Aldi... what do you recommend?

LiamaDelta

Alun wrote: »

Same problem here. The problem wasn't that it was treated (with sulphur dioxide) but that it wasn't labelled as such.

Tried the chia seeds as well, but it goes all gloopy when it comes anywhere near milk. Like eating wallpaper paste.

Gete thee to the credit union, then go buy the Linwoods:D

Alun

LiamaDelta wrote: »

Gete thee to the credit union, then go buy the Linwoods:D

Translation into English please?

charlietheminxx

Alun wrote: »

Translation into English please?

They're saying take out a credit union loan and buy the overpriced Linwood branded ones instead.

Alun

charlietheminxx wrote: »

They're saying take out a credit union loan and buy the overpriced Linwood branded ones instead.

Ah, never heard of Linwood.

charlietheminxx

Like a lot of products Aldi dupe, it's pretty much the same only 3 times the price.

leahyl

charlietheminxx wrote: »

Like a lot of products Aldi dupe, it's pretty much the same only 3 times the price.

Their peanut butter (foodie market brand) is fab and it's way cheaper than the Meridian which I normally get and you get more of it.

gooner99

Anyone try the specially selected frozen veggie burgers. Think there are 2 flavours/types?

UsedToWait

gooner99 wrote: »

Anyone try the specially selected frozen veggie burgers. Think there are 2 flavours/types?

I thought the falafel ones were minging, but someone else on the thread loved them

leahyl

UsedToWait wrote: »

I thought the falafel ones were minging, but someone else on the thread loved them

I thought they falafel ones were very tasty too!

AllForIt

Bought a jar of grilled peppers antipasti for 99c the other day. Totally delicious.

caviardreams

LiamaDelta wrote: »

Gete thee to the credit union, then go buy the Linwoods:D

In fairness it's not that much more expensive €6 for 475g (almost double the amount of the aldi bag iirc) in Holland & Barrett (and also BOGO half price at the moment) if anyone is stuck.

gooner99

leahyl wrote: »

I thought they falafel ones were very tasty too!

Were those the frozen specially selected burgers?

donnacha

Tried the specially selected tortilla chips - manchego & green olive, best tortilla chips I've had.

Also picked up a jar of tapenade on one of those middle specials aisles. Agúpe is the brand and it's a sun-dried tomato, free feta and kalamata olive tapenade produced in Greece. Really, really good and only cost €1.49.

RhubarbCrumble

The frozen raspberries are excellent. Cheaper than Tesco and a bigger bag, but what I really liked was that it was whole raspberries to the bottom of the bag whereas the Tesco ones turned into dust.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

The pizza/pasta flour they sometimes have is really great. It's the same company that make the Cotswold Crunch flour. I was making pizza with it for a while and noticed the dough came together much easier and was far less sticky than it normally was. When it had proved it felt much softer too.
Ran out over the weekend and had to go back to the other brand I get in a health food shop and had to add a fair bit of extra flour to stop it sticking to my hands and wrists.

Youdunnit

I got some lean mince beef ,it's brutal stuff

I normally get the butcher or the svalu packet stuff will do

This takes it down to a new level , throwing the frozen one out

Odelay

Youdunnit wrote: »

I got some lean mince beef ,it's brutal stuff

I normally get the butcher or the svalu packet stuff will do

This takes it down to a new level , throwing the frozen one out

I usually find their mince to be grand. Lasts well too.

Youdunnit

Odelay wrote: »

I usually find their mince to be grand. Lasts well too.

Must be a bad batch it's dirt and I like a lot of aldi stuff

caviardreams

Odelay wrote: »

I usually find their mince to be grand. Lasts well too.

The Black Angus Lean one is good - not out of this world or anything but it's decent mince, no complaints

Youdunnit

I buy a lot of mince

Butcher and Packaged and I'm not anti aldi but I could tell it was wrong after it hit the pan

It looked like pork except it was beef mince

SozBbz

Yeah I find aldi great for mince. I've bought their standard less than 5%, their lean steak mince and their organic lean mince and have had no issues whatsoever. I've always been very happy with the standard of their product.

Youdunnit

Ok I wasn't accurate about the mince,I checked the one in the freezer

It's lean and bean mince ,mince and cooked haricot beans

It's says it's a new product on the packet,. It sucks anyhow

Looks the exact same as other pre packed minced beef,I didn't even notice it wasn't beef mince proper

ASOT

Youdunnit wrote: »

Ok I wasn't accurate about the mince,I checked the one in the freezer

It's lean and bean mince ,mince and cooked haricot beans

It's says it's a new product on the packet,. It sucks anyhow

Looks the exact same as other pre packed minced beef,I didn't even notice it wasn't beef mince proper

I got stung like that with the mince and red lentils

Youdunnit

ASOT wrote: »

I got stung like that with the mince and red lentils

In fairness it's cheaper but visually I just looked at the mince and didn't notice the description

Tasteless though in spaghetti Bolognese

n!ghtmancometh

They've switched the (lovely) little plastic packets of peeper sauce found in the meat fridge, for a manky Hartley's version which comes in a small plastic sachet. It's about 50% more watery, flavourless and not nearly as handy to heat up either.

sillysocks

n!ghtmancometh wrote: »

They've switched the (lovely) little plastic packets of peeper sauce found in the meat fridge, for a manky Hartley's version which comes in a small plastic sachet. It's about 50% more watery, flavourless and not nearly as handy to heat up either.

Is that the ones that used to be in the small rectangular containers almost like McDonalds bbq sauce etc? They were lovely, and so handy!

fin12

I got these today in Aldi. The onion and mango ones were lovely. Have to go back n get more cause I say they are a special buy.

nlrkjos

Korean hot sauce is brilliant in chicken stir fry...just ate a bowlful there, lovely.

The Cool

Think it's a recent addition - cod nuggets in the fresh fish section, delicious!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Do Aldi do frozen spinach?