of the offers in this week's 'Half Price Weekend' (17th&18th Jan), Reduced from 99p to 49p

 

[friendofdorothy]

Just had a rather disturbing call from friendofdorothy who is in the Scottish aisle in Brixton trying to decide how necessary it is to purchase children's bagpipes.

I resisted the sporran and the gillie shirt too. Couldn't resist the men's 8 yard Hamilton grey kilt though, ok @bucador might not need one now - but when will we ever see a affordable kilt again? too good to miss. She's trying it on now - looks bonnie!
I was asking the shop assistant would there be any haggis - then I had to explain what haggis was and she looked very puzzled, maybe actually alarmed. While another assistant was trying to get me to buy the 'little bag' too, I had to explain the sporran is only for men, then he looked puzzled.

 

[Wilson]

One of the offers in this week's 'Half Price Weekend' (17th&18th Jan), Reduced from 99p to 49p

I'm not liking this.

 

[aqua]

Lidls stroop waffles. Oh dear.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Lidls stroop waffles. Oh dear.

are they good?

 

[aqua]

are they good?

Oh no, no one else will like them. I'll make sure they don't get mixed up and I'll eat them all. It'll be a personal sacrifice of course but it's the last I can do.....









They're bloody gorgeous like most things not as stupidly sweet as other brands with a lovely caramel middle. Me and bees ate far too many yesterday

 

[Epona]

The one and only time I and my OH walked past a Lidl he drifted into the store, was missing for half an hour, and then drifted back out again, looking as if he had been to some sort of budget-Wonderland with a massive smile on his face, and clutching a carrier bag full of cheap (and actually not at all bad) chocolate

 

[Greebo]

The one and only time I and my OH walked past a Lidl he drifted into the store, was missing for half an hour, and then drifted back out again, looking as if he had been to some sort of budget-Wonderland with a massive smile on his face <snip>

This is the thing: Not everyone is going to like everything in Lidl or Aldi, but IME you can save enough buying cheap but good bits in there to be able to afford a luxury or two.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Lidl's truffle oil from their Deluxe range is pretty good. And a handy store cupboard item

 

[Ms T]

"Budget wonderland".

 

[Ms T]

Lidl's truffle oil from their Deluxe range is pretty good. And a handy store cupboard item

That reminds me of my favourite overheard in the office conversation. "I had to tell the nanny to stop using the truffle oil". Maybe they should have shopped in Lidl!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Oh no, no one else will like them. I'll make sure they don't get mixed up and I'll eat them all. It'll be a personal sacrifice of course but it's the last I can do.....









They're bloody gorgeous like most things not as stupidly sweet as other brands with a lovely caramel middle. Me and bees ate far too many yesterday

Greebo and I have noticed that whenever Lidl do something with caramel in, it invariably tastes better than equivalent "name brand" products. We finally worked out, after a fair bit of puzzling, that their caramel is slightly more bitter and smoky than most other brands, more like "home-made".

 

[8ball]

What do you use truffle oil for?

 

[aqua]

What do you use truffle oil for?

Oiling your truffles of course

 

[maomao]

What do you use truffle oil for?

Creaky truffles.

 

[8ball]

Oiling your truffles of course

I've never had a squeaky truffle.

 

[sojourner]

Tell you what, the 18p noodles in Lidl are well nice! You get bloody loads and the flavour's actually okay!

 

[Cribynkle]

Tell you what, the 18p noodles in Lidl are well nice! You get bloody loads and the flavour's actually okay!

The curried prawn ones are ace

 

[innit]

I just went to check out the Scottish event in Brixton. It's been totally plundered already - nothing left but a couple of very small kilts. Couldn't find any stroopwaffles; was hoping for some decent German alcohol free beer but there wasn't any of that either.

 

[High Voltage]

Two unrelated comments:-

1. Aldi caviar was £10 now £4.99
2. Bob likes caviar

That is all

 

[moon]

The oranges, baskets of garlic, long red peppers and skinless boneless frozen salmon are all good..

 

[Ms T]

Bob is spoilt.

 

[moon]

This is the thing: Not everyone is going to like everything in Lidl or Aldi, but IME you can save enough buying cheap but good bits in there to be able to afford a luxury or two.

This is exactly why I shop there..

 

[Tankus]

The curried prawn ones are ace

Empty a tin of spring water caned tuna and a chopped shallot with it in a bowl and its a speedy lunch at work

 

[Plumdaff]

They're only building a Lidl's 10 minutes walk away! It will now be my closest supermarket

You're in Cardiff, yes? The upcoming nearby combination of Lidl and Costco is going to play havoc on my wallet.

 

[High Voltage]

Bob is spoilt.

Absolutely spoilt rotten

But at the age he is, we don't care and it's not like he had the whole pot of caviar - he had barely a "finger nail" sized dab and he managed to make a bit of a song and dance trying to eat that - honestly, if he was out in the wild having to survive by his wits he'd starve unless some poor unfortunate small furry creature would happen to dive into his mouth

 

[Ms T]

Absolutely spoilt rotten

But at the age he is, we don't care and it's not like he had the whole pot of caviar - he had barely a "finger nail" sized dab and he managed to make a bit of a song and dance trying to eat that - honestly, if he was out in the wild having to survive by his wits he'd starve unless some poor unfortunate small furry creature would happen to dive into his mouth

Mine are only 9 but equally useless at hunting. Two mice a year, on average. This morning there was much rejoicing at the return of the Gourmet Perle after a month of Lidl's Premium trays.

 

[Ms T]

And before anyone says I'm feeding them crap, they refuse to eat high-quality wet food like Bozita, and they do get a premium dry food from Zooplus.

 

[aqua]

And before anyone says I'm feeding them crap, they refuse to eat high-quality wet food like Bozita, and they do get a premium dry food from Zooplus.

Imvho feeding cats is like feeding a small child. As a parent you have all these ideas of them eating organic perfect food and never sugar or whatever. But after a very short amount of time you realise them eating kind of an OK diet is perfectly acceptable and you sort of give up for your own sanity as they only eat fish fingers for a month

You might want to only feed premium food to a cat but the cat may only want whiskers there comes a time you just have to go with the flow