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

Doc_N

Rosa_Damascena said:

Brie said:

Austrian specials start at Lidl tomorrow.  Lots to recommend and we'll be stocking up on the spatzle.  

Watch out for the schnitzel though.  It's all lovely but there's one type they often have which is not huge but cooks easily in the oven.  The others tend to need to be fried which won't suit everyone.  

And don't buy the black forest ice cream because that's all mine.

  

Why does Lidl devote so much shelf space to honey, yet there is no lemon curd?

Perhaps for two interlinked reasons.  Firstly that most commercial lemon curds, with a very few honourable exceptions such as Tiptree, Waitrose and one or two others, contain virtually no lemon and are just nasty tasteless glucose syrup gloop.  And secondly because unsurprisingly nobody wants to buy the stuff.  Try Tiptree though and you won't go back - almost as good as home made.

Rosa_Damascena

Doc_N said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Brie said:

Austrian specials start at Lidl tomorrow.  Lots to recommend and we'll be stocking up on the spatzle.  

Watch out for the schnitzel though.  It's all lovely but there's one type they often have which is not huge but cooks easily in the oven.  The others tend to need to be fried which won't suit everyone.  

And don't buy the black forest ice cream because that's all mine.

  

Why does Lidl devote so much shelf space to honey, yet there is no lemon curd?

Perhaps for two interlinked reasons.  Firstly that most commercial lemon curds, with a very few honourable exceptions such as Tiptree, Waitrose and one or two others, contain virtually no lemon and are just nasty tasteless glucose syrup gloop.  And secondly because unsurprisingly nobody wants to buy the stuff.  Try Tiptree though and you won't go back - almost as good as home made.

I fancied some the other day and I found 3 jars in my pantry - 2 of which expired in Aug 2017, the third Dec 2020

Tiptree is an Essex treasure and a lovely summer outing. The factory shop sells amazing flavours that don't find their way onto supermarket shelves so if fate forces me to drive to Colchester, I shall take a detour. Luckily, the Southend Waitrose supports local businesses and often stocks some of the lesser-known seasonal Tiptree products. Its also on my route out of town

Archie_Duke

Don’t waste your money on Lidl’s new washing up liquid - Wyx. It’s thin and very very poor at shifting dirt and grease from an ordinary bowl of washing up. Inferior to the one I used to get from there, the W5 Platinum one. I got through a bottle about 4 times faster than I used to with the W5.

glensmen

Archie_Duke said:

Don’t waste your money on Lidl’s new washing up liquid - Wyx. It’s thin and very very poor at shifting dirt and grease from an ordinary bowl of washing up. Inferior to the one I used to get from there, the W5 Platinum one. I got through a bottle about 4 times faster than I used to with the W5.

How much was it? From memory I noticed that they had two - one around 49p, and a 'premium' one around 79p. Maybe the latter is better?

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Archie_Duke said:

Don’t waste your money on Lidl’s new washing up liquid - Wyx. It’s thin and very very poor at shifting dirt and grease from an ordinary bowl of washing up. Inferior to the one I used to get from there, the W5 Platinum one. I got through a bottle about 4 times faster than I used to with the W5.

Aldi does the best washing up liquid. 

Brie

Rosa_Damascena said:

Brie said:

Austrian specials start at Lidl tomorrow.  Lots to recommend and we'll be stocking up on the spatzle.  

Watch out for the schnitzel though.  It's all lovely but there's one type they often have which is not huge but cooks easily in the oven.  The others tend to need to be fried which won't suit everyone.  

And don't buy the black forest ice cream because that's all mine.

  

Why does Lidl devote so much shelf space to honey, yet there is no lemon curd?

I suspect the honey/curd difference is due to the fact the company is German based and honey is universal, whereas lemon curd is British.  Never heard of it before I moved to the UK but have been a honey fan since my youth.  (Buckwheat honey...mmmmm)

maman

I suspect the honey/curd difference is due to the fact the company is German based and honey is universal, whereas lemon curd is British.  Never heard of it before I moved to the UK but have been a honey fan since my youth.  (Buckwheat honey...mmmmm)

I suspect that honey is more widely used than lemon curd as many people think it's a healthy thing to eat instead of sugar. 

mikb

Rosa_Damascena said:

Brie said:

Austrian specials start at Lidl tomorrow.  Lots to recommend and we'll be stocking up on the spatzle.  

Watch out for the schnitzel though.  It's all lovely but there's one type they often have which is not huge but cooks easily in the oven.  The others tend to need to be fried which won't suit everyone.  

And don't buy the black forest ice cream because that's all mine.

  

Why does Lidl devote so much shelf space to honey, yet there is no lemon curd?

I've never spotted Lemon Curd in ALDI either.

Rosa_Damascena

maman said:

I suspect the honey/curd difference is due to the fact the company is German based and honey is universal, whereas lemon curd is British.  Never heard of it before I moved to the UK but have been a honey fan since my youth.  (Buckwheat honey...mmmmm)

I suspect that honey is more widely used than lemon curd as many people think it's a healthy thing to eat instead of sugar. 

They would be wrong!

Although German, Aldi and Lidl often trade on the national flags when they want to promote something. You can't get much more British than lemon curd!

briskbeats

Archie_Duke said:

Don’t waste your money on Lidl’s new washing up liquid - Wyx. It’s thin and very very poor at shifting dirt and grease from an ordinary bowl of washing up. Inferior to the one I used to get from there, the W5 Platinum one. I got through a bottle about 4 times faster than I used to with the W5.

Got a bottle of Wyx a few weeks ago. Always buy things like WUL, loo roll, condiments when I have just opened a new bottle, pack etc. Got 2 more W5 PWUL in cupboard. Once I finish these, I will go to B&M, Wilko etc to get Fairy Platinum