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Things you refuse to buy in Lidl and Aldi....

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    #662
    ellejay
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭ellejay


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Rubbish, it depends on the variety, roosters are great, and besides no one boils potatoes anymore, steaming is where it's at;)

    Actually I did try steaming them, because I couldn't get to tesco!!!!
    Also tried leaving the skin on, but alas, to no avail....!


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    #663
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Widdershins wrote: »
    For a floury potatoe they are best, I'm told, but they can go to mush at the edges and still be rock hard in the middle. It's some kind of old lady trick. Some of them don't peel them, the potatoes sort of blossom open during cooking.

    Just don't boil them, get yourself electric steamer for 20-30€ you'll never look back. Tip them into a bowl after steaming a big lump of butter in there, mash them up = best mash ever


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    #664
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    ellejay wrote: »
    Actually I did try steaming them, because I couldn't get to tesco!!!!
    Also tried leaving the skin on, but alas, to no avail....!

    Been using a steamer for 7 years and buying aldi roosters for similar time, never once gone to mush, overcooking perhaps?


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    #665
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Bubblefett wrote: »
    Milk.
    For most stuff they're grand

    What's wrong with the milk?


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    #666
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Widdershins wrote: »
    For a floury potatoe they are best, I'm told, but they can go to mush at the edges and still be rock hard in the middle. It's some kind of old lady trick. Some of them don't peel them, the potatoes sort of blossom open during cooking.

    I like Maris Piper. They're very good for chips.

    Maris piper available in LIDL all the time now


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    #667
    Widdershins
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Maris piper available in LIDL all the time now

    And not in my nearest Tesco. I'm growing my own this year.


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    #668
    Geuze
    Registered Users Posts: 13,110 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    mansize wrote: »
    Lidl milk has the farmed in ROI seal on it.

    Lidl milk in cartons is RoI, in jugs its NI.


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    #669
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    Cosmetics, deodorants, beans and peas. Kitchen roll. Toilet roll, cheap toothpaste.


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    #670
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Widdershins wrote: »
    And not in my nearest Tesco. I'm growing my own this year.

    The local greengrocer here always has excellent Maris Pipers. The best spuds for chips .


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    #671
    ellejay
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭ellejay


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Maris piper available in LIDL all the time now

    I haven't tried potatoes from lidl or aldi in about a year so things might have changed but in fairness I shouldn't have to change my cooking method to facilitate what I think is below quality potatoes.


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    #672
    elfy4eva
    Registered Users Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭elfy4eva


    Got a tin of marrowfat peas in lidl at xmas as im the only one who eats them. They were miserable.


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    #673
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    elfy4eva wrote: »
    Got a tin of marrowfat peas in lidl at xmas as im the only one who eats them. They were miserable.

    They're inedible and the beans are the same.


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    #674
    Deer
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    Nappies. In both aldi and lidl. I've given them a try on my 3 boys over the years and each time they've gotten bad nappy rash and they leaked much quicker too. Would love if they had worked out as a much more reasonable price.

    Whoever was talking about the rooster potatoes in Aldi I also won't buy them. Something about the cooked texture I don't like, especially when you roast them.

    Won't buy meat in either shop. Actually won't buy meat in any supermarket - butchers all the way.


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    #675
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,099 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Rubbish, it depends on the variety, roosters are great, and besides no one boils potatoes anymore, steaming is where it's at;)
    Yeah, the ones I often see in Aldi are odd varieties like Cultra and Maritima. Particularly when on special offer, it's these.

    Though Aldi do have Roosters usually, which are considerably better. Seldom do they have the good ol' Maris Piper.


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    #676
    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    the tesco coffee isn't great, I find Aldi food lovely! Lidl is another story I'm not a huge fan, but you can't really go wrong with fruit and veg anywhere, the sweets in lidl are good as is the bakery!

    Aldi wins though I genuinely like all the food from Aldi.


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    #677
    Blackjack
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Blackjack


    Generally find the stuff in Lidl and Aldi to be much of a muchness when compared to each other, and in the main as good if not better in terms of quality as the main brands. Almost always both are cheaper than the rest.

    The Lidl Crafty brewing company beers are as good as you'll get anywhere. The Aldi O'Shea's stuff is not as good. Still drinkable mind.

    Certain things are better in one over the other - I prefer the bread from Aldi, at least the selection is better.
    Chocolate in Lidl is far better though.

    things I don't buy their own branded stuff of:
    Cheese in Lidl - it's all UK - I prefer to spend my money supporting Irish Produce where its warranted. If meat or dairy has the UK, GB or NI producer label, I tend to seek an Irish alternative.

    Washing up liquid - fairy all the way.

    Tea - I'm strictly a Barry's Tea man, though I'll admit if you were to give me a taste test I probably would not be able to tell the difference.

    Beans.

    Fizzy drinks. I tend to avoid these anyway so if I do go for them I'll stick with the branded liquidised sugar with bubbles. For no particular reason other than I don't buy these when doing the grocery shopping anyway.


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    #678
    vicwatson
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    ellejay wrote: »
    I haven't tried potatoes from lidl or aldi in about a year so things might have changed but in fairness I shouldn't have to change my cooking method to facilitate what I think is below quality potatoes.

    You should if you are cooking the bejaysus out of them;)


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    #679
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    They're inedible and the beans are the same.

    Beans from aldi 39c are ggrreeat


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    #680
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    byte wrote: »
    Yeah, the ones I often see in Aldi are odd varieties like Cultra and Maritima. Particularly when on special offer, it's these.

    Though Aldi do have Roosters usually, which are considerably better. Seldom do they have the good ol' Maris Piper.

    Yeh cultra and maritima, ****e for boiling but actually not bad baked.;)


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    #681
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Blackjack wrote: »


    things I don't buy their own branded stuff of:
    Cheese in Lidl - it's all UK - I prefer to spend my money supporting Irish Produce where its warranted. If meat or dairy has the UK, GB or NI producer label, I tend to seek an Irish alternative.
    .

    Are you sure about this? By far the majority of Irish produced cheese is PACKED in U.K. and that's why it has a uk stamp, nothing to do with the country of origin. Nothing.


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    #682
    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    ellejay wrote: »
    Actually I did try steaming them, because I couldn't get to tesco!!!!
    Also tried leaving the skin on, but alas, to no avail....!

    I'll share my granny's trick here so - a drop of vinegar in the water you boil them in, and they will stay firm.


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    #683
    Blackjack
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Blackjack


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Are you sure about this? By far the majority of Irish produced cheese is PACKED in U.K. and that's why it has a uk stamp, nothing to do with the country of origin. Nothing.

    Well I have nothing else to go on to determine its origin really.


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    #684
    ellejay
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭ellejay


    vicwatson wrote: »
    You should if you are cooking the bejaysus out of them;)

    Good thing I'm not so!:)


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    #685
    ellejay
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭ellejay


    Shenshen wrote: »
    I'll share my granny's trick here so - a drop of vinegar in the water you boil them in, and they will stay firm.

    Are you mixing that up with poached eggs


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    #686
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    ellejay wrote: »
    Good thing I'm not so!:)

    You must be getting magic potatoes that only go to mush in your kitchen :eek:


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    #687
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Blackjack wrote: »
    Well I have nothing else to go on to determine its origin really.

    That might be but it doesn't mean they are selling uk cheese.


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    #688
    Blackjack
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Blackjack


    vicwatson wrote: »
    That might be but it doesn't mean they are selling uk cheese.

    I'm sure you're right.


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    #689
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Beans from aldi 39c are ggrreeat

    I was on about the Lidl ones. As for the big joke about condoms from Lidl they would be one of my favourite brands.


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    #690
    Rango555
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭Rango555


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    I was on about the Lidl ones. As for the big joke about condoms from Lidl they would be one of my favourite brands.

    Which flavour do you prefer?


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    #691
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Geuze wrote: »
    Lidl milk in cartons is RoI, in jugs its NI.

    Ah, I only buy the cartons


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