Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Feral_Moon

squinz wrote: »

I'm enjoying the mince pies, pistachios and all the nuts you can buy near the checkout atm.

From where?

Happygreen

Doc_N wrote: »

Interesting little taste test in today's Guardian (Heinz scored 7/10):

WINNER! Aldi Bramwells tomato ketchup, 59p, 560g

More wet, glistening tomatoes on the label, that message of freshness and health somewhat undermined by, below it, the nutritional info showing salt and sugar levels that are IN THE RED! Dietary concerns aside, this is an interesting sauce. It tastes, quite startlingly at first, of cloves (the standard ketchup spice) and garlic, before something hot and peppery chimes in, cayenne perhaps, to leave your tongue tingling gently. Less outwardly sweet than some (ironically), well-judged in its acidity and with the accent firmly on those seasonings, this is a distinctive ketchup. It is also very cheap. 7.5/10


Lidl Kania tomato ketchup, 55p, 565g

Full marks for having a pull-tab on the interior seal (rather than requiring you to stab it with a knife or pick at it with your fingernails), but that is where the innovation ends. This is 72% concentrated tomato puree and it tastes like it: thickly mushy in texture and rather stolidly tomatoey in its flavour. Yes, it is sweet and, yes, it has a certain vinegary, slightly spicy edge, but there is no compelling variegated depth in its seasoning. Is it terrible? No. Would it bring vivid colour to a meal? No. 5/10

My winner is Lidl here. I always look at the ingredients and stopped buying Aldi's ketchup when they added something weird, some modified starch or such like, don't have the bottle any more). Lidl's is just ketchup with suitable ingredients - fine by me.

Happygreen

stusworld wrote: »

i like the toothpaste and you can mix it in ice cream to get mint flavour ice cream its yummy

I would look at the ingredients before I swallow toothpaste...I even fought the school nurse on that when she told the kids not to spit it out!

Happygreen

wyatte wrote: »

Lidl's fruit and veg are my favorite ,wondering if there are special deal on Black Friday.

OH got some Clementines the other day which went mouldy within a few days. Maybe he's just not a skilled shopper

No Black Friday I think but cheap spinach and leeks

We also wanted to get some American Fries from the freezer but all the packets were rock solid, must have been defrosted on the go somewhere, so we left without

VfM4meplse

stusworld wrote: »

i like the toothpaste and you can mix it in ice cream to get mint flavour ice cream its yummy

I wouldn't recommend it

Happygreen wrote: »

I would look at the ingredients before I swallow toothpaste...I even fought the school nurse on that when she told the kids not to spit it out!

The silly billy! Spit but don't rinse is the message, its the contact time with the teeth that matters.

squinz

Feral_Moon wrote: »

From where?

sorry, Aldi!

angela.howell

Thanks - sundried tomatoes are good.

Cornucopia

angela.howell wrote: »

Thanks - sundried tomatoes are good.

Both Lidl & Aldi sundried tomatoes are good. (Sold in a jar, preserved in oil, usually found in Aldi on the shelves above the freezers, in case anyone is wondering).

I think Lidl's are slightly better VFM (bigger jar, same price 99p). Also, Lidl has many other antipasti. The courgettes are good, as are the artichokes.

alipops1986

We've really enjoyed the Gressingham Crispy Duck with pancakes and Hoisin sauce - available from Aldi this week as a special buy. Plenty of duck for the 12 pancakes. I bought spring onion and cucumber to add in as well. Enjoyed it and good value - think it was about £4.50.

Teahfc

Aldi cream crackers .... Sorry to say they are more 3/10 compared to Jacobs 10/10 .... . Not tried the the Lidl recipe yet.