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Tayto cheese and onion crisps are the one of the things I miss from living in Northern Ireland no other cheese and onion crisps I have tried in the 23yrs I have lived in England taste like them. Other things I miss which can never be found in England arr cinnimon lozengers and chip shop pasties!!!! Not cornish pasties the potato, meat mix in batter yummy!!0
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Try Aldi's. Tayto make Aldi's crisps. Can't guarantee identical flavour, though.0
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or rissoles0
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My dad managed a potato factory and told me that everything is pretty much the same, basics and normal or whatever.
And they even put non-organic potatoes in organic bags if they run out, apparently. Tut tut!0 -
And organic potatoes cost a lot more.0
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More sources of ALDI products, straight from the horse's mouth.
What the hell, they're getting talkative?!?! What's the world coming to...
English cheeses
http://www.aldipresscentre.co.uk/content/say_cheese_for_north_downs_dairy___somerset_company_sees_20___growth.aspx
Quiches, savoury tarts, frittatas
http://www.aldipresscentre.co.uk/content/edgmond_foods_celebrates_growth_.aspx
Pizza and pasta
http://www.aldipresscentre.co.uk/content/lincolnshire_company_gets_a_pizza_the_action.aspx
Frozen meat
http://www.aldipresscentre.co.uk/content/it_s_a_family_affair_.aspx
Plants (not flowers)
http://www.aldipresscentre.co.uk/content/blooming_business_thanks_to_aldi.aspx
Frozen fish
http://www.aldipresscentre.co.uk/content/a_prime_catch_for_seafood_business_.aspx0 -
good read:j0
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