Aldi... what do you recommend?

Galwayguy35

Bought a car jack there this morning for €24.99, looks like a fairly decent one.

donegal_man

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Bought a car jack there this morning for €24.99, looks like a fairly decent one.

Long slow cooking required and a decent wine to bring out the flavour.

odyssey06

The bake at home wholemeal rolls are great for the store cupboard... especially with storms and illnesses at this time of year if you may not get to the shops.

You get that warm break apart in your hands bread hit.

odyssey06

The Ardennes pate is lovely, more rustic than the usual fare and comes in a handy tub.
But don't eat for supper unless you're doing a dream study, not sure what the trigger is !

Galwayguy35

donegal_man wrote: »

Long slow cooking required and a decent wine to bring out the flavour.

It made a grand Sunday dinner all right!

McMurphy

These lads are only absolutely savage.



Quite possibly the nicest chocolate biscuit they sell. Very easy to eat a whole pack in one sitting.



Apparently.

Lady Haywire

^ I kept reading that as Chocolate Enro-bed & was wondering what this new fancy type of biscuit was!

snowgal

Lady Haywire wrote: »

^ I kept reading that as Chocolate Enro-bed & was wondering what this new fancy type of biscuit was!

Omg me too! But worse, I saw you comment and still didn’t get it, until I read it over and over, ffs duh!!

Buddy97mm

The Aldi Ballyvourney black and white pudding is superb. About €1.69 each, dear compared to their own brand, but this is possibly the best pudding I have ever tasted, surpassing Clonakilty by a distance.

donegal_man

Had one of the "no chicken" burgers last night, not good. The vegan "plant menu" sausage rolls on the other hand very nice.

AustinLostin

donegal_man wrote: »

Had one of the "no chicken" burgers last night, not good. The vegan "plant menu" sausage rolls on the other hand very nice.

Good to know, their frozen vegan meals seems to have really expanded but was waiting to see what people thought was worth buying or not

Space Dog

donegal_man wrote: »

Had one of the "no chicken" burgers last night, not good. The vegan "plant menu" sausage rolls on the other hand very nice.

I thought the vegan sausage rolls were crap tbh, the ones you get in Londis or Applegreen are far nicer.

Muahahaha

Had a bar of their Dairy Milk imitation 'Dairyfine' for the first time in a couple of years. Have they changed the recipe? It was awful stuff and far from what it used to be, it tasted of raw flour to me.

vicwatson

Small sachets of peppercorn sauce for 89c are delicious, great over a steak

yogibear77

The smoked paprika meatballs are delish and very handy dinner

bassy

yogibear77 wrote: »

The smoked paprika meatballs are delish and very handy dinner

have you a picture ?

yogibear77

No sorry had them last night, they have been in with the super 6 meats for the last few weeks in my local aldi.

Ryath

Just had these pizza base's Looks like they were in last year on the trial for Irish producers, missed them then hopefully they're back permanently. Were quite good passata, chorizo and some mozzerella really quick emergency dinner. Would like if they were a little bigger.

freshpopcorn

AulWan wrote: »

I found the bacon on mine was perfectly fine, and I added more.

As promised above,

Has anybody seen these in stock? I've been looking for them for the last few weeks and there's no sign of them.

Cheshire Cat

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Has anybody seen these in stock? I've been looking for them for the last few weeks and there's no sign of them.

No sign of them in any Aldi store in Galway City.

Ryath

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Has anybody seen these in stock? I've been looking for them for the last few weeks and there's no sign of them.

They're not with the bacon and rashers, they're in the ready lunch, sambo's and salad fridge. Pretty sure I saw them last week. Haven't tried them yet, buying the streaky rashers is much better value!

freshpopcorn

Cheshire Cat wrote: »

No sign of them in any Aldi store in Galway City.

I've tried places in Cork and there's no sign of them!

Ryath wrote: »

They're not with the bacon and rashers, they're in the ready lunch, sambo's and salad fridge. Pretty sure I saw them last week. Haven't tried them yet, buying the streaky rashers is much better value!

I tried there as well but had no look staff didn't seem to have a clue about them.
I get similar at a deli counter. One place is good value and the other is very expensive.

.red.

vicwatson wrote: »

Small sachets of peppercorn sauce for 89c are delicious, great over a steak

We thought it was awful, very strange aftertaste from it.

caviardreams

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Has anybody seen these in stock? I've been looking for them for the last few weeks and there's no sign of them.

Yes, they are with the cold meat - beside the turkey breast slices in my Aldi (top shelf)

yogibear77

Ryath wrote: »

Just had these pizza base's Looks like they were in last year on the trial for Irish producers, missed them then hopefully they're back permanently. Were quite good passata, chorizo and some mozzerella really quick emergency dinner. Would like if they were a little bigger.

The first time I got these the were lovely, second time they were awful. The centre was rolled to thin so it disintegrated when I cut it and the edge was so thick I didn't even after I left it in longer than stated, was still raw

Muahahaha

McMurphy wrote: »

These lads are only absolutely savage.



Quite possibly the nicest chocolate biscuit they sell. Very easy to eat a whole pack in one sitting.



Apparently.

Got these a few days back and they are pretty savage. But thought that only 6 in a packet for 1.99 was a bit scabby. Know what you mean by it being easy to eat a full pack in one sitting

Muahahaha

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Has anybody seen these in stock? I've been looking for them for the last few weeks and there's no sign of them.

In my Aldi theyve done a switcheroo on the location of that smokey bacon, it used to be on the lunch shelves beside the sambos and salads for the first few weeks. Now its been moved to the top left corner of the store, its roughly between the end of the cold meats and the start of the cheeses.

Havent bought it myself as I like their smokey streaky bacon and it is only 99c for double the quantity. Give that a brush with some maple syrup and a spinkle of brown sugar and 5-6 minutes in the airfryer and you've got delicious crispy candied bacon. Sriacha also works very well instead of maple.

AulWan

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Has anybody seen these in stock? I've been looking for them for the last few weeks and there's no sign of them.

Both stores I got them in had them with the cold cooked meats.

My latest recommendations:

Specially Selected Luxury Popcorn Extra Buttery Toffee and
Specially Selected Lemon Curd Homemade Farmhouse Yogurt (in glass jar).

The Nal

Their wine section has gone to absolute shíte.

vicwatson

Ryath wrote: »

Just had these pizza base's Looks like they were in last year on the trial for Irish producers, missed them then hopefully they're back permanently. Were quite good passata, chorizo and some mozzerella really quick emergency dinner. Would like if they were a little bigger.

These are brilliant, a little pricey at €2.69 for 2 (?) and yes I'd prefer if they made 12" ones aswell. Made in Co.Down.



Have you noticed some dark grey marbling through some of them? I imagine it's fat of some sort but wonder if it cooks out? I've searched through the box and found ones with little or no dark grey in them. Decent shelf life of about a week but can be frozen.