Good and Bad Buys from Aldi & Lidl *Do NOT Expire Please*

drbtodd1971

Aldi Boar burgers Brand is Bucklers Reserve, I have a photo but won't allow me to post it.

charlies_mum

Big thumbs up for Aldis duck and pancakes. Only noticed them this week, £4.49 I think, definitely less than £5, 12 pancakes and lots of duck

Also recommend the onion bhajis and samosa starters, 85p each

RHemmings

As well as selling Linda McCartney regular vegetarian sausages, my local Lidl is now selling the red onion and rosemary ones. For £1.25 a packet. As well as (IMHO) being very nice, the red onion and rosemary sausages are good for dieters as they are only about 68 kcal each.

I like the 'stimulation' drink from Lidl as well. I have no idea how it compares to Red Bull having never drunken any Red Bull. (I always presumed that it wasn't vegetarian but I've just googled and apparently it is.)

meritaten

no the brand is Bucklers reserve. and they were Buffalo burgers not venison (sorry - my memory isn't what it used to be!). OH loved those too! We shall be buying those or the Wagyu beef burgers now - ordinary quarter pounders taste like poor copies so OH says. I still haven't tried them myself, but plan to next week (IF they still have them in stock - you all know what Aldi are like). I really dislike ordinary burgers but OH assures me that these are much different.

Stompa

A._Badger wrote: »

Residue left in the drawer. Unless I crumble the tablets beforehand, I sometimes found undissolved lumps in the drawer. That's one reason I like the Aldi ones, they do seem to dissolve easily.

Hmmm, I've just used some tablets from a new box, and they look a bit different (slightly different colour and shape). Unfortunately, they seem to have left a bit of residue in the drawer, so perhaps they've changed the formulation?

A._Badger

Stompa wrote: »

Hmmm, I've just used some tablets from a new box, and they look a bit different (slightly different colour and shape). Unfortunately, they seem to have left a bit of residue in the drawer, so perhaps they've changed the formulation?

That is one of Aldi's Achilles heels - that and chopping and changing what they do and don't stock.

holidaysforme

RHemmings wrote: »

As well as selling Linda McCartney regular vegetarian sausages, my local Lidl is now selling the red onion and rosemary ones. For £1.25 a packet. As well as (IMHO) being very nice, the red onion and rosemary sausages are good for dieters as they are only about 68 kcal each.

I like the 'stimulation' drink from Lidl as well. I have no idea how it compares to Red Bull having never drunken any Red Bull. (I always presumed that it wasn't vegetarian but I've just googled and apparently it is.)

Good news. I love these sausages. I have also just started a diet;). I'll stick up if I see them.

quoia

meritaten wrote: »

no the brand is Bucklers reserve. and they were Buffalo burgers not venison (sorry - my memory isn't what it used to be!). OH loved those too! We shall be buying those or the Wagyu beef burgers now - ordinary quarter pounders taste like poor copies so OH says. I still haven't tried them myself, but plan to next week (IF they still have them in stock - you all know what Aldi are like). I really dislike ordinary burgers but OH assures me that these are much different.

BUCKLERS RESERVE is a Trade Mark registered to and owned by ALDI

VeGGie-STyLe

RHemmings wrote: »

As well as selling Linda McCartney regular vegetarian sausages, my local Lidl is now selling the red onion and rosemary ones. For £1.25 a packet. As well as (IMHO) being very nice, the red onion and rosemary sausages are good for dieters as they are only about 68 kcal each.

holidaysforme wrote: »

Good news. I love these sausages. I have also just started a diet;). I'll stick up if I see them.

The original flavour ones are £1 in Sainsburys until 26th April :cool:

martinnathalie9

I have always been impressed with Aldi avocados, they are always ready to eat which can be hard to find. Generally their fresh fruit and vegetables are always good quality - some could do with less packaging rather than being covered in plastic.