Lidl - recommendations

Gremlinertia

prodsc wrote: »

Beer Battered Onion Rings are back!

Are they deep fry or can they be oven cooked?.

Baggly

They are oven cooked. If you leave them on for an extra 5 mins they are just the right mix of crunchy and tasty.

Actually im not sure if you can deep fry them i didnt look to see.

prodsc

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Are they deep fry or can they be oven cooked?.

You can oven cook or deep fry.

Thargor

They are perfect out of an airfryer, Id say deep frying them again wouldnt be the healthiest option...

Thargor

Not food related but does anyone know if those rechargeable batteries are in Lidl all year round or do I have to wait for them to come up in offers?

patspost

Rechargeable batteries are specials im afraid.
you could be luck and find a few from when they were last in.
don't know when that was.

tringle

Christmas boxes of branded sweets in now, Heros Roses etc. Under a fiver. Ive a few stashed away already.

vicwatson

tringle wrote: »

Christmas boxes of branded sweets in now, Heros Roses etc. Under a fiver. Ive a few stashed away already.

In for the last few weeks. €4.90 a tub

_Godot_

How big are they?

Patsy167

_Godot_ wrote: »

How big are they?

Same as these - https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/SpecialOffers/SpecialOfferDetail/Default.aspx?promoId=R32914599

EverythingGood

See Aldi have started a 50% off weekend special!

prodsc

EverythingGood wrote: »

See Aldi have started a 50% off weekend special!

They have a new Amazing 6 that lasts for 2 weeks. Do you have a link to the weekend offers?

Colonel Claptrap

Lidl Nasi Goreng is fantastic.

I fry it up with chinese five spice, chopped garlic, soy sauce, teriaki sauce, spring onion, and prawns.

HeidiHeidi

The Christmas stuff is in (booo!), and the Marzipan Logs are back (hurray!!!)

All's well with the world ..... well, nearly......

Esse85

When did the avocados increase so much?
Nearly a €1 each now.

They recently only cost €0.69c

leahyl

Esse85 wrote: »

When did the avocados increase so much?
Nearly a €1 each now.

They recently only cost €0.69c

Noticed this too!! It was the same last year - not sure what time of the year, where they suddenly increased in price. Got a big shock when I went to Lidl on Sunday and saw that they had gone up by 20cent to 89cent!

Dave_The_Sheep

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

So I read on Reddit that Lidl's Toffee Yum Yums are the stuff dreams (and heart attacks) are made of. Can anyone comment? My one never seems to have any when I'm in there.

So I finally managed to snaffle some of these this morning.

I can see why people like them, they certainly are sweet. Possibly too sweet for me though. I couldn't eat more than one at a go.

Gremlinertia

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

So I finally managed to snaffle some of these this morning.

I can see why people like them, they certainly are sweet. Possibly too sweet for me though. I couldn't eat more than one at a go.

They are teeth wateringly sweet, we got them most weeks for a while there, had enough after a while but we'll be back..

Toulouse

Picked up the Deluxe ‘Amazonas’ dark hot chocolate yesterday. I’m always on the look out for a nice one. Has anyone else tried it?

Toulouse

Toulouse wrote: »

Picked up the Deluxe ‘Amazonas’ dark hot chocolate yesterday. I’m always on the look out for a nice one. Has anyone else tried it?

Didn’t read the label properly, it’s dark chocolate chips. I could have just bought a bar of 60% dark chocolate and done the same thing. I am now however the proud owner of the worlds smallest whisk which comes in the tub as well

igCorcaigh

The Sicillian lemonade... Just a bit too sweet for me and missing the tang. But otherwise not bad.

I picked up a pack of their sauteed potatoes with bacon. They're vacuum packed. You heat them in the microwave for one minute and then saute them in a little oil on a medium heat in a pan. The result is lovely tender crispy German potatoes like you get at a Christmas market with a bratwurst.

igCorcaigh

Mystery Egg wrote: »

I picked up a pack of their sauteed potatoes with bacon. They're vacuum packed. You heat them in the microwave for one minute and then saute them in a little oil on a medium heat in a pan. The result is lovely tender crispy German potatoes like you get at a Christmas market with a bratwurst.

I buy them all the time, really handy!

There is also a herbed oil version which i haven't yet tried.

Gremlinertia

Mystery Egg wrote: »

I picked up a pack of their sauteed potatoes with bacon. They're vacuum packed. You heat them in the microwave for one minute and then saute them in a little oil on a medium heat in a pan. The result is lovely tender crispy German potatoes like you get at a Christmas market with a bratwurst.

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I buy them all the time, really handy!

There is also a herbed oil version which i haven't yet tried.

How have i never spotted these, top of the list next time, thank you both!.

igCorcaigh

The Vietnamese hot and sour soup is a delicious broth..

There are veggies and tofu there too, but i think removing those would give a delicious broth base for other meals.

Really recommend this.

Thargor

The Heinz Turkish Garlic sauce is back for €1.50, pallets of the stuff in there so it must be popular, although you could have had it for that price in Tesco and others all along aswell, it really is the king of non-homemade garlic sauces, I use it with about 50% normal mayo to make the tuna for my tuna melt ciabattas and tuna salads aswell as on chips.

Thargor

They have 6 garlic and coriander naan breads in a vacuum pack over with the bread aswell, they're small so Id have 3 at a time per curry. You can throw them in an airfryer and they're freshly toasted in about 5-6 minutes, you can also toast them straight from frozen, nicest non-restaurant naans you can get.

Tipperary animal lover

igCorcaigh wrote: »

The Vietnamese hot and sour soup is a delicious broth..

There are veggies and tofu there too, but i think removing those would give a delicious broth base for other meals.

Really recommend this.

Where in store is the broth found please?

Surreptitious

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Where in store is the broth found please?

In the specials section. By the milk fridges.

Esse85

Has anyone tried the coffee beans Bellarom?
http://offers.kd2.org/en/ie/lidl/peVUh/

3 different flavours, Zambian, Colombia, Ethiopia.

Which is nicest?

Technique

I'm no coffee expert, but I believe that they're the nicest of all of the supermarket beans (and probably the cheapest).

I've tried all three and don't have a stand out favourite.

KnicksInSix

igCorcaigh wrote: »

The Vietnamese hot and sour soup is a delicious broth..

There are veggies and tofu there too, but i think removing those would give a delicious broth base for other meals.

Really recommend this.

Following your recommendation I added a few tubs to our weekly shop and used them all up already making a spin on pho and some dumpling soup. A really nice and quick base. I'll pick a few more up if they're left next week.

Marzipan logs also devoured! Any coeliacs or family of coeliacs out there, I heartily recommend both the Favorina GF Pandoro and Pannetone in the Christmas specials. Almost half the price of a brand name equivalent but still excellent! My coeliac Italian wife really loved both

Springwell

Esse85 wrote: »

Has anyone tried the coffee beans Bellarom?
http://offers.kd2.org/en/ie/lidl/peVUh/

3 different flavours, Zambian, Colombia, Ethiopia.

Which is nicest?

Ethiopia gives the best crema and body for me (Gaggia Baby machine)

caviardreams

Picked up the deluxe Xmas sourdough cod bites - very, very pricey at €4 for 210g though!

fin12

Can I buy Maxelle alkaline batteries in Lidl? Or what type of battery packs do they sell in Lidl? I got Halloween lights from lidl with the above batteries included and they are really good, just wondering r they on sale in packs?

rubadub

fin12 wrote: »

Can I buy Maxelle alkaline batteries in Lidl? Or what type of battery packs do they sell in Lidl? I got Halloween lights from lidl with the above batteries included and they are really good, just wondering r they on sale in packs?

if they are AA batteries these Ikea ones are meant to be amazing value.

https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/ladda-rechargeable-battery-70303876/

on various geeky forums they reckon they are actually rebranded high end panasonic eneloop batteries, which are extremely good.

The ikeas are not cheap at 7euro for 4 but the panasonics would be a lot more.

.red.

rubadub wrote: »

if they are AA batteries these Ikea ones are meant to be amazing value.

https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/ladda-rechargeable-battery-70303876/

on various geeky forums they reckon they are actually rebranded high end panasonic eneloop batteries, which are extremely good.

The ikeas are not cheap at 7euro for 4 but the panasonics would be a lot more.

The theory is that they are made as Eneloops but "just" fall short on testing in the factory. They are still better than most other expensive branded rechargeables.
Either way, brilliant battery that are well worth the price.

dxhound2005

.red. wrote: »

The theory is that they are made as Eneloops but "just" fall short on testing in the factory. They are still better than most other expensive branded rechargeables.
Either way, brilliant battery that are well worth the price.

Going off topic but it may be of interest. I got a good supply of the Ikea batteries and the matching charger. And a good supply of these battery converters from China. No need to buy AA or D batteries ever again. Rechargeable D batteries are very expensive. There is another version of this converter for C batteries.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4pcs-3AA-to-D-Size-Parallel-Battery-Converter-Adapter-Holder-Switcher-Case-Box/402312542350?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225076%26meid%3D35683306be5f4d49b02f3bd19553ef7f%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dco%26sd%3D184070833461%26itm%3D402312542350%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithDarwoV4BBEV2bLowerCap%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Hotblack Desiato

They weren't asking about rechargeables.

Lidl only sell Aerocell, which are crap.

positron

Esse85 wrote: »

Has anyone tried the coffee beans Bellarom?
http://offers.kd2.org/en/ie/lidl/peVUh/

3 different flavours, Zambian, Colombia, Ethiopia.

Which is nicest?

As a basic coffee drinker who doesn't know much about coffee, Ethiopia works well and tastes nice with my simple manual grinder + french press set up.

igCorcaigh

Having a glass of red wine...

South African pinotage.

€5.59 14%

Im really liking this, to be honest much more so than the two €7+ wines recently discussed on the Aldi thread.

Very rich and nice structure, not overly sweet.

Can't post a pic because the postimg site is down.

Currently eating a bit of the fin Carré milk chocolate fruit and nut. It's lovely. Tastes great for such a cheap bar.

Muahahaha

Are the beer battered onion rings available in Lidl at the moment, couldnt find them the last couple of visits

HeidiHeidi

Muahahaha wrote: »

Are the beer battered onion rings available in Lidl at the moment, couldnt find them the last couple of visits

I got some a while back, and won't be getting them again - they tasted bitter and sour, like old/stale oil had been used on them.


Very unpleasant.

Baggly

Yep they are still available. Have been buying them regularly for about a couple of months now.

Cant say i have had that experience with them - they are a big hit in our house - no bitterness or sourness detected.

caviardreams

Has anyone seen the 85% JD Gross bars lately? Even since they got the new Fair Trade 70% range in, it has disappeared and it's lovely! Nicer than the Aldi 85% imo.

Hoping it might just be a stock / seasonal issue though the shelf tag is gone :-(

Toulouse

caviardreams wrote: »

Has anyone seen the 85% JD Gross bars lately? Even since they got the new Fair Trade 70% range in, it has disappeared and it's lovely! Nicer than the Aldi 85% imo.

Hoping it might just be a stock / seasonal issue though the shelf tag is gone :-(

The 70 and 85% JD Gross bars had disappeared from my local store lately. Checked Portlaoise on Saturday and no joy but they were both back in the Ballycullen store this morning thankfully! I thought they had gotten rid of them when the fair-trade stuff came in.

fin12

I came across this page with updated dates of when middle isle products will now be on sale in store.

https://www.lidl.ie/information/product-updates

fin12

Anyone seen snowy the husky teddy in store?

tringle

Me in Lidl last Thursday

Do you have the Lidl app? Nope
Do you want a leaflet about it? No thanks
Do you want to be entered in the trolley dash? Yes please
Ok your total is xx. Thanks im paying by card
Do you want the receipt? Yes please

Given receipt and entry for trolley dash.
Get home and discover the trolley dash entry is a ticket that cost me a euro, im fuming.