Aldi... what do you recommend?

Felix Jones is God

Tried that beer before, bland enough imo, they do much nicer beers though

Rogueish

Their Specially selected roast potatoes (in a black bag) in the freezer. They are already cooked in either duck fat or goose fat (I can't remember) are absolutely yum. Last year was my first attempt at proper roast potatoes this year I'll be reaching for the Aldi bag.

Everything you could wish for crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside and a lot flavour. It got the thumbs up from three generations in our house.

ellejay

Rogueish wrote: »

Their Specially selected roast potatoes (in a black bag) in the freezer. They are already cooked in either duck fat or goose fat (I can't remember) are absolutely yum. Last year was my first attempt at proper roast potatoes this year I'll be reaching for the Aldi bag.

Everything you could wish for crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside and a lot flavour. It got the thumbs up from three generations in our house.

Do you recall how they much are please?
If they're very cheap I might try them.

Just wonder, as I really don't know why people buy any type of pre roasted potatoes.

vicwatson

ellejay wrote: »

Do you recall how they much are please?
If they're very cheap I might try them.

Just wonder, as I really don't know why people buy any type of pre roasted potatoes.

I think they were 99c last time I bought them

EDIT - They were €1.49

Slunk

The chocolate cream liquer is delicious. Also tried the specially selected potato gratin and also the frozen vegetarian meals. Tried the parsnip and nut roast. Was very tasty for a frozen vegetarian meal. Have the mushroom wellingtons in the freezer for another day.

Alf Stewart.

Slunk wrote: »

The chocolate cream liquer is delicious. Also tried the specially selected potato gratin and also the frozen vegetarian meals. Tried the parsnip and nut roast. Was very tasty for a frozen vegetarian meal. Have the mushroom wellingtons in the freezer for another day.

Must give these a go. The wife would love them

Slunk

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Must give these a go. The wife would love them

I'm not a veggie myself, the oh is. Its hard to find much decent stuff and does be very bland but this was quite tasty and I'd definatley have it again. I'll keep you updated on the mushroom wellingtons.
Also the winter berry cheesecake is vegetarian friendly. Haven't tried it but looks decent.

Tigerandahalf

The potato gratin is superb. I see it also has a Blas na hÉireann sticker on it now. Some of the Aldi prices are really good for great products.

I have been drinking the Clontarf whiskey lately. Nice on a cold night. €18 I think. A bottle of Jameson in Tesco is something close to €30.

Gloomtastic!

Sweet potato fries are gone, all gone.

Dizzyblonde

Their chicken breast kievs are excellent. Not the pressed ones, these are labelled "muscle chicken". They're full breast portions with part of the wing still attached and €3.49 for two.

Fuzzy Clam

ellejay wrote:

Do you recall how they much are please? If they're very cheap I might try them.

They're in Goose fat and they cost 1.49

Father Hernandez

The white chocolate that they have is outrageously good, nicer than most premium white chocolate bars.

Also, their home made pizza near the lasagne (also good) are fantastic too!

RhubarbCrumble

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

The potato gratin is superb. I see it also has a Blas na hÉireann sticker on it now.

It absolutely is. Don't TOUCH the Lidl one with a barge pole though. Vile. I couldn't get the Aldi one one day so picked up the Lidl one thinking they'd surely be very similar. Eh, no! The Lidl one was tasteless and hard regardless of following cooking instructions.

tayto lover

The dark wholenut chocolate is really good.

deadanonymau5

Duck Spring Rolls from their party food are lovely for 1.30 IIRC

Spanish Eyes

Feck yez. I'm starving now.

Gremlinertia

Just had the mushroom wellingtons, tenderstem broccoli on the side, bloody gorgeous definitely a handy weekday dinner..

vicwatson

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

It absolutely is. Don't TOUCH the Lidl one with a barge pole though. Vile. I couldn't get the Aldi one one day so picked up the Lidl one thinking they'd surely be very similar. Eh, no! The Lidl one was tasteless and hard regardless of following cooking instructions.

Weird that, as I thought the lidl deluxe potato gratin with emmental cheese were nice but pricey at €2.49

Faith

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Sweet potato fries are gone, all gone.

I looked for them for weeks, and they were finally in stock this week. I bought two bags . But they're irritatingly high in calories, for sweet potato fries, so I'm not sure I can justify buying them regularly as opposed to making my own. They are delish though!

Gloomtastic!

Faith wrote: »

I looked for them for weeks, and they were finally in stock this week. I bought two bags . But they're irritatingly high in calories, for sweet potato fries, so I'm not sure I can justify buying them regularly as opposed to making my own. They are delish though!

Higher in calories than normal oven chips? They're so thin and crispy, they must have some sort of coating on them.

Fuzzy Clam

Life's too short to be worrying about calories.

Faith

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Higher in calories than normal oven chips? They're so thin and crispy, they must have some sort of coating on them.

No, higher than homemade sweet potato chips .

I think they're coated with something to make them crispy alright, and plenty of fat, which would explain the deliciousness and the calories! They were quite close to some of the better ones I've had cooked in a fryer.

Zelda247

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Their chicken breast kievs are excellent. Not the pressed ones, these are labelled "muscle chicken". They're full breast portions with part of the wing still attached and €3.49 for two.

Oh I so agree these are one of my favourite Aldi products, the Lemon and Pepper version is also very nice.

Cazale

Gloomtastic! wrote:

Sweet potato fries are gone, all gone.

Asked in the Kildare store and they said they were removed to make way for Christmas stock and will be back in January.

rubadub

Faith wrote: »

No, higher than homemade sweet potato chips .

How do you figure out the calories for your ones?

They way I would properly compare is to get values for regular sweet potatoes, weigh the freshly cut chips, measure the oil you added and figure out the calories after they are cooked. They will drop in weight a lot and so be more calorie dense. To figure out the oil that has gone in I would weigh the baking dish and note it, add say 20g of oil, then after cooking if it the tray weighs 5g more then you know 15g of oil went into them.

Most frozen chips or wedges are partially cooked already, so the water weight will be lowered

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=292140335

You can see the oven baked calories increase a lot compared to the frozen calories.

whiskeyman

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

Life's too short to be worrying about calories.

But maybe that's why life's too short! :pac:



All the special xmas food that's come in is really making my weekly shopping a stressful experience!
So much choice and want to put in!
I want it all!!!

deco72

God damn Aldi and teasing us with the Sweet Potato Fries. Was wondering how long it would be till they started doing them. Got them 2 weeks in a row but then they were completely gone on Sunday this week, not even a sign with empty space. Wonder will they keep doing them??

On the bright side they brought back the chocolate puddings - By far the best desert

RhubarbCrumble

A friend has just posted on Facebook. Just back from Aldi and he purchased salted caramel mince pies and chocolate orange mince pies! Has anyone tasted these wonders? I know where I'm going tomorrow anyway.

caviardreams

Faith wrote: »

No, higher than homemade sweet potato chips .

I think they're coated with something to make them crispy alright, and plenty of fat, which would explain the deliciousness and the calories! They were quite close to some of the better ones I've had cooked in a fryer.

Anyone know how the calories compare to the Strong Roots ones (140 kcal per 100g)?

Cazale

deco72 wrote:

God damn Aldi and teasing us with the Sweet Potato Fries. Was wondering how long it would be till they started doing them. Got them 2 weeks in a row but then they were completely gone on Sunday this week, not even a sign with empty space. Wonder will they keep doing them??

Back after Christmas.