Im new to Lidl and Aldi at Christmas .

Has anyone tried the fudge? In a flat tray with decoration that may be chocolate or/and nuts.
I had my eye on it today but thought I'd check first.

They weren't the crackers I was thinking of, but those ones are nice too!
I think I've tried them all!

stop it please

I'm trying to lose weight.

ps although I did buy some Baklava in Lidl the other day - I hid them but unfortunately I can remember where I hid them.

Oh, leave it till after Christmas!
New year, new start.
Whats the point of starting now... (that's what the little fat imp on my shoulder whispers to me, anyway.)

Nooo!
I keep trying before Christmas so I can indulge and in January you need more food to keep out the cold etc etc,
Be quiet imp!

I always hated Christmas pudding until I ate the Aldi version with all the glacé fruits piled on top -unfortunately for my waistline it is amazing and I eat loads!

Also, a posh friend of mine went in there ( possibly in disguise!) because Lidl had a version of Aperol for a spritz that was better than the original

Jalima
I get DH to hide things for me, but his memory's not great, so if he forgets where he's hidden something, we're scuppered!

jalima yep we hide things too.
As with you can't always guarantee to find them.
This year we were eating Christmas cake, biscuits and quality street in July.
Easter eggs for the grandchildren were also discovered in July.

I hid a box of chocolate flowers (meant for GC at Easter) in the glove box of my car. Forgot all about them. Car went in for service in August and the mechanic went to the glove box for service history book. Oh the mess! Chocolate coated maps, car manual and service book and gloves, all congealed together. I could have wept for the waste of good chocolate.

I love Aldi and no longer wear a paper bag on my head in case someone sees me! I'm not proud.. It is full of stuff you didn't know you needed. I once bought a very fetching pair of ladies padded cycling knickers in case I took up cycling (I haven't). Then there was the contraption to fit on the side of the bath to aid exit (it went back as I decided I wasn't yet old enough to require assistance). I have a frying/grilling pan divided into 5 sections which, being on my own, is slightly excess to requirement and there's the torch which could light up Buckingham Palace from the other end of Pall Mall, oh and the dinky little charger in a delicate shade of rose quartz which will charge not only my mobile but also my iPad should I find myself stranded without power on the top of a mountain/a desert island/or just in a power cut. On the plus side their Creme de Jura at less than £7 is to die for. I'm more than partial to their pate de compagne, smoked salmon and gravadlax all of which are affordable and they have just introduced a lovely range of vegetarian dishes which are cheaper to buy than concoct oneself. If, by chance, I found myself locked in all alone in Aldi after hours, I would be one happy bunny ?

(& the salted caramel chocs ain't bad either ?)

I saw some more baklava today in Lidl but resisted buying more. DH waved a bar of my favourite chocolate at me too and I said no, don't put it in the trolley.
[sigh]

Pssst... pssssst! Go on... just one little bar of chocolate....

a moment on the lips etc ….

One thing that annoys me about Aldi is that there is rarely a member of staff around to ask for information or help. Today I couldn't reach the kind of crackers I wanted and couldn't find anyone tall enough to get them down for me. I have given up trying to get soda water as the bottles are never accessible.
I suppose that if they had more people around to help, the prices would have to go up.

I was trying to get the attention of an assistant in Waitrose today, but he seemed more intent on hiding behind the wine display - I had no idea what he was doing as he kept dodging from side to side.

I went to Lidl today and DH tagged along to help with the bags.
I had a voucher for £5 off a £30 spend, which was all I was planning to spend, as I didn't need much.
It was a big mistake to take DH, I spent £80!

For research purposes I have bought and shall be cooking Aldis Stuffed Goose for lunch tomorrow- I shall report back!

Reporting back on the stuffed boneless goose - very tasty, but the it is meant to feed 6-8, it barely fed 4 adults and a 3 year old (and one of the adults (me) eats hardly any

"grannygravy" I often wonder who the six to eight people are that joints, cakes etc are tested on.

I think the 6-8 must have no appetite at all. Or have a whole day tasting/testing that they just pick!!!

I must say it all sounds very exciting for someone who's programmed to enter M&S which is just next door. I get a bit disorientated if I go in somewhere different to what I'm used to as I find myself wandering around like a lost sheep. I never used to be like this.

This is a wonderful post,,,im learning so much about what to look for,,thank you ladies,