Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

vivatifosi

Aldi:

I like the individual breakfast pastries - pains au chocolat and choc chip brioches. Similar to the branded ones, but 8 per pack rather than 6 and much cheaper.

candygirl

Stompa wrote: »

Strange, we have them quite often and they seem fine to me.

Me too!surely if the bottoms are soggy,cook them a but longer;)

HurdyGurdy

I can't plough through 40+ pages of posts, but would like to say that we had Aldi garlic bread for the first time yesterday and I would never buy anyone else's again.

Apart from my own home made, it is by far and away the best we have ever had.

tigs33

VfM4meplse wrote: »

So where are they....?

There were loads in the Sudbury store my dad picked me up two packets and I agree they are VERY good!

Scritti

Stompa wrote: »

Strange, we have them quite often and they seem fine to me.

Might have been a dud one. Except I tried again a few weeks later and also found it to be undercooked. Fine if you're gonna put them in the oven but I take them to work and eat them straight out of the box. The Lidl one is much more cooked and eats just fine "raw" as it were.

maman

Went to Lidl's for the first time in an age today. Went specifically for (blue bag) luxury muesli that DH loves and further supplies of Stollen. Branston beans were £1.25 for 4. I only bought 1 pack as I can get them anytime for £1.32 in Farmfoods.

I also bought 3 x 99p jars of antipasti. I've already got peppers from Aldi but also now mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and aubergines:drool: form Lidl. All 99p a jar. Hope they taste as good as they look. It'll make a change from pickles with cold meats and cheeses.

mcculloch29

tessie_bear wrote: »

we are thinking of getting the ham to add a bit of theatre to christmas...anyone ever got the whole thing before and do you serve it with antipasti ? can you make anything with it ?

thanks

You serve it with antipasti. I was raised on smoked meats as my parents were from Eastern Europe. I have a cold table for tea over the festive season, although Serrano is Italian,it is near-identical to Black Forest ham (Schwarzwalder schinken). I serve it with olives, cornichons, onions, smoked salmon, along with continental meats and cheeses from anywhere.

You can use Serrano or Black Forest ham in any recipe where you would usually use smoked bacon. I've wrapped chicken breasts in it, mixed it through pasta, had it in salads. I've never used it in some of the more basic bacon recipes like onion, bacon and potato hotpot or bacon, apple and onion fry-up but I guess you could do so.
My landlady in Germany served up whole Black Forest hams; she and her husband were very kind to me and included me in family gatherings where the hams were a centrepiece. They tasted heavenly.

dlusman

mcculloch29 wrote: »

You serve it with antipasti. I was raised on smoked meats as my parents were from Eastern Europe. I have a cold table for tea over the festive season, although Serrano is Italian,it is near-identical to Black Forest ham (Schwarzwalder schinken). I serve it with olives, cornichons, onions, smoked salmon, along with continental meats and cheeses from anywhere.

You can use Serrano or Black Forest ham in any recipe where you would usually use smoked bacon. I've wrapped chicken breasts in it, mixed it through pasta, had it in salads. I've never used it in some of the more basic bacon recipes like onion, bacon and potato hotpot or bacon, apple and onion fry-up but I guess you could do so.
My landlady in Germany served up whole Black Forest hams; she and her husband were very kind to me and included me in family gatherings where the hams were a centrepiece. They tasted heavenly.

Any guess at how much meat is in a standard "6.5kg" leg. i.e what %age is meat compared to bone ?

Stompa

Scritti wrote: »

Might have been a dud one. Except I tried again a few weeks later and also found it to be undercooked. Fine if you're gonna put them in the oven but I take them to work and eat them straight out of the box.

Fair enough, I've never tried them cold.

System

Aldi's Specially Selected mushroom and bacon pate. It's a Christmas line found between the fresh juices and milk. Very nice. Will try the other one turkey and cranberry. £1.49 for 200g

Also if you love the chocs called Poppets, Aldi now do their own called Chocetts. In toffee and mint. Taste the same. 99p for 150g