Supermarket food that's much better that you expected: pls name.

I will throw in Tesco 70% dark chocolate - miles cheaper than the big brands but still goes down v nicely with a cuppa

when we got home last weekend tired from long flight from India I bought from Tesco shepherds pie, carrot and swede mash, and cauli cheese, have to say they were all very good, better than Marks!!

I was suprised.

the cottage pie actually tasted of good quality mince gravy and mash was tasty too.
happy to recommend these!!

Could carigransnet or some one clever list the recommendations as a printoff for shopping lists-I don't have a tesco or an asda near me-have to do a detour for aldi or lidl.sorry about the caps just vanished off the keyboard(totally bewildered emoticon)

Lidl paper serviettes and candles

Aldi - rum raisin and nut chocolate; 70% and 80% dark chocolate lovely to eat and cheap enough to cook with; hot smoked salmon fillet; very good parmesan cheese. Lidl smoked salmon is excellent - better than M&S.

Just tried Aldi Maris Piper oven chips with lightly dusted yellowfin sole,peas and a squeeze of lemon - delicious. Just got to decide which Moser Roth chocolate to have with coffee. Can't wait to try the Toro Loco tomorrow. Must try all the other recommendation too.

another vote for Aldi Magnum dishwasher tabs, and Aldi marmalade.
I will be buying the Maris Piper oven chips next time I go in. Thanks

My Aldi shopping list is growing longer by the day!

I am going to Aldi tomorrow!

I called today. They have venison steaks in the freezer section, so got some to try. Got the rum and raisin chocolate - scrumptious! Picked up several other recommended items like washing up liquid, veg and continental ham (Italian ham cooked with sun-dried tomatoes). Lots of bargains

Lidl magazine came with the paper today; a good glossy with all our recommendations in it! Plus a few hints. Have you tried their Sea Bass...........delicious!

Yes, their sea bass is great and so are the Basa fillets, which are identical to those sold in Tesco, but half the price.

Amazed, but maybe should not be surprised as both are European supermarkets, at how many Lidl and Aldi products are coming up here!! Aldi's stoellen cake is quite the best I've ever tasted and they also do these mini chocolate bars that are so delicious it's hard to only eat one! ( there are 5 in a pack)

I could not bear to eat Asda or Tesco food even if it was reportedly the best in the world, after seeing the nasty tricks they employ to build their horribly big stores everywhere and drive local businesses off the high streets!! Asda also has an appalling staff care record. It would choke me to eat their products. Even though both my stepsons work for Tesco - gosh, can't tell you how many interesting conversations THAT one leads to!!

Just stopped off at Aldi on the way home; didn't buy anything as I might have got carried away..certainly impressed with their prices. May set myself a target of shopping there for one week and seeing how much I can save.

Tesco's have bought the land where the working mens club that we have our racing meetings is held, so it's been under threat of closure for years; also a row of lovely terraced houses have been boarded up and unlived in for the same reason. I wonder how many backhanders they pay out to people to get away with their world domination plan. Yes; we have family members who work for Tesco's as well

I forgot to say in my previous post Aldi Genoa cake is truly scrumptious !

I'm glad I didn't read your post until I'd got back from Aldi, nina. Sounds too tempting. As it is, I did seek out the Maris Piper chips. Their cut flowers are better kept than the Lidl branch I frequent, and a great deal cheaper than the flowers in any of the big supermarkets.

I can highly recommend Aldi's venison steaks, £6.99 in the freezer section. They are marinated and vacuum-packed, from New Zealand. Lovely and tender, and could actually feed 4, not 2, as each of the two packs contains two chunky steaks. We had them for Sunday lunch and they were lovely.

Must be good if they are from NZ when. Glad to hear that the NZ farmers getting a bit more entrepreneurial about their produce.
Hmm, there must be a Lidl or Aldi somewhere in MK. Things can be hidden behind the banks of (currently beautiful) trees and bushes that line all the roads.

Asda venison burgers are excellent, as is Asda cauliflower cheese. The latter goes perfectly with Asda Lincolnshire pork sausages.

I was pushed for time this morning and wanted to do a simple Sunday lunch for just the two of us. I roasted Sainsbury's mini pork belly joints with caramelised apple stuffing. They come in a pack of two and were in the 3 for £10 range so worked out at only £1.65 each. Quick to cook and had a lovely flavour. If they still have some on offer next week I'm going to buy a few packs for the freezer.

Bags - those burgers sound rather good - may see if my local Asda has them!

gally, they really are very good. We weren't really burger eaters (much) till we found these, but we are now (not usually in a bun though as DH is limiting his carbs). Great with hot veg such as curried cabbage or fried toms, onions and mushrooms.

Lidl crumpets; just d e l i ci o u s this afternoon in front of the fire!!

I get rather cross with the way things disappear from the shelves...
Sainsbury's used to sell ostrich meat, mutton mince, the "Something from South Africa" range of coo-in sauces (the 'Spicy Durban Curry' was terrific!), rabbit -- all things I bought regularly - all gone. I relalise that things like bacon with the rind on and pork chops with the kidney in all fell foul of EU regulations - like chicken with giblets - but I miss them! (I used to cut the rind off the bacon and grill it - instant nibbles!)

And when did 'scent' become transmogrified into the rather effete 'fragrance'? (Suddenly I sound like Julian Clary.)