Gherkins

dlusman

mimi1234 wrote: »

Went to Aldi but couldn't find any sliced ones, just saw some baby ones.

Will pop into Lidl next and see if I can get any.

Not sliced - but next week ( starting 18th July ) they are also doing an "Eastern Europe" week which includes 860g jars for 99p. I presume some of the pickling spices make them different from normal

dlusman

Was in Lidl this morning . They had both sliced and unsliced , but you pay a high premium for sliced at around twice the price per Kg.

mimi1234

dlusman wrote: »

Was in Lidl this morning . They had both sliced and unsliced , but you pay a high premium for sliced at around twice the price per Kg.

I will be at a Lidl next week so will go have a look then. I am happy to pay more. I need gherkins!

maman

mimi1234 wrote: »

Oh thanks all. I didn't know the smaller ones were crunchy hence getting them.

I shall be on the prowl for the regular ones or the sliced ones. Instead of chomping on crisps in bed, I am going to become a gherkin chomper. Hopefully the lbs will drop off!

Although the packaging looks the same, if you look at the labels they either say cornichons or gherkins.

mimi1234 wrote: »

I will be at a Lidl next week so will go have a look then. I am happy to pay more. I need gherkins!

You're not paying more for gherkins as such just paying for Lidl's supplier to cut them in half for you.

cymruchris

Believe it or not - Ikea

jwil

I got a big jar of sliced ones in Iceland the other day for £1

mimi1234

They sell some gorgeous ones at Tesco, a big jar for £1.70 and they are nice and soft. I've got about 10 jars in case they stop doing them.

Thanks all for the advice. I will definitely stay away from the cornichons or whatever they are called in the future.