Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)

HillStreetBlues

maman said:

HillStreetBlues said:

PLRFD said:

I saw cooking bacon in Lidl the other day.

Had some for lunch. I oven cook it.
I do a part-baked roll in oven, when that's nearly done put bacon in oven,  once bacon cooked, serve with a bit of brown rocking  and it's delicious. 

Certainly sounds yummy. 😋 But it's a sad fact that the cooking may have cost more than the food. ☹️

I will have a look at the oven cost if I remember. Agree it would cost more to cook than the food.
Having part baked rolls saves me money, as I would have to drive to "local" shop to get a fresh roll and the cost of the roll would be far more than the 15p cost of the part baked one and that's not including the petrol. And I'm not giving them up

YoungBlueEyes

HillStreetBlues said:

PLRFD said:

I saw cooking bacon in Lidl the other day.

Had some for lunch. I oven cook it.
I do a part-baked roll in oven, when that's nearly done put bacon in oven,  once bacon cooked, serve with a bit of brown rocking  and it's delicious. 

I'm not sure I've got any rocking, will swaying do?

HillStreetBlues

YoungBlueEyes said:

HillStreetBlues said:

PLRFD said:

I saw cooking bacon in Lidl the other day.

Had some for lunch. I oven cook it.
I do a part-baked roll in oven, when that's nearly done put bacon in oven,  once bacon cooked, serve with a bit of brown rocking  and it's delicious. 

I'm not sure I've got any rocking, will swaying do?

I can be swayed  to have sausage at times Does that count?

DigForVictory

Youngest is intrigued by cooking bacon (being more accustomed to the expensive neatly sliced stuff) - but he's become a big fan of it for not-sandwiches. A relief as both lads do love the stuff!

Pollycat

DigForVictory said:

Youngest is intrigued by cooking bacon (being more accustomed to the expensive neatly sliced stuff) - but he's become a big fan of it for not-sandwiches. A relief as both lads do love the stuff!

I find it good for liver and bacon casserole.

HillStreetBlues

DigForVictory said:

Youngest is intrigued by cooking bacon (being more accustomed to the expensive neatly sliced stuff) - but he's become a big fan of it for not-sandwiches. A relief as both lads do love the stuff!

I cheat, I have a good look at the packets and choose the one with the slices in, do see big chunks in some but so far always manage to get slices.
I do have to unravel the slices, then freeze them individually so a can take what I want.
Does take time and effort,  but at £1.79 a kg instead of £6-7 a kg, it's worth it.

HillStreetBlues

HillStreetBlues said:

maman said:

HillStreetBlues said:

PLRFD said:

I saw cooking bacon in Lidl the other day.

Had some for lunch. I oven cook it.
I do a part-baked roll in oven, when that's nearly done put bacon in oven,  once bacon cooked, serve with a bit of brown rocking  and it's delicious. 

Certainly sounds yummy. 😋 But it's a sad fact that the cooking may have cost more than the food. ☹️

I will have a look at the oven cost if I remember. Agree it would cost more to cook than the food.
Having part baked rolls saves me money, as I would have to drive to "local" shop to get a fresh roll and the cost of the roll would be far more than the 15p cost of the part baked one and that's not including the petrol. And I'm not giving them up

Did remember to look.
Oven used  0.4 of a unit so 12½p
Bacon 50g 9p, Roll 15p, Sauce 1p
So 25p for food and 12½p cooking (That did surprise me)

maman

That's interesting @HillStreetBlues. You've done well to cook everything together while the oven was on and saved a lot with the part baked rolls. 👍

It does make you think about the cost of cooking though. I find it hard to justify something like oven chips (home made, of course) unless I can cook other things at the same time.

I always look carefully at the packs too. I choose the ones with thick, smoked rashers as I cut mine into lardons. 

Shame they don't do them in Aldi but I buy a couple of packs at a time when I'm in Asda. 

alicef

Has anyone bought the little tins of anchovies in oil from L!dl recently?

I haven't seen them in our local for a number of weeks now and I only have one tin left!

HillStreetBlues

maman said:

That's interesting @HillStreetBlues. You've done well to cook everything together while the oven was on and saved a lot with the part baked rolls. 👍

It does make you think about the cost of cooking though. I find it hard to justify something like oven chips (home made, of course) unless I can cook other things at the same time.

I always look carefully at the packs too. I choose the ones with thick, smoked rashers as I cut mine into lardons. 

Shame they don't do them in Aldi but I buy a couple of packs at a time when I'm in Asda. 

I never thought about the cost of cooking before your post. The oven is mostly used for rolls or a pizza from time to time, nearly everything I eat is zapped in the dinger.
I have a deep fryer for chips and fries and and admit mine are frozen. I tried oven chips a couple of times but wasn't a fan. I do have an unhealthy diet, I count a Terrys chocolate orange as my one-a-day.