Aldi... what do you recommend?

It's that time of year when regular/low margin products start disappearing temporarily from shelves to make space for the high margin Christmas products.

I thoroughly recommend these and I thoroughly recommend ignoring the last pic 😝😝

The rechargeable soldering iron is excellent.

I am devastated! Well not really, but disappointed. Every year I look forward to the appearance of Aldi Gluten Free mince pies. This year they just came in so I bought 3 boxes - they last pretty well. They are horrible! The pastry is like cardboard. No, harder than cardboard and no more tasty. They are inedible. So I took them back and got a refund. But that doesn't get me a mince pie!

Maybe we got different batches because I did have one cold and another microwaved for 30 seconds, and they were both rock hard and unappealing. No comparison with previous years.

Yes you could, but it depends on why you don't like it that will dictate whether the sugar will make any difference.

I think that sometimes sun dried tomatoes can taste too strong, though I like them generally. Tomatoes do not need vinegar to be acid, that's why a pinch of sugar improves the taste of any kind of tinned tomatoes.

But vinegar isn't bitter. It's sour.

Has anyone tried the Street Kitchen curry kits? I've bought a Butter Chicken one, haven't got around to trying it yet. There seems to be a good selection of different ones, I hope they're good!

Tried them again as the new batch looked better. I must have got a bad batch the last time because these are fine, not a lot of filling but nice enough.

20% off the Specially Selected wines until Christmas. The Toscano Rosso Italian red for €8.79 is recommended.

https://groceries.aldi.ie/en-GB/drinks/wine/red-wine?&fn1=BrandForFacet&fv1=Specially+Selected

https://groceries.aldi.ie/en-GB/drinks/wine/white-wine?&fn1=BrandForFacet&fv1=Specially+Selected

A reminder if you are looking for a Turkey in ALDI, they aren't priced strictly by kg but by category.

So a small turkey is priced at €8.99 though they can range in size from 3kg to 3.9kg.

I have no idea what I have just eaten. They didn't have my usual pizza. I saw a limited time Carlo's Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza. I love Bacon Cheeseburgers but have no idea what was in this. Not nice & weird all rolled into one.

Duneen Kefir (it's milk based) is worth recommending. I somewhat reluctantly gave it a try recently, expecting another of those watery yogurts misleadingly sold as kefir and cunningly monetising the recent surge in popularity of kefir as a powerful probiotic. Although this one actually does come labelled "yogurt drink" it actually is a pretty decent kefir. It slightly tingles on the tongue as any real kefir does.

€1.89 for 500ml and comes in 3 flavours: natural, raspberry and lemon and I like all three. https://groceries.aldi.ie/en-GB/p-kefir-natural-live-yogurt-drink-500ml-duneen/4088600457048

That being said, if you have never tried kefir before, it's a sort of a marmite thing. ☺️

I actually had them tonight, I expected them to be like the older thigh burgers but with breast meat, I wasn't overly impressed. Didn't seem to be a proper fillet, more formed meat. For the price they were fine tho, I'd have them again.

They were lovely at the beginning but after a few months they changed and were very fatty and not as nice. Probably a different supplier and not trimmed as well before coating.

I can't believe there hasn't been a post in this thread in nearly a month!

Has anyone seen the dried mango in Aldi lately? I've tried a few shops now, and no sign - it's usually on the shelf in a box with the trail mix, and there's no sign of that either - strange if the two of them have been discontinued?

Aldi's mango was a country mile better than Lidl's, or Supervalu's which I'm currently trying and won't be trying again…..

They changed their mango chutney, don't like the new one at all!

if you like Kefir, try a polish shop. They do a lovely one and it’s 1.89 for a litre. Way nicer than the Aldi one.

If anyone was a fan of McDonalds spicy chicken nuggets, these are a decent copy, and are airfryer friendly. €2.19.

I didn't try the dips.

Lidl have introduced mini trolleys for kids now with a little flag on them. It's like being Pacman going around the shop now.