Aldi & Lidl #9

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Bought the brioche chocolate croissant, it's 89p so for the money, it's adequate but I wouldn't buy it again, very claggy.
 
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Danke. I know an American friend of mine is always amused by what we get for their week.
Bitte 😊

What do you get for American week?

Here it's peanut butter, burger/ hot dog buns, hot dog sausages, pizza, brownies, and random sweets usually. All of these things are available all year round as well, though, so idk why they bother.
 
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Has anyone got a review for the lidls milk frother? Always been tempted by the hotel chocolat velvetiser but it's pricey for something that could end up shoved in the back of a cupboard.
I had one, it lasted about a year before setting on fire (luckily I was in the kitchen at the time) bought a velvetiser the next day 🙈
 
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I had one, it lasted about a year before setting on fire (luckily I was in the kitchen at the time) bought a velvetiser the next day 🙈
😳Listen to this, not to me. I don’t have the Lidl one but a Dualit one which I didn’t realise wasn’t suitable for hot chocolate researched thoroughly before purchasing. I only wanted one for hot chocolate so thought sod it, I’m doing it anyway, and it makes cracking frothy, hot choc. Still working, a few years on, but I use it infrequently. Won’t leave it on alone in the kitchen now, mind you. I just as I didn’t want to fork out for a velvetiser
 
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Bitte 😊

What do you get for American week?

Here it's peanut butter, burger/ hot dog buns, hot dog sausages, pizza, brownies, and random sweets usually. All of these things are available all year round as well, though, so idk why they bother.
Fried chicken buckets, weird desserts and milkshakes, BBQ flavoured cheddar (?), strange flavoured crisps, dips and lots of odd bits. I do like the peanut butter filled pretzel sticks though.
 
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We haven't had British week in ages. I'm excited to see what they will have on offer. Reckon those scones might be any good? (Probably not 🙈)
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Love that you get a British week! Are you in Germany or Austria? I always love the themed weeks, but most of them are so far from authentic that it's laughable. Apart from the cheese, you can normally get good cheese!

Scones are super easy to make yourself if you wanted to try them. Any supermarket packet ones aren't going to be as nice as freshly baked.
 
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Excited for Italian week at lidl. The fennel sausages are so good.

Popped in yesterday bought an almond croissant, then got a spin to win..won an almond croissant 🙄.
 
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The bakery is the main thing that draws me to Lidl! Is this a bad thing?
 
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Love that you get a British week! Are you in Germany or Austria? I always love the themed weeks, but most of them are so far from authentic that it's laughable. Apart from the cheese, you can normally get good cheese!

Scones are super easy to make yourself if you wanted to try them. Any supermarket packet ones aren't going to be as nice as freshly baked.
I'm from Germany.
In Austria, Aldi is called Hofer for some reason.

I suppose I won't bother with the scones and instead try and find a good recipe online to make them at home.
 
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Well I’m eating my free turnover for an afternoon pick me up. No fear of man handled pastries over here 😂. I just always take from the back and mostly from higher shelves!
 

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I'm from Germany.
In Austria, Aldi is called Hofer for some reason.

I suppose I won't bother with the scones and instead try and find a good recipe online to make them at home.
The key to good scones is to handle them as little as possible and try to eat them within a couple of hours of baking. They don't last too well IMO but if you can't eat them all then 10 minutes in the oven at a low heat to refresh them works well.
 
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