Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

Miss_Jane_4

basics loo roll, I think is perfect if you run out and don't want to pay silly prices at convience shops, 41p for four rolls!

elainey_2

Has anyone tried the sainsbury's basics wine? Was tempted, but thought I'd see what the general opinion was before I bought a bottle. Also, has anyone tried the pickled onions?

Love elaine xxxx

blackbelle_2

elainey wrote: »

Has anyone tried the sainsbury's basics wine? Was tempted, but thought I'd see what the general opinion was before I bought a bottle. Also, has anyone tried the pickled onions?

Love elaine xxxx

I have bought the basics rose, and I liked it.

havent tried the red or white yet.

ivfmummy

I tried the red I bought really to put in cooking but it's perfectly acceptable. I also tried the potato cheese and onion pasties that I had last night with my basics chips. Really nice, better than the ones from the chip shop here.

1carminestocky

Interesting discussion about the 28p tea bags because my elderly father's 'lady friend' (she's 90!) has always absolutely insisted on dring Co-Op 99 tea as she thinks every other tea is nowhere near as good. I gave my father a box of the 28p tea bags to make her a cup of tea with, unbeknownst to her to see what her reaction would be. Reaction? None whatsoever, she made no reference to the tea, good, bad or indifferent, i.e. her normal reaction, lol. My father asked her afterwards what she thought of the tea and she looked at him incredulous (he never aks this question!). Result is I am now ordering their tea for them, lol!

I'm in no way suggesting the people on here do this, but IME many people tend to also 'review' a product with their eyes. Take away that sense and the real test begins! Probably why you never seem to get so-called wine connoisseurs agreeing to a blind tasting, lol.

davethorp

blackbelle wrote: »

I'm doing my shopping list and I fancy doing a roast on sunday.

I've spotted 'basics sage and onion stuffing' and i'm curious as to what its like - anyone tried this?

I'm not a stuffing 'connoisseur' so anything that's not too far a departure from paxo sage & onion standard will suffice :rotfl:

We've used it and it seems fine. We've actually compared the ingredients on the pack to the higher level stuffings too and they are mostly the same

purplevamp

elainey wrote: »

Also, has anyone tried the pickled onions?

Love elaine xxxx

I have, they're lovely, they taste like...well...a pickled onion . Not too strong in flavour and you can use the vinegar afterwards for onion gravy on your chips!!

sarymclary

My main shop is done weekly at Sainso's. I buy lots of the basics range, here's what I regularly get:

- Sage & Onion stuffing (16p) - no difference from any other stuffing
- Value beans - nicer if cooked in a pan, rather than microwaved, thickens the sauce
- Value spaghetti - only difference is it's shorter length
- Chopped tomatoes - ideal for pasta
- Value chocolate mousse - kids love 'em
- Natural yogurt (47p) - I love this! it's often sold out when I go in. Virtually same calorie value as the Onken fat free stuff costing £1.50!
- Biscuits - especially the digestives, my kids spend their pocket money on them
- bananas - can be a bit on the small side
- Fresh fruit juice/orange - I get it as a treat for the kids (2ltr £1.05, 1ltr 56p)
- Kitchen towel - does the job
- Tin foil - ideal for lining grill trays, using as a covering for roasts, etc.
- Cling film - I put mine inside one of those fancy film in plastic boxes that cost £2.99 (I got mine half price)
- Toasting muffins
- Crumpets
- Honey
- Marmalade
- Jam
- Plain & self-raising flour
- tinned fruit

I can't tell the difference in quality on any of these products. There's probably more, but I can't remember at the mo!

The large frozen chickens are good value @ £1.49 p/kilo as opposed to the value fresh chicken being about £1.99 p/kilo. It easily feeds 7 of us on a Sunday for roast, with meat left over for cold the next day. I think it's £3.99 for a chicken.

1carminestocky

My son devoured the baked beans and sausages today. Loved them. I couldn't give an opinion as I can't stand stuff like that, personally. :eek: 36p for a 539g tin would appear to be a billy bargain, though. The scones are lovely and, actually, IMO better for being small as I still only have one so less calories. 3.5p each, seriously, how can they make any profit on them?

Anyone used the chicken, vegetable and/or beef stock cubes, they are ridiculously cheap compared to the brand names? I mean, how *different* can a basics/value chicken stock cube be from a brand name one? Free range chicken flavouring, lol?


Edit: The 18 Barn Eggs for £1.74 are also an abolute steal as well. The equivalent in Asda are selling at £2.44 for 12.

PenelopePitstop2008

Sainsbury Basic mini scotch eggs X12 are 86p

If you are a slimming world member only 1 1/2 sins per egg will have to try and will post my findings.