Lidl - recommendations

SmallTeapot · 16-06-2021 12:18pm

AhhHere wrote: »

For fans of Reece's, the peanut butter cups are solid

I got these last night - they're delicious, much nicer than Reese's imo.

Have less ingredients, not as sweet as Reese's and the chocolate is thicker.

€1.99 for a bag of 7 large peanut butter cups

caviardreams · 16-06-2021 2:35pm

SmallTeapot wrote: »

I got these last night - they're delicious, much nicer than Reese's imo.

Have less ingredients, not as sweet as Reese's and the chocolate is thicker.

€1.99 for a bag of 7 large peanut butter cups

These are lovely - too lovely tbh, so I have to convince myself they are terrible whenever I pass them in the aisle

CornettoQueen · 16-06-2021 3:43pm

Any Lidl stocking the beer Camaro, haven't seen it in over a month.

tropics001 · 16-06-2021 5:35pm

CornettoQueen wrote: »

Any Lidl stocking the beer Camaro, haven't seen it in over a month.

bought a 6 pack in shankill today.

McMurphy · 22-06-2021 7:31am

L1011 wrote: »

Was looking for grillable meats on Saturday and they had... very little, really. The previous years BBQ product push is just not happening this year despite even more people having good home setups

Got some chipotle marinaded minute steaks that ended up tasting of nothing and the texture of shoe leather - avoid.

Wish I had of read this yesterday before I stopped in a Lidl I happened to be passing.

Bought a couple of things to grill.

Chimichurri marinated chicken thighs, they were meh.
Pork BBQ ribs. They were also meh, very tough and flavourless, despite me cooking them for almost an hour on indirect heat.

Think I'll stick to my local butcher next time, or even Aldi, as both their stuff is streets ahead of what Lidl has to offer.

Nekarsulm · 22-06-2021 10:49am

McMurphy wrote: »

Wish I had of read this yesterday before I stopped in a Lidl I happened to be passing.

Bought a couple of things to grill.

Chimichurri marinated chicken thighs, they were meh.
Pork BBQ ribs. They were also meh, very tough and flavourless, despite me cooking them for almost an hour on indirect heat.

Think I'll stick to my local butcher next time, or even Aldi, as both their stuff is streets ahead of what Lidl has to offer.

Would agree, Aldi's rib-eye steaks are nicer at the moment, and better value.
Local store reopened, thankfully.
Side ripped out to extend it.

awanderer · 30-06-2021 1:55pm

Not sure if I post at the right place.

A couple of weeks ago, I thought I had bought a jar of red cabbage from Lidl but when arriving home I realised that I had bought a jar of "braised beetroot with roasted onions" instead. It appears to be from their Polish brand. Does anyone know how I could use it?

igCorcaigh · 30-06-2021 2:33pm

awanderer wrote: »

Not sure if I post at the right place.

A couple of weeks ago, I thought I had bought a jar of red cabbage from Lidl but when arriving home I realised that I had bought a jar of "braised beetroot with roasted onions" instead. It appears to be from their Polish brand. Does anyone know how I could use it?

I had it cold, but it would be good hot. Use as a vegetable side dish, along with the rest of your meal.

Dial Hard · 30-06-2021 9:03pm

I have two major issues with Lidl's bagged salads at the moment:

1) They go bad pretty much within a day of opening them, regardless of the actual best-before date. Not sure if there's still a shortage of certain gases worldwide, because they are packaged with a specific air mix to keep them fresh.

2) The mixed ones seem to be about 70% rocket lately. Or fcuking rocket, to give it its correct name. If I wanted a bag of fcuking rocket (and I don't, I abhor the stuff) I'd just buy one, thanks very much.

Muahahaha · 05-07-2021 5:07pm

Technique wrote: »

The cans of Perlenbacher wheat beer are very nice. Good value too at €2 a can.

Had a few of these, they were decent.

Anyone know if Lidl have discontinued regular Perlenbacher lager in 500ml cans? Im not in Lidl that often but it wasnt there on the last few visits. Its still there is 6 packs of 500ml bottles alright but have they discontinued it in cans?

igCorcaigh · 18-07-2021 4:35pm

The canned aubergines, part of the Greek range, were lovely. Very soft with lots of oil. Great for this type of weather when they are warm enough to eat at room temperature.

Patsy167 · 29-07-2021 5:20pm

The new Taste of Siciliy range of special buys look good. Has anyone tried them and care to report back?

Dial Hard · 03-08-2021 5:49pm

I'm loving their new hard seltzer (well, apart from the mango one). €1.49 each and perfect for drinking on a sunny day when you don't necessarily want anything too strong.

SourSessions · 05-08-2021 9:16am

Cotton candy grapes are back in season.

Faith · 05-08-2021 3:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/115866038#Comment_115866038

Finally tried these. Definitely nicer than Reece's, but that's not hard as Reece's are vile. The Lidl ones are a bit sweet but nice enough for the odd one, IME.

Dial Hard · 09-08-2021 7:36pm

Not loving that they've started practically vacuum packing their pitta breads. They're so compressed it's basically impossible to find the pocket now. Mangled pretty much an entire packet the other day trying to open just one enough to fill it.

Gremlinertia · 09-08-2021 7:38pm

OH gets those, gives each a quick go in the microwave to decompress it

thesandeman · 10-08-2021 3:51am

For any vegetarians these are lovely. There's a couple of different versions.

Don't know if they'll be around long as they're part of the veggie week promotion. They can't be frozen but have a three week fridge date on them.

I hope pic works as I haven't posted any since the "update" .

Dial Hard · 10-08-2021 11:10am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117730016#Comment_117730016

That's what I usually do, but didn't work with these. They were like LPs, they were so flattened.

Black Sheep · 15-08-2021 2:10pm

Got a few packs of Hell Bent burgers, Irish beef with South African farmhouse style seasoning, and grilled a couple last night. They've got quite a firm texture to say the least, more like boerwors sausage in burger form than anything else. But the seasoning and taste is bang on... If you like boerwors sausage I'd say give these a whirl.

Dial Hard · 16-08-2021 3:02pm

I had the actual Boerewors for lunch. Tasty, but waaaaaaay too salty for me. I'm into my third litre of water since I ate it.

caviardreams · 22-08-2021 6:31pm

Very few of the kickstart products in my LIDL - not sure why they bother running it if they won't have the stock? Irish producers so can't be a delivery / Brexit issue surely!

igCorcaigh · 22-08-2021 7:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117789825#Comment_117789825

I didn't see any of the Mr. Curry stuff today in Cork (Cornmarket Street).

igCorcaigh · 22-08-2021 7:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117762395#Comment_117762395

Was that the ones sold as a coil? 2 per pack I think.

bonzodog2 · 22-08-2021 7:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117757504#Comment_117757504

Are these chilled or frozen? Ive been looking for them in my local lidl

Muahahaha · 22-08-2021 8:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117789825#Comment_117789825

Its the same when Aldi do their Grow promotion, they advertise about 35-40 products in the magazine but on the shelves there are barely 20 of them. Its very frustrating if there is something you wanted and its not stocked. Its also not good from the suppliers perspective either though maybe they cant make enough to supply all stores

caviardreams · 23-08-2021 8:02am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117790218#Comment_117790218

Fair point - suppliers can probably only fill half the stores supply-wise max etc even ramping up production to the max. That said, there was very little in my LIDL, like 5 or 6 products tops maybe. Hardly worth doing!

Dial Hard · 23-08-2021 11:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117790011#Comment_117790011

Yep.

Dial Hard · 23-08-2021 11:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117790133#Comment_117790133

Chilled. They sold out really quickly in my Lidl so they're probably long gone.

Black Sheep · 23-08-2021 3:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117790133#Comment_117790133

Chilled, as the poster above said.

After my initial post I went back in last Saturday and there were still some there for Lidl East Wall, if that's any use.

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