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Lidl - recommendations

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  • #152
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    They gots their German food in! We feasted on Spaetzle baked in a cheese sauce last night. Himself has gone to work with leberkaese sammidges. Highly recommend the Alpenzeller cheese and both big and baby bratwurst.

    Now all of you read this post out load with emphasis on the German words. Yell them.


  • #153
    fin12
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    The patatas Bravas were lovely with Heinze Ketchup.


  • #154
    Shenshen
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    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    They gots their German food in! We feasted on Spaetzle baked in a cheese sauce last night. Himself has gone to work with leberkaese sammidges. Highly recommend the Alpenzeller cheese and both big and baby bratwurst.

    Just checked their webiste - Spaetzle and Schupfnudeln. I'll be down there straight after work!

    Edit: And Gruener Veltliner! I'll need to stock up!


  • #155
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,251 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Cornichons ?
    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Hold tight, Miss F, they are now in stock in the Cavan Lidl. Bought a jar yesterday. :D
    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    You have made my actual week, Nekarsulm :D:D PICKLES!!!

    Are they nicer than the gherkins? Nearly twice the price!

    I miss their Stilton cheese wedges and their Woodgate cider before they ruined it and made it taste like Bulmers. :mad:


  • #156
    B0jangles
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    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    They gots their German food in! We feasted on Spaetzle baked in a cheese sauce last night. Himself has gone to work with leberkaese sammidges. Highly recommend the Alpenzeller cheese and both big and baby bratwurst.

    Just had some of the little bratwurst there for lunch with a little dab of dijon mustard - very tasty indeed, definitely would recommend.

    (These guys: http://www.lidl.ie/en/7157.htm?action=showDetail&id=45059 )


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  • #157
    Surreptitious
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    All they had left yesterday were the cheeses and some of the meats. I got Austrian Cheddar and rosemary crackers to compliment it. Hopefully it will be nice. The selection of cheeses weren't bad.


  • #158
    whiskeyman
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    Just hoovered down the curry bockwurst. Not bad for a microwave job!
    Stocked up on Spaetzle too!
    Anyone got good recipies to use it with?
    I'd a lovely creamy, cheese dish with it before in Germany


  • #159
    Shenshen
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    whiskeyman wrote: »
    Just hoovered down the curry bockwurst. Not bad for a microwave job!
    Stocked up on Spaetzle too!
    Anyone got good recipies to use it with?
    I'd a lovely creamy, cheese dish with it before in Germany

    Kaesspaetzle - couldn't be simpler.
    Slice an onion and fry in butter until it's nicely brown and a little crisp.
    Grate a generous amount of alpine cheese - Gruyere, Allgaeuer, Appenzeller, whichever you can get. I would not recommend cheddar for this, you need that strong Swiss/Austrian taste.
    Boil the Spaetzle as per instructions.

    In an overproof dish, layer spaetzle, onion and cheese, then repeat until you've all the spaetzle used up. Finish with a bit of cheese, pop in the oven until the cheese on top is browned.

    Serve with salad and pickles.


  • #160
    Lovely Bloke
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    whiskeyman wrote: »
    Just hoovered down the curry bockwurst. Not bad for a microwave job!

    very nice indeed, also got some of the Thuringen Brat, them smaller Brats and some Leberkaese for next weeks lunches

    I may be back in tomorrow


  • #161
    Reputable Rog
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    Stocked up on Belgian beers, bierwurst, currywurst, some nice tulip glasses and a Silvercrest Facial Cleansing brush for Mrs Reputable in Lidl Ballincollig. €38 for the lot, although I only actually went in to buy Cashew Nuts.


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  • #162
    deadanonymau5
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    Reputable Rog wrote: »
    Stocked up on Belgian beers, bierwurst, currywurst, some nice tulip glasses and a Silvercrest Facial Cleansing brush for Mrs Reputable in Lidl Ballincollig. €38 for the lot, although I only actually went in to buy Cashew Nuts.

    and you didn't get the cashew nuts? :D


  • #163
    deadanonymau5
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    Vegetable burgers were very nice, recommended


  • #164
    rubadub
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    deadanonymau5 wrote: »
    and you didn't get the cashew nuts? :D
    Their cashew nuts are very good, the packs, I have not tried the loose ones.

    The cheapest ones are the small ring pull tin of them, most would guess the big pack is cheapest. I put them in a jam jar once the tin is opened.


  • #165
    fin12
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    rubadub wrote: »
    Their cashew nuts are very good, the packs, I have not tried the loose ones.

    The cheapest ones are the small ring pull tin of them, most would guess the big pack is cheapest. I put them in a jam jar once the tin is opened.

    Ya the tin is the best normally but there's an xxl bag out at the moment and I think it's €2.50 so it's better value than the tin but the xxl bags are only available a few times a year.


  • #166
    vicwatson
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    rubadub wrote: »
    Their cashew nuts are very good, the packs, I have not tried the loose ones.

    The cheapest ones are the small ring pull tin of them, most would guess the big pack is cheapest. I put them in a jam jar once the tin is opened.

    Would never touch those loose nuts they have after I saw a snotty nosed kid with their hands in them one like they were playing in sand on the beach. Ugh.


  • #167
    sammysnail016
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    In order of preference what would be your top ten Lidl buys (food)


  • #168
    the beer revolu
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    sammysnail016 wrote: »
    In order of preference what would be your top ten Lidl buys (food)

    Why don't you get to ball rolling?


  • #169
    cobham
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    1 large tub of greek yogurt
    2 potato gratin in vacuum bag (long life)
    3 Fish chowder
    4 Gluten free beer when on special
    5 Formil wash powders

    Sorry bit of a struggle to make list of 10 tho would pick plenty other bits n bobs on a visit. The above would be things I would go there especially for.


  • #170
    sammysnail016
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    Oh I must try the potato gratin ~ are they tasty? I am always looking at different things to do for dinner, the imagination is dead sometimes!


  • #171
    RhubarbCrumble
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    I've got the duck breasts in the fridge for dinner later. Had them for the first time a couple of weeks ago and they were very tasty.


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  • #172
    meeeeh
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    1. Watermelon (better than Tesco or Aldi)
    2. Duck breasts
    3. Streaks on special (t bone)
    4. Deluxe or whatever it is called ham
    5. Nuts
    6. Wine
    7. Little chocolates with different percentage of cocoa
    8. Snack size ice cream lollies
    9. Big jar of anchovies when they have them
    10. Balsamic vinegar (the small bottle)


  • #173
    Surreptitious
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    Anyone try the nutty brioche bread and butter pudding that won the competition? I've been meaning to try it some time.


  • #174
    HeidiHeidi
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    Surreptitious wrote: »
    Anyone try the nutty brioche bread and butter pudding that won the competition? I've been meaning to try it some time.
    I tried it recently.

    Super-sickly-sweet stodge :eek:

    Now having said that, I don't have a massive sweet tooth, and am not a fan of bread'n'butter pudding to start with..... so what prompted me to buy it in the first place I have no idea. Maybe I was shopping while hungry. And I'm a massive fan of nuts in general.

    But even allowing for that, it was awful.


  • #175
    Surreptitious
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    Oh that's disappointing! I would imagine it's not the best for the waistline either.


  • #176
    deadanonymau5
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    Anyone try the ostrich steaks in their freezer section?


  • #177
    SB_Part2
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    Surreptitious wrote: »
    Anyone try the nutty brioche bread and butter pudding that won the competition? I've been meaning to try it some time.

    Wasn't a fan either. And I have a massive sweet tooth.


  • #178
    BoJack Horseman
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    Surreptitious wrote: »
    Anyone try the nutty brioche bread and butter pudding that won the competition? I've been meaning to try it some time.

    2 slices of bread.... Which on its own is pleasing enough.
    However, too few raisins/sultanas & the caramel is just nuts.

    Portions are small, but just as well as it is diabetic with the caramel

    I'd love a good bread & butter pud on its own without the caramel.


  • #179
    nc6000
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    Surreptitious wrote:
    Oh that's disappointing! I would imagine it's not the best for the waistline either.

    I considered picking it up once but changed my mind when I saw the calories per serving.


  • #180
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,532 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Here's a question - what's the difference between "natural yoghurt" and "Greek style natural yoghurt"? :confused:

    I was/am a fan of Lidl's four-pot packs of natural yoghurt - used to be Eridanous, but the brand now seems to have changed. Tastes exactly the same though - thick, creamy and delicious poured over fresh fruit!

    But the Eridanous one was just called natural yoghurt, this new one is now Greek style.... is that just fancy nomenclature, or is there actually any difference???


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  • #181
    Chuchote
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    I generally get vegetables in Lidl - great quality, plenty of organic, nice mix - and nuts more usually in Aldi, where they're cheaper and as good quality, and they have pecans which Lidl don't.
    Lidl's bread is stratospherically better than Aldi's.
    Used to get peanut butter in either, but both (and all supermarkets) have now changed their jars to nasty little plastic ones, so I now get the great peanut butter in the Hopsack in the Swan Centre in Rathmines and it lasts a couple of weeks.
    Lidl steaks are excellent, but so are Aldi's; Lidl's small chickens are great quality. For a while Lidl had a free range chicken that was even better, but they must have changed suppliers or something because it seems to be the same quality as the non-free-range now.
    @HeidiHeidi Greek (or 'Greek-style' yogurt is thicker. Lidl do an Irish natural yogurt that is deliciously sour; if you prefer thick yogurt with your berries or for cooking, then get the Greek-style one; the Eridanous one didn't work when I used it for cooking a dish I sometimes make with fried potatoes and onions, thickened with yogurt and spiced with turmeric, mustard seeds and chopped chillies. Normally the yogurt makes a creamy mass around the spuds; the Eridanous one just clumped.


  • #182
    HeidiHeidi
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    Chuchote wrote: »
    @HeidiHeidi Greek (or 'Greek-style' yogurt is thicker. Lidl do an Irish natural yogurt that is deliciously sour; if you prefer thick yogurt with your berries or for cooking, then get the Greek-style one; the Eridanous one didn't work when I used it for cooking a dish I sometimes make with fried potatoes and onions, thickened with yogurt and spiced with turmeric, mustard seeds and chopped chillies. Normally the yogurt makes a creamy mass around the spuds; the Eridanous one just clumped.
    Do you know the brand/name of this? I looked all over the other day, and the only plain natural yoghurt I could see was the Greek one. It was lovely, but I'd prefer a slacker yoghurt tbh.

    (If you fancy giving the recipe for your spuds dish, which sounds gorgeous, that'd be a bonus :D)


  • #183
    bonzodog2
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Do you know the brand/name of this? I looked all over the other day, and the only plain natural yoghurt I could see was the Greek one. It was lovely, but I'd prefer a slacker yoghurt tbh.

    (If you fancy giving the recipe for your spuds dish, which sounds gorgeous, that'd be a bonus :D)

    Probably the Milbona at 0.49, they also do a fruit one at 0.99


  • #184
    Dolbert
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    There's a whole milk natural yoghurt in small green cartons, organic and Irish and very good.


  • #185
    Chuchote
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Do you know the brand/name of this? I looked all over the other day, and the only plain natural yoghurt I could see was the Greek one. It was lovely, but I'd prefer a slacker yoghurt tbh.

    (If you fancy giving the recipe for your spuds dish, which sounds gorgeous, that'd be a bonus :D)

    I think it's the whole milk one in the green carton. Can't remember the name, and don't have it in the fridge at the mo.

    The recipe for the potato dish: boil or steam (I steam - deliciouser) some potatoes, preferably floury ones like Queens or Golden Wonders. When they're almost ready, take them out and chop them into biggish chunks.
    Meanwhile, heat up your oil of choice - olive, sunflower, rapeseed - and when it's hot scatter in about a dessertspoonful of mustard seeds. Cook until they start going bang. Add your chopped onion and turn down, cook until transparent. Add your potatoes and mix the onions through, cook until golden. Add a teaspoon of turmeric and a scatter of chopped fresh or dried chillies, and a grind of black pepper and a sprinkle of good sea salt. Mix it through. Add about a cup of yogurt - more if needed - and let it bubble through and coat the potatoes. Serve when delicious.


  • #186
    Alun
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Here's a question - what's the difference between "natural yoghurt" and "Greek style natural yoghurt"? :confused:
    "Natural yoghurt" is just that, plain old ordinary yoghurt. "Greek style" means it's been strained to remove the whey, which makes it thicker and creamier.

    Now, I'm sure all the producers here play by the rules, but the "waste" whey is acidic, and some unscrupulous producers in Greece and other countries have been caught dumping it into the drains or local rivers which has caused some considerable damage to the aquatic environment, killing fish on a massive scale.

    See here https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/dec/08/greek-yogurt-acid-whey-protein-drinks-baby-formula-environmental-dark-side


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  • #187
    Surreptitious
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    Thumbs up to the Austrian Cheddar. Very nice indeed.


  • #188
    eqwjewoiujqorj
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    sammysnail016 wrote: »
    Oh I must try the potato gratin ~ are they tasty? I am always looking at different things to do for dinner, the imagination is dead sometimes!

    Tried it, not as good as the Aldi one, bit too garlicky and more expensive - the aldi one is €1.79.


  • #189
    yellow hen
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    Just had the BBQ ribs from lidl again tonight. Even better than I remembered


  • #190
    Chuchote
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    By the way, I think that potato dish is from Mahdur Jaffrey's book, the first one or one of the first, published when she was living in Cork.


  • #191
    Shenshen
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    Christmas has hit my local Lidl - is it just me, or is it a bit later this year than last?

    Anyway, they've got the marzipan stollen bites back. Get them, and get many. They're delicious. :D


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  • #192
    Thargor
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    Shenshen wrote: »
    Christmas has hit my local Lidl - is it just me, or is it a bit later this year than last?

    Anyway, they've got the marzipan stollen bites back. Get them, and get many. They're delicious. :D
    They were playing Christmas music in CEX in Galway this afternoon, couldn't believe it.


  • #193
    Chuchote
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    Tut, Christmassyness outside the Christmas season was always considered to be unlucky.


  • #194
    MissFlitworth
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    Shenshen wrote: »
    Anyway, they've got the marzipan stollen bites back. Get them, and get many. They're delicious. :D

    *runs off to ram raid Lidl and steal all the stollen*


  • #195
    gandalf
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    French week again this week. 750ml French Cider, Pale French Ale and a couple of new Abbey style ones which I have to try.


  • #196
    chuckles30
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    Shenshen wrote: »
    Anyway, they've got the marzipan stollen bites back. Get them, and get many. They're delicious. :D

    Ah crap..........there goes my diet!! :D:D


  • #197
    whiskeyman
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    Just stumbled across the 'Taste of Ireland' winner of Nutty Brioche and Butter Pudding in the chilled section near the hams.
    http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2015/1027/737817-taste-of-ireland-winner-announced/
    I can't remember watching it, but tried it last night... OMG, it's amazing!!
    €2.70 (I think?) for a real restaurant quality dessert.
    Serves 2? or Serves 1 very greedy and happy Whiskeyman! :pac:
    Comes with a lovely caramel sauce and cooks lovely in 10mins in the oven.


    I haven't seen the first winners product since though? Ribs with cider sauce I think?
    It was good, but just not high on the repeat purchase list I guess.


  • #198
    cobham
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    They had to rebrand the 'Greek Yogurt' as Greekstyle as it was not actually from Greece. Just started a new tub and it seems less thick and more acidic than usual?


  • #199
    cobham
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    The one I am recommending is the vacuum pack in cardboard outer box not a foil tray of fresh produce. It comes in a collection of three varieties ( I think baby potatoes with herbs and other one is onion?) so have to root about to find the gratin one in a blue outer box. I find it handy to keep in fridge for month or so and can quickly supplement a meal if extra mouths to feed. I have also used it as a topping for a cottage pie. I am sure it is very calorific as generous creaminess with hint of cheese - no garlic tho you could add a bit yourself.


  • #200
    CaoimheSquee
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    sammysnail016 wrote: »
    Oh I must try the potato gratin ~ are they tasty? I am always looking at different things to do for dinner, the imagination is dead sometimes!

    The deluxe one with broccoli is delish

    And somebody mentioned the duck breasts? They are epic.
    Crisp up the skin and then lob them in the oven for a taste sensation. They require NOTHING added.
    I usually serve with an asparagus and mushroom risotto and a large glass of white wine :D


  • #201
    Chuchote
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    CaoimheSquee wrote: »
    The deluxe one with broccoli is delish

    And somebody mentioned the duck breasts? They are epic.
    Crisp up the skin and then lob them in the oven for a taste sensation. They require NOTHING added.
    I usually serve with an asparagus and mushroom risotto and a large glass of white wine :D

    Oooh, risotto recipe, please? I make a seafood one as one of the standard nothing-in-the-cupboard fallbacks, it would be nice to have a few more.

    I got the duck breasts but was astonished by the size of the tiny sliver of meat and the sea of fat.


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