Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

candygirl

We all loved the Aldi matchmaker copies, dipped in ballycastle

tomtombeanie

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Could anyone recommend any Aldi rose wine? I hate White Zinfandel(sp) as its too sweet and sickly. I don't think I have bought any. I am currently on my last bottle of rose (Grey Fox White Grenache), won £25 on Xmas Eve Lotto and fancy treating myself to half a dozen bottles at Aldi.

Nice win!

We like the Koolaburra rose for (I think) £3.99 and the Rossetti Zinfandel blush (slightly cheaper, if I remember rightly), which is not to sweet - we tend to prefer dryer whites and these two are lovely for a change.

imho

deannatrois wrote: »

When I went into my local Aldi (with my £15 off a £75 shop voucher)on Tuesday, I found their very nice looking £9.99 Specially Selected Christmas Puds had been reduced to £6.99. Unfortunately I only bought one.

Tasted it, and its the best Christmas Pud I've ever had in my life. Whole nuts, whole juicy fruit (including cherries) and well, lets just say you can taste the alcohol lol. Entirely different to any pud I've had before.

So wish I'd bought more lololol.

I bought Aldi Christmas pudding as well and same as you it was the best Christmas pudding i have ever tasted.All the fruit wasnt mushed up it was whole.Wish i bought loads more now as well.

TravellingAbuela

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Could anyone recommend any Aldi rose wine? I hate White Zinfandel(sp) as its too sweet and sickly. I don't think I have bought any. I am currently on my last bottle of rose (Grey Fox White Grenache), won £25 on Xmas Eve Lotto and fancy treating myself to half a dozen bottles at Aldi.

DH is quite partial to the Castellore Pinot Grigio blush. Can't think of the price off-hand but it's one of their cheaper wines.

PenguinOfDeath

imho wrote: »

I bought Aldi Christmas pudding as well and same as you it was the best Christmas pudding i have ever tasted.All the fruit wasnt mushed up it was whole.Wish i bought loads more now as well.

I'm not keen on Xmas pud but bought a standard (I think? It was connoisseurs choice) aldi one for OH. He and the two others that tried it agreed it was the best pud they'd had and it was polished off very quickly. Even the staunch sainsbury TTD buyer had to concede aldi won there!

asp746

a couple of people at work were raving about the £1.79 extra special thick cut oven chips but I've cooked them 3 times now and can never get them quite right. Also I've noticed along with the nice thick cut chips are smaller frazzly ones that are always burnt - obviously put in to make the weight up.

meritaten

The Aldi specially selected cheeses were lovely! I am normally left with lots of cheese - but not this time! I tried the blue stilton (which I usually hate) after much persuasion and I have been converted! it was so gorgeous and creamy and none of that horrible aftertaste! my favourite was the wensleydale with cranberries though.

candygirl

asp746 wrote: »

a couple of people at work were raving about the £1.79 extra special thick cut oven chips but I've cooked them 3 times now and can never get them quite right. Also I've noticed along with the nice thick cut chips are smaller frazzly ones that are always burnt - obviously put in to make the weight up.

If they're the ones in the black packet,we love them:p

Wizzbang

We love Lidl's Harvest Basket potato wedges, so much tastier/ crispier than Sainsbury's own. Everyone complements them when we serve them and you get a generous bag for just 79p! Bargainous.

I will also never shop anywhere else for ice cream, theirs are so much better than any other supermarket and so cheap! The chocolate magnum-alikes are favs in our house

Feral_Moon

meritaten wrote: »

The Aldi specially selected cheeses were lovely! I am normally left with lots of cheese - but not this time! I tried the blue stilton (which I usually hate) after much persuasion and I have been converted! it was so gorgeous and creamy and none of that horrible aftertaste! my favourite was the wensleydale with cranberries though.

Our Wensleydale had blueberries in it!