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Lidl - recommendations

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,641 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    I bought a packet last week, they are nice enough, prefer the relish ones still!

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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 562 Mod ✭✭✭✭TheKBizzle


    I got the fig rolls that were on the app. Really weird soapy taste off them. Don’t know if they changed recipe but absolutely inedible



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭AhhHere


    Have Lidl stopped stocking their decaf nespresso pods? Been months without them and tried multiple stores.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,746 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Very nice inexpensive French style saucisson in Lidl atm. Classic, hazelnut or Beaufort cheese.

    Only had the hazelnut one. It's delicious and only around €3.50



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I got this German mustard a while back (not sure if it's available now). It's very sweet, but makes for a lovely salad dressing. (I also love the label!)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭Gerlad


    As the steak thread is closed, another vote here for the Lidl aged steak. Was always a superquinn butchers counter man but tonight’s Lidl fillet was unreal


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭Juran


    I tried the Lidl Biltong today. Loved it. Great protein snack. Its around €3.50, so a bit pricey, but I will def get a few packs at my next visit. I will try a pack of their Beef Jerky as well.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭dmc17


    Anybody know if they are still selling coconut water? Haven't seen it in there in a while and the space where it used to be in the fridge seems to be taken by something else now



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I like the Glensallagh corned beef, the one sold in slices. Way better than that thin and overpriced Denny stuff. Good in a sandwich with Dijon mustard.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭Debub


    anyone ever tried any of the Pate’s in Lidl? Any good?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,343 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭Debub


    thanks - will try that, never had chicken pate before, only Duck liver or Pork



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,709 ✭✭✭Heroditas




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,343 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    I should add, their Ardennes one is decent enough for the price - pork based, more strongly flavoured than branded one such as Horgans.

    But the specially selected ones are on another level.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭Fian


    Recommendation to avoid here. I bought a punnet of nectarines last week in my local lidl. The most tasteless nectarines I have ever eaten. Had one the first day and didn't finish it. Left them to ripen a bit more and they are now soft/mushy and remain absolutely tasteless, no sweetness whatsoever. The rest of the punnet went in the bin.

    I have noticed the quality accross some products has gone downhill a bit. One onion in the net of large brown onions is always gone off/bad. I've stopped buying them and buy the small pink onions instead. I am always particularly annoyed by the onions because it is always 1 out of three onions and almost always the centre one, it is as if they are just deliberately distributing the bad ones evenly rather than discarding them.

    Overall I find the quality in lidl is great, especially the meat, but there are the odd few products to avoid.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 61,499 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Highly recommend the mini rice cakes they have at the minute, ideal for hummus/cheese/avocado or as an alternative to crisps, both the salted and the herb ones are good



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,709 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    It's a pity because the F&V was always something that they were brilliant at when they first opened here but now I'd tend to say that their pre-packaged meat is far superior to the other big supermarket brands.

    I'd still prefer the local F&V shop and butcher over all of them though but that comes at a considerable price



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I do like Lidl's on the vine tomatoes though. I just wish they brought back the loose roasted almonds... but the bagged nuts are still great value.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,709 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    Dangerous so... particularly the dry roasted ones. A particular weakness/vice of mine



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭MacDanger


    Nectarine / peach season is over for this year, I find that you get about 6-10 weeks of them being delicious during the summer and then they tail off badly



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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,746 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    On nuts: generally, their nuts are good and good value but I particularly like their really cheap salted peanuts in the mostly white bag. Way nicer than KP or the slightly more expensive ones they have in.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,140 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Salt’s not good for you though…..



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭Kat1170




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,083 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Anyone notice if Lidl have pillows and duvet covers at the moment?

    My new Lidl is half an hour away and I don't want to go walking out on a wasted journey.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭thomil


    Not right now, but they'll have bedlinen and bedsheets available from the 7th, if a quick check of the Lidl Plus app is anything to go by.

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,083 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman




  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Oh, I've never tried their dry roasted… I tend to use nuts for cooking with / meal ingredient rather than snacking. I don't snack for some reason? But maybe with a beer or wine sounds good… I'll check them out, TY!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,083 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Has anyone ever used those mattress toppers that are coming in Monday? Any good? Worth €70? Do they give a bit of extra support to the back?

    Thanks.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭SourSessions


    Mine isn't lidl but I find my topper great. It doesn't say how thick they are in the leaflet but I'd recommend 4 inches/10cm.



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