scooter1
How soon is now?
I have only just started venturing in, not for any financial reason but I thought I'd check out what all the fuss was about.
I found some very good quality minced bef (really - not "cheap" stuff), but not any cheaper than you can get elsewhere since everyone seems to have offers on. What I'd really like is a convenient local butcher, but they've all shut down.
This has happened over the last couple of days and was so intrigued yesterday, I popped in again today.
A few other observations...
- Perfectably nice Pinot Grigio and a Chardonnay for about £3 a bottle. This was my biggest surprise along with the lovely Organic mature chedder.
- Lurpack butter much cheaper than elsewhere
- Bit of a wierd one, a not very mature slice of Parmesan. Very cheap, but not knock your block off tasty. Fine for cooking with though.
- Some very very cheap Serrano ham that I will brave on a homemade pizza, but the Salami looked a bit scary so I avoided that. Bit more difficult to add something nasty to Serrano I reckon, could of course be Serrano donkey.
- Cheap but so so tinned tomatoes, better quality ones avaliable elsewhere for the same price (on offer)
- Little packets of Passata (sieved tomatoes), bought for the usefullness of their size more than anything else.
- Thai Jasmine Rice, cheaper than at other supermarkets, but I can pick it up cheaper in china town.
- Shower gel at 12p a go. I suspect it's some random chemical that next week will end up as toilet cleaner, but if you don't try these things you will never know.
Lidl are ace. I used to use Lidl all the time when I lived in Spain, the choice of wines, cheeses, yoghurts and cold meats was cheap and excellent. I haven't been to Lidl over here simply because I can't be arsed to go through town over to Whitehawk, but there's an Aldi down the road that I ought to give a go to..
Although I would draw the line at shower gel for 12p, i'd even be wary of bog cleaner at 12p