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Aldi... what do you recommend?

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    #4442
    B0jangles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,951 ✭✭✭B0jangles


    Lidk UK have an own-brand pomegratate juice drink but I have never noticed if it is stocked here.

    https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Products.htm?articleId=5658


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    #4443
    weetiepie
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭weetiepie


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Why?

    Because I'm trying to avoid foods that contain palm oil?


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    #4444
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    weetiepie wrote: »
    Because I'm trying to avoid foods that contain palm oil?

    So am I totally. No way any palm oil will enter my home.

    I am doing this for the orang utans.

    Utterly lovely creatures and soon the only ones left will be in zoos.


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    #4445
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    is that ban of palm oil going to extend to driving or being a passenger in a diesel car?

    https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/biofuels/why-palm-oil-biodiesel-bad?gclid=CjwKCAiA0ajgBRA4EiwA9gFOR1hPwdy7Xp8MweY5yhFzpvIJqp45hpCrrYUwvUqYkiS6tAPQzbiUcxoC3hsQAvD_BwE


    It's good to care about the environment but we are all caught in a giant spiders web of disinformation. Buy locally grown fresh food, think of food miles, buy little or no processed factory food and your body and the planet will be grateful.I think we are all in for a shock if we are to go carbon neutral.


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    #4446
    sillysocks
    Registered Users Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭sillysocks


    The chocolate orange honeycomb they have in the Christmas range is gorgeous! The Prosecco marshmallows aren’t nice though.


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    #4447
    Enrico Palazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭Enrico Palazzo


    sillysocks wrote: »
    The chocolate orange honeycomb they have in the Christmas range is gorgeous! The Prosecco marshmallows aren’t nice though.
    Those marshmallows shouldn't be in the specially selected range in the first place, as their main ingredient is glucose-fructose syrup instead of sugar.


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    #4448
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    I am rarely near an ALDI but last week so enjoyed a triple club sandwich... a rare treat..

    Also they had sweet potatoes on special at 49 cents. One huge one; weighs 1 kg 600 gms... It is sitting here next to the pumpkin I bought in October! Who needs Christmas decorations? ;)


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    #4449
    2013Lara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭2013Lara


    sillysocks wrote: »
    The chocolate orange honeycomb they have in the Christmas range is gorgeous! The Prosecco marshmallows aren’t nice though.

    Looks amazing. Saw they have a prosecco honeycomb too. Not buying it until Christmas week so I don't eat too much of it


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    #4450
    treenytru
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭treenytru


    Thargor wrote: »
    Anyone know if I can get pomegranate juice in Aldi or Lidl?

    Not sure if it helps but I saw some in Tesco the other day...think it was around 1.39 for a litre.


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    #4451
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,958 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    Anybody know if Aldi (or Lidl) do a Kahlua/Tia Maria clone? Cheers.


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    #4452
    sillysocks
    Registered Users Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭sillysocks


    2013Lara wrote: »
    Looks amazing. Saw they have a prosecco honeycomb too. Not buying it until Christmas week so I don't eat too much of it

    Didn’t try the Prosecco honeycomb after the Prosecco marshmallows were awful.
    Definitely recommend the choc orange honeycomb though, lovely big pieces of honeycomb and each one is half dipped in chocolate, mmmmmmm


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    #4453
    Enrico Palazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭Enrico Palazzo


    thesandeman wrote: »
    Anybody know if Aldi (or Lidl) do a Kahlua/Tia Maria clone? Cheers.
    Not regularly, I believe, but Lidl have a coffee liqueur on offer right now, priced around 10 euro for a 500ml bottle. Sorry, can't remember its name.
    EDIT: not so sure, it may have actually been in Aldi. It was on a wooden shelf with special offers in the middle of the alley with alcohols.


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    #4454
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    thesandeman wrote: »
    Anybody know if Aldi (or Lidl) do a Kahlua/Tia Maria clone? Cheers.

    kahlua is 18euro in tesco at the moment. There are 10euro off a spend of 45 at the moment in papers, and when you use it you will get 1 or 2 of the same vouchers back with your receipt. This equates to 22% off. so it is like the bottle is 14euro, and is 700ml, so 10euro per 500ml.

    Some of the own brand knock offs are lower in alcohol and in smaller bottles, so factor it in. Not sure if they have weaker or stronger flavour too.

    Tia maria is 20 in tesco.


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    #4455
    B0jangles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,951 ✭✭✭B0jangles


    Thargor wrote: »
    Anyone know if I can get pomegranate juice in Aldi or Lidl?


    FYI I saw 1 litre bottles of 'pomegranate juice drink' in the drinks chiller cabinet in Tesco for 1.49 today and remembered that someone, somewhere was looking for it.


    Only remembered it was a boardsie just now :o


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    #4456
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,832 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    is that ban of palm oil going to extend to driving or being a passenger in a diesel car?

    https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/biofuels/why-palm-oil-biodiesel-bad?gclid=CjwKCAiA0ajgBRA4EiwA9gFOR1hPwdy7Xp8MweY5yhFzpvIJqp45hpCrrYUwvUqYkiS6tAPQzbiUcxoC3hsQAvD_BwE
    .

    Irish refined B7 is made using commercial waste cooking oil; similarly E5 petrol here is made using waste from commercial cheese production.

    About 60% of all fuel used here is refined here and uses the domestic sources for its bio elements.

    The US grows grains for their ethanol elements in E5 and its questionable whether its worse for the environment or not.


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    #4457
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    L1011 wrote: »
    Irish refined B7 is made using commercial waste cooking oil; similarly E5 petrol here is made using waste from commercial cheese production.

    About 60% of all fuel used here is refined here and uses the domestic sources for its bio elements.

    The US grows grains for their ethanol elements in E5 and its questionable whether its worse for the environment or not.

    I have serious concerns how proposals to increase the amount of waste cooking oil in diesels will help environmental concerns tbh

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057929647/1


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    #4458
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Mod note: Just a gentle reminder - this is a thread about product recommendations, not about the environment or anything else. There are plenty of other places on boards for those discussions, so let’s try and keep this thread on-topic. Thanks!


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    #4459
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,958 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    Enrico Palazzo wrote: »
    Not regularly, I believe, but Lidl have a coffee liqueur on offer right now, priced around 10 euro for a 500ml bottle. Sorry, can't remember its name.
    EDIT: not so sure, it may have actually been in Aldi. It was on a wooden shelf with special offers in the middle of the alley with alcohols.

    Cheers. I'll check both out tomorrow. I only want it for my annual pints of Kahlua, Baileys and milk binge.


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    #4460
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,958 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    rubadub wrote: »
    kahlua is 18euro in tesco at the moment. There are 10euro off a spend of 45 at the moment in papers, and when you use it you will get 1 or 2 of the same vouchers back with your receipt. This equates to 22% off. so it is like the bottle is 14euro, and is 700ml, so 10euro per 500ml.

    Some of the own brand knock offs are lower in alcohol and in smaller bottles, so factor it in. Not sure if they have weaker or stronger flavour too.


    Tia maria is 20 in tesco.

    Unfortunately I live in SuperValu/Lidl/Aldi land so stuff that's not common to the three stores are usually priced at a premium.
    Having said that I got a few bottles of Gordons for €15 last week in SV so it's snakes and ladders I suppose.


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    #4461
    ellejay
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭ellejay


    I got six of the specially selected mince pies.
    I haven't had a mince pie in years but I thought they were very nice.
    Good portion of filling and pastry not too crumbly.
    I'm not sure if that's how they're meant to taste but very tasty!


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    #4462
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    ellejay wrote: »
    I got six of the specially selected mince pies.
    I haven't had a mince pie in years but I thought they were very nice.
    Good portion of filling and pastry not too crumbly.
    I'm not sure if that's how they're meant to taste but very tasty!

    I had the Specially Selected All Butter ones and they were really good. Probably the nicest shop bought ones I've had this year.


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    #4463
    2013Lara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭2013Lara


    Loving the new flatbread pizzas. There's a chicken and mango and a meaty one with bbq sauce, really tasty.


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    #4464
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    I love Aldi and i can do a decent shop as well.The steak is the nicest i have tasted anywhere.

    I got a few bits in Supervalu the other day.30 euro for half a bag.I was raging.I got loads of stuff in Aldi for that today.


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    #4465
    The Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭The Cool


    Agreed on the specially selected mince pies, nicest I've tried so far this year!


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    #4466
    ellejay
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭ellejay


    dubstarr wrote: »
    I love Aldi and i can do a decent shop as well.The steak is the nicest i have tasted anywhere.

    I got a few bits in Supervalu the other day.30 euro for half a bag.I was raging.I got loads of stuff in Aldi for that today.

    I'd a sirloin last night from Aldi 2.99!!
    It was really gorgeous.

    About 4 weeks ago I'd to bring sirloins back to Supervalu they were so fatty and sinewy couldn't eat them.


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    #4467
    .red.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,338 ✭✭✭.red.


    The roll out pizza bases in the fridge are lovely.
    Can of tomatoes blended, bit of mozzarella cheese and whatever takes your fancy.
    We usually get a takeaway on a Sunday but the kids have asked for "homemade" pizza for the last 2 weeks.
    They have a sliced chicken breast in the fridge with some Chinese spice coating, it goes very well on the pizza with a bit of pepperoni.


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    #4468
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,615 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    2013Lara wrote: »
    Loving the new flatbread pizzas. There's a chicken and mango and a meaty one with bbq sauce, really tasty.

    Mango on a pizza? This is going to be controversial :D


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    #4469
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    Has anyone seen the Black Forest mince pies anywhere? Neither of the Limerick stores have had them for the last two weeks :(


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    #4470
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Mango on a pizza? This is going to be controversial :D

    Thought pineapple was bad:D:D


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    #4471
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,881 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Sesame seed Brioche buns finally show up in Bray, love them.


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