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Lidl lobster- What's it like?
Has anyone bought the frozen lobster in Lidl? I'm wondering what you get and what it is like. The packaging doesn't give much away.
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Not great tbh. But then I'm not a huge lobster fan. Langoustines are far superior IMO.
There wasn't a huge amount of meat in the LIDL lobster. What's the price like? Compared to buying a live Scottish or at least British one? The LIDL ones are from the states I think. |
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It's like the full sized ones only smaller.
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Has anyone bought the frozen lobster in Lidl? I'm wondering what you get and what it is like. The packaging doesn't give much away.
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I thought they were great for a fiver! Price would normally be £15-20?
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lidl lobster taste just the same as a bigr lobster
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Thanks for your replies - I am going to try one and see!
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Tried one and thought it was pretty awful. There wasn't a huge amount of meat in it and what was there was pretty tough and watery.
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Fantastic
The LIDL Lobster is brilliant value ! It tastes wonderful and if properly prepared is as good as any just smaller than a huge one that would cost £20. Even Asda can only manage an inferior one at £7.49.
I love Lobster have had them from many places at prices up to £30 and I can tell you this is great. |
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we didn't really like them, a tad too small and not much in the way of flavour.
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I think some people are not aware what Lobster tastes like in general it is what it is not some wonder miracle lol
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we didn't really like them, a tad too small and not much in the way of flavour.
Then enjoy with a nice bottle of wine..
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I think some people are not aware what Lobster tastes like in general it is what it is not some wonder miracle lol
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We buy both lobster and crab locally as we live near the coast. I'd rather have a Crab any day than lobster to be honest.
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We buy both lobster and crab locally as we live near the coast. I'd rather have a Crab any day than lobster to be honest.
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quite good for this price
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I'm a big lobster fan, I have a lidl one in my freezer, thinking on preparing it on Saturday. Only thing that is worrying me now is the salt factor, I am scared it is going to have the dreaded canned in brine flavour. Yikes.
I love a live lobster drowned in a boiling pan then smothered in butter and nothing else, think I may be disappointed with the frozen one..I had to get one though I was curious, and on a tightish budget! |
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Lobsters are pretty well all Canadian sourced so whether you pay 5 quid or 20 quid .It's essentially the same old stuff .
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Lobsters are pretty well all Canadian sourced so whether you pay 5 quid or 20 quid .It's essentially the same old stuff .
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I'm a big lobster fan, I have a lidl one in my freezer, thinking on preparing it on Saturday. Only thing that is worrying me now is the salt factor, I am scared it is going to have the dreaded canned in brine flavour. Yikes.
I love a live lobster drowned in a boiling pan then smothered in butter and nothing else, think I may be disappointed with the frozen one..I had to get one though I was curious, and on a tightish budget!
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Well that's not true.
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Lobsters are pretty well all Canadian sourced so whether you pay 5 quid or 20 quid .It's essentially the same old stuff .
Lidl-bought one will be homarus americanus (American or rather Canadian lobster)-stockier and substantially smaller. And ready-cooked vacuum-packed lobster with years spent in the deep freeze, is unlikely to compare well to a freshly caught and cooked beast. In this case, you get what you pay for. |
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In this case, you get what you pay for.
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My fishmonger had squat lobsters today. Little bug like things they are. Quite delicious and cheap as chips. I have no idea why I didn't buy any
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The LIDL Lobster is brilliant value ! It tastes wonderful and if properly prepared is as good as any just smaller than a huge one that would cost £20. Even Asda can only manage an inferior one at £7.49.
I love Lobster have had them from many places at prices up to £30 and I can tell you this is great. Your 3 and a half year old post been quoted in several daily trash comics by lazy "journalists" googling and trawling online forums. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...9-what-7509241 http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/650...bster-for-2-99 (And a small paragraph in the Metro too) |
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