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earthling13
15-06-2015
West Country Extra Strong Cheddar in the black wrapper is very good for the price.
barbeler
15-06-2015
Originally Posted by earthling13:
“West Country Extra Strong Cheddar in the black wrapper is very good for the price.”

I've never seen that, but I always buy their Extra Strong Cheddar for £1.55, which is by far the best supermarket cheese I've ever tasted. Infinitely better than that over-priced Cathedral City nonsense.
earthling13
15-06-2015
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“I've never seen that, but I always buy their Extra Strong Cheddar for £1.55, which is by far the best supermarket cheese I've ever tasted. Infinitely better than that over-priced Cathedral City nonsense.”

I agree and that's the one I buy for everyday use but if you want something for the cheeseboard with an extra bit of bite look out for the black wrapper.
Thistledown
17-06-2015
Aldi Oaklands brand lamb shanks in mint jus are to die for. 2 vaccum packed pre cooked shanks that fall off the bone when oven cooked for about 30 mins. £4.99 and worth every penny.
barbeler
18-06-2015
Originally Posted by earthling13:
“I agree and that's the one I buy for everyday use but if you want something for the cheeseboard with an extra bit of bite look out for the black wrapper.”

Blimey, I'll look out for it then. The normal Extra Strong has more bite to it than any other cheese I've been able to find. I demand a cheddar that makes your tongue sore and your gums bleed.
earthling13
18-06-2015
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“Blimey, I'll look out for it then. The normal Extra Strong has more bite to it than any other cheese I've been able to find. I demand a cheddar that makes your tongue sore and your gums bleed. ”

It's hard to get a really strong Cheddar in any supermarket these days though isn't it? Years ago our Co-op used to do a good one but they stopped when they closed their deli section. I think there was a general swing towards the mild. Wimps!
postit
19-06-2015
I was pleasantly surprised to find that a number of items in my shopping yesterday had gone down in price (without any fanfare, and not advertised as special offer). Ground coffee down by 20p, Welsh cakes down 25p, washing up liquid down by 10p.
barbeler
19-06-2015
Originally Posted by earthling13:
“West Country Extra Strong Cheddar in the black wrapper is very good for the price.”

You didn't mention the Vintage Cheddar in the yellow wrapper (strength 6), which is the same price £2.39, but for 250 grammes against the black pack's 320 grammes. The standard Extra Strong is only £1.55 for 350 grammes. I bought all three
Perhaps I shouldn't have started off with the Vintage, but that is truly exceptional and slightly bizarrely, has a slight tang of apricots. Luvverly.

The Extra Strong in the black wrapper is a very good cheddar, but I couldn't tell much of a difference between that and the other extra strong. Even though it's the most expensive, I'll be buying the Vintage for a treat, but will continue to ruin my waistline with the standard Extra Strong.
earthling13
19-06-2015
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“You didn't mention the Vintage Cheddar in the yellow wrapper (strength 6), which is the same price £2.39, but for 250 grammes against the black pack's 320 grammes. The standard Extra Strong is only £1.55 for 350 grammes. I bought all three
Perhaps I shouldn't have started off with the Vintage, but that is truly exceptional and slightly bizarrely, has a slight tang of apricots. Luvverly.

The Extra Strong in the black wrapper is a very good cheddar, but I couldn't tell much of a difference between that and the other extra strong. Even though it's the most expensive, I'll be buying the Vintage for a treat, but will continue to ruin my waistline with the standard Extra Strong.”

Literally spotted the Vintage in the yellow wrapper to r the first time today. Aldi have a strange habit of mixing up similar products in the same box so sometimes you don't see what's actually on offer. Today I had to wade through 2 trays of cat biscuits to find the ones for an adult cat not senior. Sods law, they were on the top shelf as well.

Anyway, back to the cheese, we stuck with the usual standard and the black label purely for reasons of economy but, as you recommend it I might try the yellow label next week.
barbeler
22-06-2015
After undergoing extensive testing that went far beyond the call of duty, I feel certain that in a blind tasting, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the normal Extra Strong Cheddar and that in the black pack. The vintage one might possibly be a bit crumlier, but I wonder if they could even be exactly the same cheese. Anyway, the normal extra strong is the king of cheeses in my house.
JCR
22-06-2015
Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“What I have seen, albeit not Aldi but Asda, is people carrying baskets home with them. Near my sons nursery, it's particularly common to see students do this (I wonder if they take them back?) and also trolleys that haven't locked up after passing the red line.

In all my years I'd never imagined people would simply take their basket home with them! Now it seems a new trend, perhaps since many places started charging for bags.”

Heh. What do you think?

[According to a recent GMB union newsletter apparently almost every basket disappeared overnight from one of the Asdas in Dundee immediately after the 5p bag charge was introduced there.]
earthling13
22-06-2015
I'm not a fan of shop bought beefburgers but thought I'd give Aldi Wagyu beefburgers a go. Just had them for lunch and they were very nice if a little bit peppery. No gristle, in fact, none of those 'Oh no, what was that?' moments you get eating most burgers. Pity they're not on their regular stock list.
Isambard Brunel
22-06-2015
Originally Posted by earthling13:
“I'm not a fan of shop bought beefburgers but thought I'd give Aldi Wagyu beefburgers a go. Just had them for lunch and they were very nice if a little bit peppery.”

They do surprisingly nice frozen burgers all the time. Four 'Specially Selected' quarter-pounders for £2, either Aberdeen Angus or beef with Jalapeno peppers.
Isambard Brunel
24-06-2015
Talking of Aldi's "surprisingly nice frozen burgers", I just bought the equivalent Birdseye "premium" frozen quarter-pounders from Morrisons on impulse, because they were reduced this week from £3.25 to £1.62 and they were absolutely nowhere near as good as Aldi's frozen burgers that are always available for £2. Aldi'd seem larger after cooking than Birdseye's, to me, and fill a roll with salad and sauces better.

I only got them because Morrisons were out of huge Chicago Town pizzas on special offer for £2.50 but were selling Irish soda farls at 54p for two (half normal price) so I looked for something to go in them rather than walk all the way back to Aldi to get their burgers.
Isambard Brunel
27-06-2015
Not quite Aldi news, but if anyone's still missing the 5% premium Bavarian lager that Aldi stopped doing, Asda have started doing it for the same price of 84p. The only other place I found it was Tesco, who do it for 88p.

It is nice. Although I tried the 2.8% version from Lidl a couple of weeks ago and it tastes very watery. It's the same basic taste as the 5% one, just much weaker.
clm2071
27-06-2015
Originally Posted by Isambard Brunel:
“Not quite Aldi news, but if anyone's still missing the 5% premium Bavarian lager that Aldi stopped doing, Asda have started doing it for the same price of 84p. The only other place I found it was Tesco, who do it for 88p.

It is nice. Although I tried the 2.8% version from Lidl a couple of weeks ago and it tastes very watery. It's the same basic taste as the 5% one, just much weaker.”

Cheers for that, I'll have to take a trip to Asda. Luckily its next door to Aldi
WinterFire
28-06-2015
The Aldi small fruit loaf has a simple recipe, but IMHO is quite nice. If you like lots of spice in your fruit bread, it would be best to try another brand.
barbeler
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by WinterFire:
“The Aldi small fruit loaf has a simple recipe, but IMHO is quite nice. If you like lots of spice in your fruit bread, it would be best to try another brand.”

Did they used to call it the tea loaf and is it in the same box as the (not so nice) whiskey loaf? If so, that's one of my favourites and I even have it with custard sometimes. It stays moist for a very long time if you keep it properly wrapped.
WinterFire
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“Did they used to call it the tea loaf and is it in the same box as the (not so nice) whiskey loaf? If so, that's one of my favourites and I even have it with custard sometimes. It stays moist for a very long time if you keep it properly wrapped.”

I don't know the whisky loaf. The fruit loaf is in a normal 'loaf of bread' plastic bag.
LaVieEnRose
02-07-2015
I bought a carton of mushrooms last week. I removed the clingfilm as always and kept them in the fridge in their carton. I normally find that they keep well for at least a week like that.

But when I went to use them a couple of days later, the ones at the bottom were already wet and slimy. I had to chuck most of them out. Won't be buying mushrooms from Aldi again.
shaggy_x
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by LaVieEnRose:
“I bought a carton of mushrooms last week. I removed the clingfilm as always and kept them in the fridge in their carton. I normally find that they keep well for at least a week like that.

But when I went to use them a couple of days later, the ones at the bottom were already wet and slimy. I had to chuck most of them out. Won't be buying mushrooms from Aldi again.”


Lol

One bad bunch and you'll be boycotting mushrooms. Could have been a bad bunch.
wce
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by LaVieEnRose:
“I bought a carton of mushrooms last week. I removed the clingfilm as always and kept them in the fridge in their carton. I normally find that they keep well for at least a week like that.

But when I went to use them a couple of days later, the ones at the bottom were already wet and slimy. I had to chuck most of them out. Won't be buying mushrooms from Aldi again.”

That does seem unusual, certainly in my local Aldi I've never had any issues with the mushrooms they are usually good quality.
LaVieEnRose
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by shaggy_x:
“Lol

One bad bunch and you'll be boycotting mushrooms. Could have been a bad bunch.”

I don't shop at Aldi very often, so this is enough to influence me to buy my mushrooms elsewhere. Both the Aldis near me (which are both only recently opened) are close to other supermarkets which I usually pop into as well.
Isambard Brunel
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by LaVieEnRose:
“I don't shop at Aldi very often, so this is enough to influence me to buy my mushrooms elsewhere. Both the Aldis near me (which are both only recently opened) are close to other supermarkets which I usually pop into as well.”

Chestnut mushrooms are just 59p per punnet from Aldi from today, for the next two weeks. I'll certainly be making a couple of pans of soup, white wine sauces and even fry-ups!

I've never had them to slimy in the fridge within a reasonable timeframe. If I remove the wrapping from the box, the opposite happens - they dry out completely and shrivel up (like anything else left exposed in a fridge). There's no moisture left to create any slime and no mould even grows on them. They just turn... inedible.
wce
03-07-2015
Originally Posted by Isambard Brunel:
“I've never had them to slimy in the fridge within a reasonable timeframe. If I remove the wrapping from the box, the opposite happens - they dry out completely and shrivel up (like anything else left exposed in a fridge). There's no moisture left to create any slime and no mould even grows on them. They just turn... inedible.”

That's the same experience with them as me.
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