Aldi... what do you recommend?

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Meh, tbh it's a bit OK. Lots of filler.
Not a lover.

How did you cook them and what did you serve them with? For me, merguez is best used like chorizo or andouille and not treated like a normal pork sausage. As in, I wouldn't just cook it and eat it in its own right in a fry or with mash and gravy, if that makes sense.

I had the Mediterranean ones, fried them like a normal sausage but think they'd be nicer cooked in an oven.
Found them a bit 'meh' but my Father loved them.

The don't even look nice or appealing to me,but thats just me.

Vegan sausage rolls are not bad at all, tastes like the kind of stuffing you get in a turkey and ham carvery, nice pastry aswell.

dudara wrote: »

Bought a packet of the Whirlz ice lollies recently ad just had one now. Very tasty little things, and only 49 calls each to boot. Actually nicer than HB Twisters

The Wibbly Wobbly Wonders clones someone mentioned earlier are feckin lovely too!

There are lovely fruit splits in the freezer, too, most of the time.
Lidl and Tesco do them, too and they all seem seem to be pretty much identical. Tesco much dearer though.

Has anybody tried these?

caviardreams wrote: »

a bit pricey at 3.49 for 500g imo.

yes, a typical chipper bag is 400-460g, typical portions on supermarket stuff would be way smaller, I find most chipper ones reheat very well in the oven and in an airfryer. I often prefer them reheated/cooked in the airfryer than straight from the chipper.

caviardreams wrote: »

They look a lot more calorific than they are - 137 kcals per 100g (approx 5% fat)

The 5% is worrying, it is beef dripping which is a plus but still too low for me. In other threads I have said I hate the fact they seem to presume that if you want oven chips you want them to be low in fat -rather than convenience and wanting them to taste like deep fried ones.

mc cain gastro chips are 11.9% fat https://www.mccain.co.uk/products/chips/triple-cooked-gastro-chips/

mccain gorgeous chips with beef dripping were 12.3% fat
https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259777720

Those aldi stocked ones certainly look the part uncooked but they have a facebook page and I am not impressed with the look of them actually cooked.

Note these are the actual companies photos, which are usually suspiciously good looking.

https://www.facebook.com/wallshonestchips/?tn-str=k*F





If I got them I would be rolling them in a bit more oil, as I do with many oven chips.

Maybe it's just me, but 7 euro per kilo of chips is outrageous price, especially when I have to cook them meself. I rather go to the chippers

RobAMerc wrote: »

will the Aldi Seasoned Lamb burgers ever come back ? I normally like making this sort of stuff myself, but I couldnt get them as nice as these were.

Not sure if these are the ones you are looking for but I got Mediterranean style lamb burgers at the weekend, havent tried them yet. There was another type in the box cant remember what they were.

Had a vegan one pot Brazillian stew (in the fridge with the pre cut fruit and the sushi in my local aldi) at the weekend and it was top notch. Black bean, quinoa, cashew nut and jalapeno.

I'm not able for significant amounts of chili heat but this was just nice and warm.

I'm a meat lover but I said I'd give it a go as I do love black bean dishes.

It also has coriander leaf listed as an ingredient but at less than 1% I couldn't taste it. I despise coriander and anyone else who has the gene that makes it taste so bad will understand that it's a relevant consideration before buying anything!

They have other varieties too which I will give a shot as well. (http://www.theskinnydoll.com/2019/05/aldi-one-pots.html)

That Animus has gone up in the last while then. Was 6.49 last time I bought it! And yes, it's very nice indeed!!