LIDL - British Week
Oct 22nd 2009, 1:03 pm
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Oct 22nd 2009, 1:10 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
Not keen on batter, but on the rare occasions that I do make it I use fizzy water because I don't really like beer. Don't know if it makes any difference though. Also use fizzy water for pastry.
Oct 22nd 2009, 1:17 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I can't say the beer can be tasted in the batter but I will try fizzy water next I'm out of beer in the house. Thanks for spicy batter tips Lorna.
Oct 22nd 2009, 1:24 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I bought some nice smooth cucumbers when I was in Lidl. Not those bitter, knobbly skinned Italian ones that need peeling. I think they came from Holland. Had a Cheddar cheese and cucumber sarnie.
Oct 22nd 2009, 3:05 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I can eat the Italian cucumbers. The others don't agree with me!!
Oct 23rd 2009, 10:38 am
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I love the bitter flavours of Italy. I think the Brits find bitter not a taste they use often & it offends there delicate palate....(do I hear someone saying "Oi, who you calling delicate")
Oct 23rd 2009, 12:38 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I have always found the Holland produce tasteless in comparison. They are grown hydroponically so are just full of watered down cucumber flavour.
I love the bitter flavours of Italy. I think the Brits find bitter not a taste they use often & it offends there delicate palate....(do I hear someone saying "Oi, who you calling delicate")
I love the bitter flavours of Italy. I think the Brits find bitter not a taste they use often & it offends there delicate palate....(do I hear someone saying "Oi, who you calling delicate")
I think you may be right in that we don't always do 'bitter' as a taste as well as other places. I'm thinking of endive... something I still cannot do... and I have tried on numerous occasions.
Oct 23rd 2009, 2:02 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I have always found the Holland produce tasteless in comparison. They are grown hydroponically so are just full of watered down cucumber flavour.
I love the bitter flavours of Italy. I think the Brits find bitter not a taste they use often & it offends there delicate palate....(do I hear someone saying "Oi, who you calling delicate")
I love the bitter flavours of Italy. I think the Brits find bitter not a taste they use often & it offends there delicate palate....(do I hear someone saying "Oi, who you calling delicate")
Perhaps it is the bitter taste - can't stand aperol and gingerino and all those other orange things they make spritzes with.
Oct 23rd 2009, 7:30 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
yeah i peel the cues too....do you reckon tonic counts as bitter? like that with a nice bit of vodka..... 
Oct 26th 2009, 8:42 am
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Re: LIDL - British Week
Went to the Lidl on Saturday, all they had left was 2 packs of cheese and 1 frozen turkey dinner. I got the cheese. I was really after the balsamic vineger kettle chips.
Oct 26th 2009, 10:55 am
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I never did get the cheese, although they did have cottage cheese which I have never seen here. I can get the kettle chips in Esselunga
Oct 26th 2009, 11:02 am
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Re: LIDL - British Week
I can get cottage cheese at a discount supermarket called DPiù as well as some deli counters.
Oct 26th 2009, 11:09 am
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Re: LIDL - British Week
Lidl are doing Greek stuff this week.
Oct 26th 2009, 12:45 pm
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Re: LIDL - British Week
What about Sour cream anyone get that....I can not find it anywhere...is it called panna amaro?