Things to look out for in Lidl and Aldi

[farmerbarleymow]

Word of warning....I have one and like it for the reason you mentioned, but the hot oil all gets trapped under the egg too , so when you shift the egg around a bit , the oil has a tendency to erupt at any opportune moment and with eye blinding velocity.

Cheers for the tip - hadn't thought of that. Will wear my asbestos apron just in case.

I've got a splatter guard thing for the normal frying pan, so that would help too even though it will dwarf this wee baby frying pan.

 

[mrsfran]

Do they defrost well? Or does the texture change?

I think it's fine. I use them for bacon and avocado bagels. They only take about half an hour to defrost.

 

[gentlegreen]

Aldi snot rags.

The "supersoft " ones are 3ply - 350g
The "mansize" are 2 ply - 200g

So the supersoft ones are probably a tighter weave.
It's a shame I no longer work in the paper industry where I had access to a (wet) burst strength tester to see which one works best in practice...

Maybe I'll set something up with a bicycle inner tube....

 

[gentlegreen]

Aldi dark chocolate - all taste pretty good.
The stuff with the mint and orange are OK - though personally I would have liked a bit more mint and less chocolate a la "After 8" - actually the Orange could be a bit more like Terry's ... they ought to try coffee.
The Chilli is almost undetectable - and I'm someone who avoids chilli most of the time.

All very decent dark chocolate though.

 

[two sheds]

They've got the Bruschetta in again at Aldi. I keep expecting to hear a murmur going round "They've got the Bruschetta in again" as people grab several and the tray gets emptied until the next time.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Choosing may be, roasting is simple, provided you're quite careful not to overdo them. It's easy to get discouraged when blending them, because they go to that "sandy" stage and nothing seems to happen, then quite suddenly the oil starts to come out and they turn into "butter". It's nice to do with other nuts, too - almonds are great, and walnuts aren't bad, either.

Tried roasting peanuts once over a fire.*
Nearly burnt the house down




*note...I was 6

 

[gentlegreen]

They've got the Bruschetta in again at Aldi. I keep expecting to hear a murmur going round "They've got the Bruschetta in again" as people grab several and the tray gets emptied until the next time.

Darn - none in mine yesterday - I may have to visit again.
My deli sometimes has similar, but they take up a lot of bicycle pannier space.

 

[Micro]

Decent kids bike helmets in Lidl for a tenner. Might just be Ireland.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Decent kids bike helmets in Lidl for a tenner. Might just be Ireland.

Cos only Ireland is full of decent kids

 

[existentialist]

Darn - none in mine yesterday - I may have to visit again.
My deli sometimes has similar, but they take up a lot of bicycle pannier space.

You should get creative...

 

[two sheds]

I only get three at a time when they're in. I think I may have to improve planning by buying at least half a dozen.

 

[felixthecat]

The low cal high protein Aldi ice cream is as good as Halo Top at less than half the price. The choc chip cookie dough is particularly nice

 

[felixthecat]

I'm currently half way through a 500ml pot. Only 352cals for the whole thing

 

[trashpony]

Oh damn didn’t look in the freezer.

My Aldi is moving across the road to a much bigger site. I’m excited!

 

[Hoss]

In case anyone was thinking of buying the £79.99 pressure washer from Aldi, you can get a Karcher K2 compact from Toolstation for the same price which includes the wall/patio cleaner attachment and so saves you £14.99 (and free delivery is available) [emoji16]

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[two sheds]

I really like Toolstation - free delivery for a ludicrous minimum £10 spend. Really useful if one doesn't have a car

 

[T & P]

Gin aficionados might be interested to know that Lidl is offering this week the multi-award winning Hortus dry gin, including some flavoured variants, for £15.

I bought a bottle today and have just sampled this brand for the best time, and it is indeed very good. Apparently it recently beat a £30 upmarket rival in blind tests.

 

[gaijingirl]

Gin aficionados might be interested to know that Lidl is offering this week the multi-award winning Hortus dry gin, including some flavoured variants, for £15.

I bought a bottle today and have just sampled this brand for the best time, and it is indeed very good. Apparently it recently beat a £30 upmarket rival in blind tests.

They quite often do a Hortus Rhubarb and Ginger gin "liquer" which is very very nice indeed.

 

[gentlegreen]

I've rediscovered my peanut butter mojo.
Serious lumps, tastes like peanuts, masses of spare oil.
£1.25 a jar.

 

[Part 2]

I've rediscovered my peanut butter mojo.
Serious lumps, tastes like peanuts, masses of spare oil.
£1.25 a jar.

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I liked it but found it a bit too runny, the jar was done in in 2 days.

Aldi currently have the 1kg tubs of Meridian for a fiver....or Asda have the 454g tubs for £2.

 

[gentlegreen]

Sorry but I found Meridian almost as unpleasant as whole earth which I consider to be the worst peanut butter available.

I used to alternate between Suma and essential but they lost their flavour completely.

Aldi have a spectacular range of different peanut butters for an economy supermarket !

 

[existentialist]

The nicest peanut butter I've had recently was achieved via a half-kilo of ASDA redskin peanuts and a stick blender.

 

[gentlegreen]

The nicest peanut butter I've had recently was achieved via a half-kilo of ASDA redskin peanuts and a stick blender.

One day I promise

 

[Part 2]

I worry my blender wouldn't survive.

 

[izz]

The nicest peanut butter I've had recently was achieved via a half-kilo of ASDA redskin peanuts and a stick blender.

Soooooo, you placed your peanuts in a vessel of some description and applied your sturdy stick blender to them ? Did they not erupt from the vessel with force, ricocheting round the kitchen ?

e2a

 

[existentialist]

Soooooo, you placed your peanuts in a vessel of some description and applied your sturdy stick blender to them ? Did they not erupt from the vessel with force, ricocheting round the kitchen ?

e2a

No, I took the precaution of draping the top of the bowl with a tea towel

 

[gentlegreen]

Oh noes

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I liked it but found it a bit too runny, the jar was done in in 2 days.

It tends to be a bit runny at first after you stir the oil in, but that soon seems to change to a more concrete consistency as you work through the jar. Decent pnb compared to others.

 

[Part 2]

It tends to be a bit runny at first after you stir the oil in, but that soon seems to change to a more concrete consistency as you work through the jar. Decent pnb compared to others.

I didn't notice that with mine at all, maybe it was in the hot spell.

 

[gentlegreen]

They've ripped out the whole front of my local Aldi.

I hope we don't lose the bag-balancing shelf - deft though I am on a good day evenly loading two IKEA tote bags hanging off of one arm...