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Things to look out for in Lidl and Aldi

The new scab tills in Aldi are as impatient (vocally) as the normal checkouts with their lack of buffer space - and a challenge as I buy a moderate amount of stuff and share it out evenly between two Ikea totes.
I had the routine with the normal tills well pretty off pat in terms of processing the heavy stuff and then the veggies.
"people go through there with trolleys" said the operator ...

How exactly ?
 
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If I spotted Cox's I would grab some as comparison...
Since I'm big on fruit at the moment, I probably should seek out a specialist fruit place ...
 
gentlegreen if you want crisp and juicy try Discovery which are currently in season, I got some from Aldi this week, and have a pink tinge to the flesh.

Braeburn and Cox are mostly out of season in the UK now so those in Aldi are from South Africa and I swerve them if I can, not just the air miles, but also cos they retain crispness but lose their intense flavour and when both change from quite green patches to pale green/yellowing patches the texture is on the way out. Mittens is a new variety to me and when I visited Ma Mogden raved about them. I don't know their history or season but they're also in the crisp, juicy and flavoursome camp. If you're not familiar: avoid Gala cos they're dry and mealy, Golden Delicious are a contradiction in terms; anemic and pale. Granny Smith crisp but sharp and generally only imported. Pink Lady good mostly but big so I go for the kid packs of them. The autumn apples will be coming in soon. Can't remember exactly what but Jonagold and Katy are quite nice when fresh.

Citrus wise they will starting now in the run up to Christmas. Avoid satsumas. I still can't find any good ones. They're pithy, dry, and sour. Tangerines are good as are nadorcotts which are a sort of mandarin and v flavourful. The "easy peelers" could be anything so I check the label to see if they're trying to palm rubbish satsumas on me. Best citrus seems to come out of Morocco. If you can get straightforward mandarins do cos they're fantastic.
 
I must say I do like (some of) the Jazz apples, but there was some detail about them on one of the packets which gave me pangs of suspicion.

Some interesting detail on them from farmerbarleymow - granted, they are very much "Fisher Price apples".
 
8ball said:
I must say I do like (some of) the Jazz apples, but there was some detail about them on one of the packets which gave me pangs of suspicion.

Some interesting detail on them from farmerbarleymow - granted, they are very much "Fisher Price apples".
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I like them too - didn't think about their origins before the post above. Have read about some mutant hybrid strains, like the cosmic crisp in the US, but then I guess most apples we eat are hybrids of some type. We could always stick to crab apples - they're probably fairly untouched by hybridisation.
 
Discovery, Robin, Sunrise, Katy and Scrumptious apples are all in season now or will be very soon. One of the early Laxton's varieties tastes cox-ish iirc too. Generally though, early season apples are best eaten fresh and don't keep well. Lots of supermarket stock this time of year will have been picked a bit underripe to allow for this.
 
OK, in the cold light of day it's sort of like sherbet and I usually prefer understated / more complex flavours - but I'm a bit of a fruit monster at the moment :)
 
iona said:
Discovery, Robin, Sunrise, Katy and Scrumptious apples are all in season now or will be very soon. One of the early Laxton's varieties tastes cox-ish iirc too. Generally though, early season apples are best eaten fresh and don't keep well. Lots of supermarket stock this time of year will have been picked a bit underripe to allow for this.
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That's one thing I miss about my home county, the fantastic apples in autumn.
 
Aldi have a Primitivo Puglia for £5.99 which comes across as a few quid more expensive. Highly recommended.

e2a I've just tested this out with cheese, for Science, and it performs rather well. 👍
 
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