ALDI SUPER 6 - Now starts Thursdays UPDATED

Dia1988

vicwatson wrote: »

^^^^

Good super 6 that. Great stuff there for salads, chicken and ham salads, nice, just need some nice weather now :rolleyes:

Those tomatoes are completely tasteless even more so than other genetically modified tomotoes.

Then again for 5 cent a tomato including taxes and delivery how can they be?

vicwatson

^^^

Now you got it

but if you use your imagination and throw in an onion, veg stock, salt, black pepper, balsamic vinegar, fresh basil and passata and cook down for 20 mins and blend you have a very delicious, healthy, cheap tomato soup,.

all ya gotta do is pimp the tomatoes, they are even more nourishing when cooked, all that lycopene.

Black_Knight

Dia1988 wrote: »

Those tomatoes are completely tasteless even more so than other organically modified tomotoes.

Then again for 5 cent a tomato including taxes and delivery how can they be?

We use them to make tomato chili jam.

1kg tomatos - aldi super 6
A hanabanero chili at least - aldi
3-4 tablespoons of fish sauce - cheap in the asian market
150ml red wine vinegar - anywhere
3-4 garlic cloves - aldi/asian market
1-2 inch of ginger - aldi/asian market
~200g of sugar - Aldi (most recipes say at least double this, but we never thought it needed it)
~4 jars

Chop tomatos (I chop them in half, and then that half into 9) and put them in a large enough pot
Blend the chilis, fish sauce, pealed garlic and pealed ginger(use a spoon to peal the ginger)
Add the blended paste to the pot
Add the sugar
Add the red wine vinegar
Mix it all up and put it on a 4 heat with the lid off, That'll start to bubble up after a while, so stir it every now and again. The less sugar we put in means it'll take longer to reduce, but usually we have it bubbling for a good 90 minutes or so. Basically, until its think enough to not be watery.

Steralise your jars and store it. I usually make these is much larger batches. Usually 5-6 tomato trays (~1400g).

total former

Dia1988 wrote: »

Those tomatoes are completely tasteless even more so than other organically modified tomotoes.

Then again for 5 cent a tomato including taxes and delivery how can they be?

What does "organically modified" mean?

brian_t

unkel wrote: »

except when they have baby roosters

Tesco have 1kg of Roosters for 49c at the moment.

Thargor

anyone know which of the Aldi spuds I should be looking at for homemade chips?

styron

Thargor wrote: »

anyone know which of the Aldi spuds I should be looking at for homemade chips?

Probably the Kerr's Pink - the only Maris Piper's I've seen or tried there is the 'Specially Select' chunky oven chip.

Thargor

Thanks, dont think Ive seen Kerrs pinks in there though? Always seems to be roosters or whites, both of which dont make for great chips...

wonski

Thargor wrote:

Thanks, dont think Ive seen Kerrs pinks in there though? Always seems to be roosters or whites, both of which dont make for great chips...

Pinks are available in Aldi. Never part of the super 6, though.

LJ3103

Whites is not the variety, aldi use this as a generic term. You need to look at the bag and see what the variety is. A few weeks back when the had the 1kg of white potatoes as part of the super 6 the variety was in fact Maris pipers.

leck

LJ3103 wrote: »

Whites is not the variety, aldi use this as a generic term. You need to look at the bag and see what the variety is. A few weeks back when the had the 1kg of white potatoes as part of the super 6 the variety was in fact Maris pipers.

Is the variety usually printed on the bag? or do they use a code? I wouldn't know what Maris Pipers looked like.

LJ3103

leck wrote: »

Is the variety usually printed on the bag? or do they use a code? I wouldn't know what Maris Pipers looked like.

Yes it's printed on it, bottom right hand corner there is a square with supplier codes and variety given

byte

LJ3103 wrote: »

Whites is not the variety, aldi use this as a generic term. You need to look at the bag and see what the variety is. A few weeks back when the had the 1kg of white potatoes as part of the super 6 the variety was in fact Maris pipers.

Yeah, true. Locally too, Aldi had Maris Piper "whites" as well as the rather poor Cultra variety.

Sadly, it's the Cultra ones that seem to crop up the most.

LJ3103

Maris pipers are generally more expensive than other varieties and I find that when Aldi has them they are not of the same grade say as marks and Spencer's ones

I think the key to cooking mist of the cheap potatoes is to peel them and steam them, take a little longer to cook but the don't go to mush

vicwatson

Jaysus, food and drink thread =>

Banjo String

The peppered sirloins on sale at the minute are delicious. The ones I got yesterday were about two inches thick!

Had them with a baked potato, sauteed mushroom, onion and peas with peppered sauce.

Thargor

I didnt see them, how much are they?

Banjo String

Thargor wrote: »

I didnt see them, how much are they?

€6 for two. (I think)

I only ate one yesterday, and it honestly was more than enough.

The wife, God bless her, a vegetarian, had a nut cutlet

More meaty goodness for banjo this evening!

unkel

New offers:

Iceberg Lettuce (didn't see any in Fonthill just now), cooked beetroot, scallions, salad potatoes (very small bag), cucumber, 6 pack tomatoes - 29c

Round roast (well over 1kg, picked up a decent looking joint, they had plenty in Fonthill), Pork joint, large pack chicken breast, large chicken, lamb steaks - €6

If you get the lettuce, cucumber, scallion and tomatoes and make your own olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, mustard, honey, pepper and salt dressing, like I do, you'd make a very large family salad for just over one euro. That's good going!!!

snubbleste

unkel wrote: »

If you get the lettuce, cucumber, scallion and tomatoes and make your own olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, mustard, honey, pepper and salt dressing, like I do, you'd make a very large family salad for just over €1. That's good going!!!

So how much do those cost eh?

Lissavane

firestarter51 wrote: »

Take that to the dunnes thread


This way http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057433258/1/#post95560526

Some posters seem persistently determined to undermine this Aldi Super 6 thread. Pity.

unkel

snubbleste wrote: »

So how much do those cost eh?

For a large family salad? About 30c I estimate (if you like lots of dressing on your salad, like I do). So 29c + 29c + 29c + 29c + 30c = €1.46 including all ingredients. Enough for a side salad for 6-8 people, or about 20c per person.

brian_t

unkel wrote: »

New offers:

Iceberg Lettuce (didn't see any in Fonthill just now), cooked beetroot, scallions, salad potatoes (very small bag), cucumber, 6 pack tomatoes - 29c
!!

It's a week into their Super 6 http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95435248&postcount=870

firestarter51

unkel wrote: »

New offers:

Iceberg Lettuce (didn't see any in Fonthill just now), cooked beetroot, scallions, salad potatoes (very small bag), cucumber, 6 pack tomatoes - 29c

Round roast (well over 1kg, picked up a decent looking joint, they had plenty in Fonthill), Pork joint, large pack chicken breast, large chicken, lamb steaks - €6

If you get the lettuce, cucumber, scallion and tomatoes and make your own olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, mustard, honey, pepper and salt dressing, like I do, you'd make a very large family salad for just over one euro. That's good going!!!

Hasn't it been this price for the last week ?
Has in my nearest aldi

unkel

My bad! I obviously hadn't been in an Aldi for over a week - the offer looked fresh to me, pardon the punch

brian_t

Super 6 from Thursday 28th May until Wed 10th June

Aubergine each
Avocado 2 pack
Kiwi 6 pack
Lemons 4 pack
Cherry Tomatoes 250g
Courgettes 400g................All 39c


Premium Pork Loin Chops 650g
Angus Steak Mince 454g
Marinated Chicken Escallops 320g
2 pack Salmon Fillets 240g................All €3


Turkey Joint 1kg
Angus Striploin/Ribeye 454g................All €9

vicwatson

Angus rib eye.........yesssssssss

Muahahaha

That Super 6 gives a great excuse to fire up the BBQ, rib eye steaks, steak mince to make burgers and then a side of aubergine, courgettes and cherry tomatoes on skewers and grilled, delish=)

rob316

Savage them ribeye steaks are so good.

Thargor

I prefer the €3 striploin they do personally, maybe I was raised on cheaper cuts of meat but they turn out spectacular for me with a load of onions and mushrooms, found the rib eyes a bit small and a bit meh.