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Aldi and Lidl ... everything you need but......

hamsterboy · 2013-03-20 17:04:34

ANCHOVIES!!!! Been bugging me for a while (well not bugging but... ye know!) Every other supermarket sells them... The sell a huge range of other tinned fish.... Why no Anchovies???.... the pizza topping of the gods!! Phew, that feels better :) HB

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20-03-2013 6:04pm

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ANCHOVIES!!!!
Been bugging me for a while (well not bugging but... ye know!)
Every other supermarket sells them...
The sell a huge range of other tinned fish....
Why no Anchovies???.... the pizza topping of the gods!!

Phew, that feels better

HB

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#2 20-03-2013 6:06pm
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There's something fishy about this thread.

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#3 20-03-2013 6:13pm
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Butter beans is my bugbear.

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#4 20-03-2013 6:50pm
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I get anchovies in Aldi in the UK, so I'd imagine they have them in Ireland...

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#5 20-03-2013 6:57pm
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Icing sugar and im also angry about anchovies. Up your game Aldi and Lidl!!

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#6 20-03-2013 7:23pm
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Cheers Faith
I can confirm that they don't sell em in this country. Talked to managers in two different stores.
Can't believe the feckers sell em in England.... RAGE

HB

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#7 20-03-2013 7:26pm
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They are probably labeled as beef!!

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#8 20-03-2013 7:27pm
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ladypip wrote: »

Icing sugar and im also angry about anchovies. Up your game Aldi and Lidl!!

Lidl sell Tate and Lyle or whatever its called icing sugar in a white box

I imagine Lidl since they have such a small floor space only stock what a majority of people want

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#9 20-03-2013 7:28pm
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If Lidl don't sell it I convince myself it means I don't need it

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#10 20-03-2013 9:27pm
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ladypip wrote: »

Icing sugar and im also angry about anchovies. Up your game Aldi and Lidl!!

I can buy icing sugar in Aldi here too!

There's very little that I can't get, apart from branded goods obviously. It's odd that they'd stock different products between the two countries when they're so similar.

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#11 20-03-2013 9:58pm
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Goat's milk and spelt flour

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#12 20-03-2013 10:46pm
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Aldi definitely stock anchovies, it's the only place I buy them from & the price diff compared to the other shops is huge!

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#13 21-03-2013 9:44am
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Aldi do them , about 50 c cheaper than Tesco where the price has gone up from 109 to 129 c in approx 6 months

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#14 21-03-2013 11:14am
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I have looked for anchovies at least three times in my local Aldi which is quite a large Aldi and they never have them. Maybe some stores stock them.

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#15 21-03-2013 3:49pm
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Lidl don't stock chickpeas :mad: Aldi do.

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#16 21-03-2013 3:51pm
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ladypip wrote: »

Icing sugar and im also angry about anchovies. Up your game Aldi and Lidl!!

They have plenty of Icing Sugar in Aldi. Plenty. Bought x2 last night for the other half

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#17 22-03-2013 1:06pm
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hamsterboy wrote: »

ANCHOVIES!!!!
Been bugging me for a while (well not bugging but... ye know!)
Every other supermarket sells them...
The sell a huge range of other tinned fish....
Why no Anchovies???.... the pizza topping of the gods!!
Phew, that feels better

Lidl sell them at €40/kg in a nice jar - €4.99 for 126g - Hand filleted and marinated in pure olive oil.

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#18 23-03-2013 3:53am
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snubbleste wrote: »

Lidl sell them at €40/kg in a nice jar - €4.99 for 126g - Hand filleted and marinated in pure olive oil.

That truly is a thing of beauty.
Thank you for sharing.

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I can't understand why Aldi doesn't sell its Nussknacker in Ireland.

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#20 23-03-2013 11:09pm
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Fruit that dosent go off within a day if purchace.
Bloody grapes last no time.

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#21 24-03-2013 12:06am
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Lidl sell them at €40/kg in a nice jar - €4.99 for 126g - Hand filleted and marinated in pure olive oil

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excuse my ignorance ... but what exactly can u do with Anchovies???

I actually have a can in my press with my Tuna stock... but haven't had a reason to open it as yet.

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#22 24-03-2013 1:00am
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anchovies are awesome. use them to add a lovely saltiness to stews, to dauphainese potatoes, in a salsa verde ..... or just eat them

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#23 24-03-2013 11:51am
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You can use them in the base of a creamy chicken sauce or in the sauce part of a chicken pie, they add a lovely dimension to the flavour.

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#24 24-03-2013 12:04pm
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Masala wrote: »

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excuse my ignorance ... but what exactly can u do with Anchovies???

I actually have a can in my press with my Tuna stock... but haven't had a reason to open it as yet.

Vile, bin them would be my best advice.

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#25 24-03-2013 12:47pm
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Thai green curry paste.

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#26 27-03-2013 6:59pm
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The magic ingredient in an Arrabbiata sauce. Add a filet with the garlic and it dissolves into the sauce. Mind your salting after, though. Can be used in any sauce really to give a big dose of umami.

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#27 20-04-2013 11:04am
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Lack of puff pastry was another annoyance at Lidl but lo and behold I spotted it today in the fresh dairy section by the milk/cream. Happy. (now go out and buy it so they keep it in stock!)

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#28 22-04-2013 12:02pm
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pasta a la puttanesca......or whores pasta....

black olives, capers and anchovies with some passata. just fry two or three of those beauties in oil and they will disintegrate into the oil and give real depth to a dish....throw in some garlic and maybe even a bit of chilli....followed by olives and capers.

I could hook this dish up in the time it takes to cook the pasta....

hungry now....

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#29 10-07-2016 11:14am
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They're essential for a nice tapenade

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#30 10-07-2016 4:15pm
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Omnishambles99, this thread is ancient so I'm going to close it. We have current Aldi and Lidl threads running, so please feel free to join in with them

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057449529

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057482448

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