British food week at Lidl (from Thursday 5.Jun.08)

Was a bit disappointed with the Cod. Tasted OK but came in this HUGE box so you thought you were getting a lot more for you're money. Finished the potatoe waffles. Ah well...

I was very disappointed with the steak pie as well. The content was more gravy than meat. Nice crispy top though, but even after turning the heat down to 180 (so the top didn't burn) and cooking it for an hour and half the rest of the pastry was undercooked so it just went straight in the bin and I just ate the top and the meat/gravy - which was an ok ammount with some spuds and veg. Got another 2 in the freezer to eat, but once they're gone i think that even if they repeated the selection I wouldn't bother getting any more - I'll just stick to the imported Frey Bentos pies.

Still, the cheddar cheese is good, and the blackcurrant squash is very nice, so I do hope they repeat the selection at some point.

That's unfortunately the case with a lot of deceiptful packaging these days... :-}

I too was not so impressed with the "cod"... It was *so* bland! Was it *really* Cod? I am nod so sure...
Thpught Cod is not so plentiful these days and therefore limits were plaiced on fishing? If that's the case, there is no way that they could sell it so cheap, surely?

I am gonna stick to the fresh fish at the AEZ fish counter :-)

I just want the pickle to come back... Just finished the last scrapings from the bottom of the jar...

At the Lidl in Neufahn, (northern Munich) there was plenty of Turkey and Chicken ready diners, The toffee shortwhatsits, Tea, Jam, Pickles and sauces, Waffles, some Chipsticks Spuds but no cheese!

_{Your roaming reporter!!}

allerhausen, can I join you in England for all those lovely things too? I hate going to Lidl I find it so depressing. I am sure their second class english style food is nowhere near the real macoy. Let me feast with you at M&S, Sainsbury and Tescos!!

You'll have to be quick, I'll be back in Germany in a couple of days, after filling up my new electric cool box with goodies!

Too bad to have been deliberate.

I agree, just another sole not watching his spelling

The scale of illiteracy these days comes as quite a shark.

He'll have to give the old spelling a bit of a tuna-p.

Ah whale we can't all be good spellers, maybe he's a pike y.

You're codding me! How her(rais)ing!

allerhausen, we could feast together on your return!!! I'm a bit busy the next couple of days to fly over to join you. Sorry

I need another bottle of that Blackcurrant juice!! I had a cold last week and drunk the bottle that I was meant to be saving for when my sister visits.

I have plenty of pickle, just no bloody cheddar to go with it. Yet.

SquirrelKate,

Maybe a bit far out for you from Hannover, but the Blackcurrant juice was still available in the Lidl here in Bad Gandersheim a couple of days ago, along with the salt & vinegar sticks, and other bits and bobs.

Thanks for the tip. I'll have another look in my local Lidl today... if not, I know where to go. Thank you.

Yep go & have a skipper round & maybe you'll trout some out.

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Leky, you're skate-ing on thin ice there. Unfortunately the Lidl down here has not replaiced any of the items - bastards!

Just fishing around to see if I can find a few shrimps left over.

No such luck, just a few damp squibs and some old trouts.

I had hoped to end this thread with my last long winded post.Come on guys it wasn´t that great was it ??? Has nobody got a decent Brit shop near by or the address of an on line grocery shop.It´s all starting to get a bit sad...

Aah, well post 558 did (or tried to) end the Brit food discussion...not our fault if some folk don't get it Anyway gotta go & coddle myself, i've
haddo ckrappy day.

_{Oh never mind}

Sprat's quite enough for one day anyway. Lox like good weather tomorrow, no need to be crabby.

Its French week in Penny this week and I was looking forward to buying some nice saucisson and dijon mustard and wine etc... went there at lunch time today (Hohenzollernstr.) and there was basically nothing left apart from Vache qui Rit cheese!!! F*ck

I was England this week and picked up a hilarious little book. Eat Britain - 101 Great British Tastes

Things that catch the eye.

Peas
Strawberrys
Boiled Egg and Soldiers
Chip Butty (source of a good debate on TT night out. Sadly missing is crisp sandwich)
Fried Bread.
Rhubarb! F.F. Sake Can there be any better evidence for the existence of the devil? Celery perhaps.
Crisps
Irn Bru
Sausage Sandwich

People laugh at our food. How on earth can anybody complain at this list (apart from the Ruhbarb)

you obviously haven't tried rhubarb crumble!

At my Lidl you can still get the cheddar with pickles. I avoided it for weeks, but it is not half bad.
They also have steak pies and those horrid TV turkey dinners, and cod left...

was in lidl in belgradstr and they have potatoe waffle, roast potatoes and roast dinners.

2 x roast turkey dinners still awaiting a lucky owner in Lidl Trudering.

I can't believe we harped on about english food for 30 PAGES!!! Excellent.

Daughter is gob smacked too claiming to be an internet celeb now because she started it all

Lidl has plans to repeat the British food week next year some time - unfortunately, it would appear that Aldi has no plans in that diraction :-(

What a rollercoaster of emotions this thread has been.
The highs - excited Brits anticipating the food, then writing their (usually) glowing reviews.
The lows - our lovely food being slagged off by philistines.
Lets see this thread get to 31 pages!!!

Oh yeah, and I swear the reason my baby was so big (10 pounds 5) is due to all the "Hezzervoods" salt and vinegar chip sticks I was scoffing in the last 4 weeks of being pregnant!!!

Now THEY really were good!!!

What is British food? Fish and chips?

You know, it's the weirdest thing. In 30 pages of replies, you're the first person to have said that.

Or perhaps you aren't. Either way it wouldn't be funny. On the off chance you're being serious, the answer's in this very thread. You don't even have to use the Search function.

Whole world knows that Britishers have lousy kitchen .

Only immigrants from other countries bring colours in their food and nutrition. Recently only this Jamie Oliver started putting efforts in improving British kitchen. Otherwise Britishers would chew Fish & Chips or artificial jam only everytime

You may or may not be wrong. But you're several months too late for this particular oh so witty addition to the thread.

It's been done. You're too late, and not funny enough. FAIL.

Missing article. Could give it a pass, but...


Aside from the atrocious grammar, this muppet could only be a German. I know of no other nationality so incapable of detecting irony. German food is, for the most part, "brown and white". Dead pigs and root vegetables. And cabbage.


Oliver is shite, further proof that this post comes from an unwelcome Kraut twit whose entire knowledge of food comes from Pro-fucking-Sieben.

woof.

It seems NOT to be too late because people like you are reading it today only

Reading the new posts, yes, because it is a slow Saturday and everything in this fucking city except for the purveyors of shit German food is closed for a holiday that makes no sense outside the territory of choirboy-botherers and little old ladies.

The substance of your comments isn't terribly interesting. But if you wish to perpetuate the fantasy that German food is in some way superior to other cuisines, then I'm not going to be the one to disabuse you. Someone should enjoy that shite if only so the pigs didn't all die in vain.

Don't mince your words there, Doctor.

I would love some shepherd's pie now!!!

SV from someone who thinks that a pig knuckle is fine cuisine and Paprika crisps rule.Whole of Bayern inundated with Pizzarias and Greek restaurants.only decent thing is a Vienna Schnitzel, thats another thing you nicked off the Austrians like that famous painter and decorator.You come on to an English speaking Forum with commnets like that what do you expect.and as for immigrants take a look at the car industry in your country its all built by foreigners

I'd have to agree that certainly in many homes up and down the length of merry England, the standard of food purchased in supermarkets and cooked at home is very often absolutely appalling. Interesting that Aldi and Lidl are apparently thriving in such a market..

shelly.werner or should we not be saying Kelly Dörr thought i would let you know that straight translations from your native language German do not always work in English.Have lousy kitchen should read lousy cuisine, and while we are at it ther other meats out there other than pork

Five months later, it's still rambling on. If we keep it going then we might just join up with the next Aldi British week.

Spatown if you read the title its a Lidl British week