What ingredient will you not cheap out on?

NIMAN · 18-10-2017 12:12PM

No.1 has to be tea for me.

Bought Lidl's own brand once, never again.

Loire · 19-10-2017 12:23PM

Lidl Deluxe organic porridge is fantastic.
Barrys Tea
Lavazza coffee
Organic milk
Cadburys Dairymilk
Free range eggs

BetsyEllen · 19-10-2017 12:28PM

Coffee
Ketchup - Heinz
Mayo - Helmans
Baked Beans - Heinz
Brown Sauce - HP
Tea Bags - Lyons or Twinings, although I recently had some Tesco ones which were fine
Eggs - Free Range, not bothered where from though

On another note, the Tesco Finest tinned whole Cherry Tomatoes are really nice

Dial Hard · 19-10-2017 12:56PM

B0jangles wrote:

I'm 90% sure aldi do an own-brand hot sauce for wings

Another update: checked these out today and they didn't have anything that seemed like it would even begin to resemble Frank's taste-wise, sadly.

autumnbelle · 19-10-2017 03:13PM

Salad cream!

Dial Hard · 19-10-2017 03:15PM

autumnbelle wrote:

Salad cream!

I'm being mildly facetious here and I don't eat either, but is salad cream not already a cheaped-out version of mayonnaise???

That was always my understanding!

Dizzyblonde · 19-10-2017 04:38PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

I'm being mildly facetious here and I don't eat either, but is salad cream not already a cheaped-out version of mayonnaise???

That was always my understanding!

They're completely different. Apparently, while mayonnaise is made with raw egg, salad cream is made with cooked egg

rubadub · 19-10-2017 08:54PM

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Apparently, while mayonnaise is made with raw egg, salad cream is made with cooked egg

I never heard of that before.

Main difference I notice is the salad cream is vinegary and has less oil and is far more runny. I usually have both in the house.

this is heinz salad cream
Ingredients

Spirit Vinegar, Water, Rapeseed Oil (22%), Sugar, Cornflour, Mustard, Pasteurised Egg Yolks (3%), Salt, Colour - Riboflavin

Heinz Mayo
Ingredients

Rapeseed Oil 68%, Water, Pasteurized Egg Yolk* 5%, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Starch, Salt, Mustard Seeds, Spices, Antioxidant (Calcium Disodium EDTA), *From Free Range Eggs

rawn · 19-10-2017 11:55PM

I'm curious - is there any actual difference between different brands of spices? Paprika, chilli powder etc. I always buy Tesco brand, they're far cheaper than Schwartz. Just wondering does anyone notice a difference in flavor? Personally I don't really notice, but then again I'm a terrible cook

Shenshen · 20-10-2017 03:42PM

rawn wrote: »

I'm curious - is there any actual difference between different brands of spices? Paprika, chilli powder etc. I always buy Tesco brand, they're far cheaper than Schwartz. Just wondering does anyone notice a difference in flavor? Personally I don't really notice, but then again I'm a terrible cook

Freshness would impact these quite a bit, so a brand that would monitor freshness might be actually giving you a better product. I usually buy most of my spices from a Pakistani shop, as I find they just pack more of a punch.
Also, I remember that a friend once rang Suprevalu to check if their curry powder was gluten free and was told it wasn't. To me, that says it's stretched with something that really should not be in a curry powder mix...

LirW · 20-10-2017 03:52PM

Or Asian food shops, they have amazing spices too. Good value for money.
I see no difference though between the Schwartz and Tesco ones.

ellejay · 20-10-2017 04:18PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

I'm being mildly facetious here and I don't eat either, but is salad cream not already a cheaped-out version of mayonnaise???

That was always my understanding!

I've heard it called poor man's mayonnaise alright!!
David Gower on a quiz show once asked what was salad cream, "poor man's mayonnaise" was the reply!!! - About twenty years ago.

dartboardio · 08-11-2017 01:11AM

I'll use any oil, though that branded 'Crisp n Dry' one that's around years tastes that bit better for chips!

Do go out of my way to buy 'Chef' ketchup if I see a deal, though the Aldi one still does the trick.

I find Aldis food really good quality though

eurasian · 08-11-2017 01:15AM

Garlic.
Also real tasty bread from a bakery, meat, butter (hate spreads, i like real butter, don't mind it being stone-hard in the fridge), juices.

tringle · 10-11-2017 09:11PM

OK not a food but matches. Lidl matches are crap, and other own brand are pretty crap to.

Gloomtastic! · 10-11-2017 09:37PM

tringle wrote: »

OK not a food but matches. Lidl matches are crap, and other own brand are pretty crap to.

Hmmm, I wouldn’t know what brand to buy if I was looking for a good match! Maybe it’s because I don’t smoke anymore so have no real need to buy them - except for the extra long ones for Mrs G!’s candles. Is it still Maguire & Paterson?

sdanseo · 11-11-2017 12:07AM

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Meat and dairy products.

Meat yes. I've had friends tell me Lidl and Aldi stuff is grand, but from my limited experience of trying it I can't agree. Always looks pale and water-enlarged. Exception being Aldi steaks.

Dairy though I'm not as fussy. I know from working in grocery that the same milk is in the own brand bottles as the Avonmore ones, often from the same farms. Cheeses and yoghurts are a different story but for Milk and Cream and bog standard stuff own brand is fine. Lidl and Aldi wouldn't be included when I mention own brand as they seem to source a lot of their dairy from NI.

What ingredient will you not cheap out on?

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