/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>Anything canned
>Any dessert type thing with a European-sounding name
>Chips, except for their cheetos or doritos knockoffs, their cheese powder is wack
>Their take-and-bake pizzas are ok for the price

That's about it, avoid their milk and most produce (long shelf life stuff like potatoes and onions are fine)

gravy

>vegetables
>canned shit
>chicken meat
>candy, if you're into that
>bottled water
>their scandinavian oat tea biscuits, holy shit so good

This likely only applies to Australia, but has anyone else noticed that the packaging for their marinated feta is always fucked? (the one in the plastic container with the black screw top). It looks great, but I never buy it because of oily shit reliably leaking out of every container and God knows what crusted around the lids

>>11326859
Fellow ausfag here, you're not wrong. That shit is delicious though

>>11326836

>>11326836
we only have lidl in my country, they have some really good vegetables there.

>>11326836
Pretty much anything they actually have in the store.
I can't get lower prices on essentials
really like their baking goods aisle

>>11326929
i like the factory made donuts they have there
relatively cheap and so fluffy and slightly sweet
donuts are all about the bread

Nazi paraphernalia.

>>11326836
Has served me real well so far, for only €30.

>>11327165
Can you suggest a few? I'm going there in later today.

>>11327182
$35 for that piece of shit. Oh boy.

>>11327184
First you'll need to learn English since at the American one's there will be a test at the door.

>>11327186
>piece of shit
Let me guess, you've payed $150 for some "brand", which isn't any better, but you need to keep telling yourself that, because the alternative is realizing you're an idiot.

>>11327190
>getting this upset over a typo

>>11327191
No, I just don't pay that much for something that looks like it should be 15 bucks at a yard sale.

>>11327202
Agreed, 15 bucks at a yard sale generally means it was at least about $60 new.
You can have mine for $5 when I'm tired of it.

>>11327211
The most you should have paid for it in store is $20 yet you paid much more than that from a discount retailer no less. They sure saw you coming. There is one born every day. Do they have a maternity ward attached right to the aldi's in Europe to roll in the new born suckers?

>>11327211
Goddamn, iceburn.
I agree, though, I've purchased hardware at Aldi and generally been pretty pleased. I bought a $10 rice cooker there about 8 years ago and I've used that thing more than it should have ever lasted. It's still going strong.

>>11327222
>would pay 15 for something second hand that he believes is worth 20 new
>thinks he's smart
oh anon, you've dug yourself in deep there.

>>11327229
>Implying the original anon meant it should have ever been bought

>>11327235
>the original anon
>I-I'm not him
like clockwork

>>11327235
What do you think is wrong with it? It looks alright.

>>11327196
That's not what a typo is. That's just a fuckup.

>>11327258
Nothing's wrong, it's been serving me well for almost 2 years now.

>>11327265
>the Nazi paraphernalia turn out to be grammar Nazi's
yeah, I'll pass

>>11326836
oreos and budweiser

>>11326847
>avoid their milk
ALDI milk is fine in Germany. This is the second time I heard somebody complain about milk from ALDI. What's up with that?

>>11326859
Australia isn’t a real country so you don’t deserve anything but the scraps we bother to send you

>>11326836
butter keks

>>11326901
excellent post

>>11329552
The majority of aldi perishables in Australia is Australian produce brainlet

>>11327165
>Hur durr
Fuck off retard

>>11326836
In Australia, they're good for staples of any kind and selected European imports. They have some great European chocolate.

Their bargain bin hardware/weird stuff is usually shit but occasionally they have something interesting. I got some great cycling and skiing gear but it was only by looking at their stuff every week and literally choosing the one or two things that weren't shit.

>>11326836
Take 5 candy bar, spicy nacho doritos, coconut water, handle of Titos, quality OJ and cranberry

thats just the treats.

chicken
steak tips
ground beef, 80/20
ground turkey
bell peppers
jalapenos
habanero
mustard based hotsauce
tortillas
shredded jack cheese
EVOO
potato buns

for me its brioche bread with creme filling

>>11326836
Can someone explain the deal with Aldi, Lidl, etc in the US? I'm from Germany so they're normal to me, but apparently in the US they're of poor taste? There's one 20 mins away from where I live...should I check it out or will I get shot?

>>11332179

Yes, I hope so.

>>11332179
It's not 'murrican. Of course they hate it.

>>11332179
If you are from germanistan you are more likely to be raped and beheaded or mowed down by a truck on your way to the grocery store

>>11326847
their produce is good.

>>11326836
SCHULTENBRÄU. Some of the cheapest beer you can get.

>>11326847
>milk
why?

>>11326859
>oily shit
the whey?

>>11332179
Its great if the manager of the store holds it to ALDIs standards but if not it shows in the stores. Nothing stocked, produce strewn about, random shit everywhere, shitty fuckin layout. In the States, mostly old people and soccer moms shop here.

>>11332559
Also niggers. All the niggers in my city shop at Aldi.

>>11327224
I bought a dehydrator there like 5 years ago and it still works like the first day I got it. It was like $25, all the other ones I could find were like $100

>>11326836
Their meat is absolutely amazing, literally all of it.
Their whiskey is surprisingly good.
Their own brand chocolate is also surprisingly good.

>>11326836
I like the steak and cheese frozen burritos, they've got a good mixture of shredded beef and cheese. The instructions for heating them up don't work though, it needs more microwave time.

Good selection of cheese too.

>>11332179
There's not much to say. They're usually opened in middle class neighborhoods that are on the decline. They're a good place to buy staple items for cheap, but they lack the selection that Americans tend to enjoy. I go there to buy flour, sugar, and a few canned items. I've been in a few in Australia and they were about the same.

i prefer savealot

the meat salad
was my meal for an entire year once a week
don't know if they have it in the US

>>11332179
It's this >>11333688
Their prices are really low, so the place has basically become a disgusting hive of niggers and illegal mexicans

>>11332179
White people don't shop at ALDI.

They're opening one of these in my neighborhood and I am intrigued.

What are the differences between pic rel and Aldi USA?

>>11329541
For some reason in the US it spoils faster than pretty much any other store.

>>11335648
I haven't noticed this.

>>11335644
For the USA:
Lidl tends to look nicer and attract more white people when compared to Aldi. It's also a bit cleaner looking, and there's a different selection of foods (more greek stuff- lots of feta cheese, frozen yogurt etc). I haven't paid too much attention to the price point difference, but I might come back later in the week with some comparisons.

>>11335586
>>11335085
>>11333688
I see mostly white people and old German housewives at the Aldi in my city. I didn't know that was a thing.

>>11326847
I don't mind Aldi milk But i make sure to go later in the day to get it. Aldi is good about product rotation so they will always have the items that go out of date in front so the best way to get the fresher stuff is to go later in the day after they have had to rotate the empty carts out.

only poor people shop there

>>11326836
Garlic and olive focaccia breads.

>>11326836
Jarred cherries
prosciutto
Any bread that was made in France
Stollen
Strawberry jam from Poland

I never go to Aldi, Lidl is much nicer and they have a bakery.

>>11332179
Aldi is fine but there are just literally better stores everywhere. I'm always closer to a Krogers or an HEB here in Texas so theres just zero reason for me to shop there. Even when trying to save money it's not really worth the drop in quality from my local HEB. Plus as with most businesses here I'd rather support something that at least has its headquarters in my state. Aldi is fine if it's more convenient for you but there are just better options which I suspect dont cost as much more as they would in Germany.

>>11326836
Everything but the dairy.
The euro import stuff is foodKINO

>>11335085
I thought niggers were too dumb to buy low priced but good value things and get memed on by brand names despite being poor.

>>11326836
Tikka Masala sauce.

man I was super happy when I didn't have to make it from scratch anymore.

>>11337392
No, that's just your brain on /pol/.

>>11332179
In the US ALdi's tends to buy a lot of their stuff as excess from other producers I think, so their fresh food either goes bad really fast or is of poor quality compared to other stores.

They're dirt cheap, and they skimp on employees, so if shitty customers make a mess it takes a long time to get cleaned up/fixed.

Also what >>11332559 this poster said- They have a reputation because some Aldis are run like fucking dogshit.(There's one at the corner down the street from me and it's ghetto as shit, where you can get fucked over buying meat or produce since it's kept improperly. It's fine for boxed goods and staples though).

I tend to go to Aldi's for all my basic and boxed stuff(things that can't go bad), their chicken(it's usually fine), and then go to other places for produce/good meat.

>>11326857
>chicken meat
as opposed to chicken anything else

>>11337655
Eggs?
Livers?
Feet?
???
Profit

>>11337680
you can just leave it at "chicken" and people know you mean the meat

Their fruits and veg are always rotted, but I like almost everything else they have.
This ice cream is supreme (don't ever buy the cheaper kind they have).
Their individual calzones are very good, too.

>>11337858
But chickens don't even have dicks.

>>11338328
Their "specially selected" brand has some good products. Pic related, their pastas are surprisingly very good, but unfortunately not always in stock from what I've seen.