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79p Vanilla Pod At Aldi

HappyIdiotTalk
HappyIdiotTalk Posts: 1,443 Forumite
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Having just this weekend paid £2.99 for a couple of Vanilla pods from Sainsburys, I thought this was worth sharing for any of you that uses them. From Thursday 13th. bargain!:

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SIMPLE SIMON - Met a pie man going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pie man, "What have you got there?" Said the pie man unto Simon, "Pies, you simpleton!"
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  • dan1979
    dan1979 Posts: 195 Forumite
    Is that cheap? I swear they're a couple for a quid at the local market.
  • misspenny
    misspenny Posts: 273 Forumite
    only place ive seen them recently was holland and barret and im sure they were about £3 for 3 in a little plsatic wrapper
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  • Kadeeae
    Kadeeae Posts: 652 Forumite
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    HappyIdiotTalk wrote: »
    Having just this weekend paid £2.99 for a couple of Vanilla pods from Sainsburys, I thought this was worth sharing for any of you that uses them. From Thursday 13th. bargain!:

    whole_spices_Wk1122.jpg

    Thanks for the post, want to try some in sugar (Jamie style, lol) - but do they really need that whole jar for the one pod?
  • sillyvixen
    sillyvixen Posts: 3,640 Forumite
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    they are often cheap and buy one get one free in julian graves, seems really cheap and across the road from my work place. i have often thought about getting them when they are on offer but have no idea what to do with them!!
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  • HappyIdiotTalk
    HappyIdiotTalk Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    dan1979 wrote: »
    Is that cheap? I swear they're a couple for a quid at the local market.

    They are if you dont have a good market that does them.

    They are £1.99 for 1 in a jar (Swartz) or £2.99 for two in a tube (Cooks Mate or something) at Sainsburys. They are similarly priced at Morrisons too. Talk about inflated prices, wish I had a market like yours nearby.

    What really blew me away in Sainsburys though was a Swartz black pepper jar with integrated mill in the lid at £4.98!!! What a complete rip off. Lidl used to do the same thing for about 80p until a few months ago. Must ask them about that. I try and completely avoid using the big supermarkets now for this reason.
    SIMPLE SIMON - Met a pie man going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pie man, "What have you got there?" Said the pie man unto Simon, "Pies, you simpleton!"
  • HappyIdiotTalk
    HappyIdiotTalk Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    misspenny wrote: »
    only place ive seen them recently was holland and barret and im sure they were about £3 for 3 in a little plsatic wrapper

    Thats not bad either, will check that out for when Aldi finish the offer. Thanks!
    SIMPLE SIMON - Met a pie man going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pie man, "What have you got there?" Said the pie man unto Simon, "Pies, you simpleton!"
  • RainbowChild_2
    RainbowChild_2 Posts: 1,219 Forumite
    Woo great post can't wait to get some :p
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  • werinwales
    werinwales Posts: 7 Forumite
    The offer ends when all the products sell out we get them in as a special when their gone their gone.sorry
  • Bellamia2
    Bellamia2 Posts: 1 Newbie
    If you like vanilla pods you can buy 20 pods for 6 pounds from vanillatoyou online that's a bargin
  • Steve059
    Steve059 Posts: 2,686 Forumite
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    edited 14 March 2013 at 1:11PM
    sillyvixen wrote: »
    <snip> have no idea what to do with them!!

    Home made vanilla ice cream.

    A 300ml carton of double cream and a 400ml tin of condensed milk.

    Put the cream into a bowl. Whip until it resembles clotted cream. Gently fold in the condensed milk.

    Cut a vanilla pod open lengthways and scrape out seeds. Gently boil these and the pod in 100ml of milk.

    Leave to cool. Remove the pod.

    Gently fold in the milk and seeds.

    Put the contents into a shallow dish. Put the dish in the freezer.

    Every hour or so, move the frozen bits at the edge of the dish into the middle. After about 4 hours, it should all be frozen.
    If you fold it in half, will an Audi A4 fit in a Citroen C5? :)
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