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01/02/2018
January 2, 2017
Crumby, Crumbly, Caramba!
This is something that’s been in our freezer since around Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, ALDI only seems to stock their fruit pies for the year-end holidays. So you may need to wait for this to show up again. When it does make its appearance again, this is a good one.
The “crust” is what makes this pie. There are plenty of crumbs that cook up just perfectly in the oven. This crust is nothing like the usual freezer pie crust that tends to be somewhat industrial. Even the bottom of this crust is crispy and crumbly, tending to break into pieces as it’s extracted from the pie pan.
The filling is good, with small pieces of apple mixed in with a sweet thick apple syrup. I would’ve preferred more and larger pieces of apple and less of the syrup, but as noted above, this pie is all about the crust.
Calories 320 per slice, 9 slices per pie
Price – lost receipt, probably around $5
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12/23/2017
December 23, 2017
With the year-end holidays comes sleeping in and slow morning wakeups with a little spiked coffee. At least that’s the tradition around this house. The spike in the coffee usually takes the form of some Irish cream.
Here’s a new variation of the holiday tradition first reviewed here, O’Donnells Original Irish cream, What could go wrong by adding some caramel flavor to the Irish cream? Absolutely nothing. For me, this is even better than the original. The caramel flavor is not overpowering. In fact it’s barely noticeable in the coffee. But for whatever reason it tends to smooth out the beverage even more. Very enjoyable. Price $8.99
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12/09/2017
December 9, 2017
ALDI has some surprisingly good chocolates. This is one of them. Without saying another word about these, they are really really good.
If you’re on a budget pick up one of these as a holiday present for your kid’s teacher. If you’re not on a budget, get two. They’re worth half a grade point on the kid’s next report card. Cheaper than a tutor!
Price $3.99 per box
Calories 190 per 3 piece serving (16 pieces in the box)
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12/09/2017
December 9, 2017
The box says, ‘with 11 vegetables’. How do they fit them all in a 4 inch diameter circle?
One good thing, you can actually see the little veggies in the circle. Being that the veggies are of a size that makes them visible, the burgers tend to fall apart if handled too much while cooking. Like many veggie burgers, the flavor of these is on the bland side. I saw the word chipotle through the glass freezer case, but somehow when I got home they had changed to just plain veggie burgers. I’ll look twice the next time.
Along with the bland flavor, these tend to dry out while cooking in the microwave. Both problems can be overcome with the use of condiments. For my purposes I topped with a spoonful or two of pickle relish which added a little flavor pop and also some needed moisture. Problems solved.
While comparable to other veggie burgers on the market in texture and taste, these are also labeled ‘certified vegan’. What’s also nice is they’re in the ALDI freezer case, meaning you won’t have to go elsewhere looking for a vegan veggie burger. Now the potential downside is, I don’t know if these are a special item which will soon disappear or whether they’ll be a regular item in the freezer case.
Calories 90 per burger – 4 servings per container (10 oz. total – 284g)
Price $2.49 per box
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11/29/2017
11/29/2017
The coffee is not bad, bearable and actually fairly good. There’s some bitterness in the cup, but not enough to stop drinking. The bitterness subsides as the coffee cools. The coffee has a decent body for a medium roast. On the scale of coffee goodness, this one falls above a McDonald’s or Denny’s coffee and below most Trader Joe’s offerings. The coffee is entirely drinkable black, which is how I review all coffees.
I picked this up because Trader Joe’s Honduran coffee is one of the better coffees I’ve reviewed. This isn’t as good, but still fairly good, especially for the price. Coffee plants just might have a thing for Honduras.
If you’re on a budget or just happen to be close to an ALDI when you find your cupboard bare of coffee, this one just might be good for you. The coffee is labelled fair trade and organic, so it may be good for the farmers and environment also. Price $4.79
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11/17/2017
November 17, 2017
This is perhaps the best $5 wine you’ll ever have. For about the last year or two the very good Tuscan wines ALDI used to stock have been missing from the shelves. I was pretty happy to see this one on my last visit, even if it has the unlikely sounding generic name of Chianti with a further Adventure Series qualifier. What gives, where are the nice Italian names on the bottle that I usually can’t pronounce?
The wine is: a medium-dark red color, mildly dry in the mouth with gentle tannins, medium bodied, has no bad tastes, and has little aroma in the glass. There’s nothing outstanding about this wine except that there’s also absolutely nothing bad about this wine. Because it’s a mild inoffensive wine, it should make a good sipping wine for anyone liking a red wine with these characteristics. It also makes a nice table wine, which should go well with just about any food red wines are generally associated with. Paired on different occasions with some homemade pizza and lasagna, the wine was a perfect fit.
While most DOCG Chianti wines don’t appear on the shelves for around two years, this wine is a 2016 vintage making it a little young. However the wine is perfectly ready for drinking now. I suppose that’s why it’s on the shelf.
For $4.99 a bottle this is a true bargain. It’s not a WOW! wine, but it’s also not a wine where you’ll find people leaving 3/4 full glasses on the table. Having a party? This should be a safe red wine where your investment in several bottles will not go to waste.
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11/07/2017
November 7, 2017
This wine is a very clear pale yellow color with a few happy bubbles once the screw cap is taken off and the wine meets the glass. There are slight notes of sweet fruit on the front of the tongue. There is no burn on the tongue, roof of mouth or back of the throat. I liked the 2013 version and have no complaints with this one either, other than it’s a touch too sweet for me.
Paired with a Trader Joe’s Balti Curry pie, it went well. The sweetness helping to balance out the curry. While an unusual pairing, the wine is probably better by itself as a sipping or party wine. The wine is fine at room temperature, but a slight chill makes it a bit better. This is advertised as an 88 point wine. While some might argue rating points, no one can argue the price and the value that represents. Price $4.99.
I had this at the same time as a 2016 Crystal Creek Riesling also from ALDI. As neither was my cup of tea, what I did was “blend” them in the glass. The sweetness of this wine helped balance the negative burn from the Crystal Creek. The sum was better than the parts. Forced with making a selection, I’d pick this over the Crystal Creek.
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11/07/2017
November 7, 2017
A fruit fly, probably making its way into the house via a bunch of bananas, immediately found the bottle once opened. A good sign. And he/she made repeated return trips to the glass. I don’t like sharing that much. The wine is very clear with a pale yellow, almost white, color. There’s a nice fruity aroma, reminding me of apples and apple cider. The wine produced a warm feeling in the mouth and a slight burn in the throat, otherwise there wasn’t much flavor. By the end of the glass, I had a very tipsy fruit fly.
Paired with some tasty cheddar cheese, the fat from the cheese helped balance the wine, reducing some of that harshness at the back of the throat. The wine also picks up some sweetness and fruit flavors when cooled. The cooling also helped with the throat burn. Price $5.99.
I had this at the same time as a 2016 Landshut Riesling also from ALDI. As neither was my cup of tea, what I did was “blend” them in the glass. The sweetness of the Landshut helped balance the negative burn from the Crystal Creek. The sum was better than the parts. Forced with making a selection, I’d pick the Landshut over this.
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10/29/2017
October 29, 2017
Herring, the adolescent sardine, what’s not to like? If you’ve ever avoided herring because, well it’s herring, this may change your mind. This herring comes packed in a not spicy curry sauce. The curry is a little sweet, and a little pineappley. The curry disguises very well whatever preconceived notion of taste you may have of herring. The herring itself comes as fillets with a nice firm texture. And no, the herring does not taste fishy. The herring also does not taste or look like any of that pickled stuff people bring out for New Year’s. If you were worrying about that, forget about it. On top of that it’s nutritious with: low carbs, relatively high protein and a more fun way to get some omega-3 than one of those gelatin oil filled capsules. This is an ALDI Oktoberfest perennial offering, so you won’t be seeing it on the shelves until either next September for Oktoberfest or possibly next May for Maifest.
Calories 100 per serving (4 servings per can)
Price $1.69 per can
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10/25/2017
October 25, 2017
Well this is somewhat misleading. But it will be eaten nonetheless.
I’m a sucker for cheesecake. The picture on the box looked really good. The title was enticing. How could anyone resist the words chocolate truffle and cheesecake combined in one place? The price was more than right. And the everyday cheesecake at ALDI is pretty wonderful. So this would be one step beyond wonderful. Right? Not exactly. But, like the mushrooms that share the same name, this sort of grows on you.
Rather than a cheesecake this is more like a chocolate mousse (with horns) sitting on a thickish chocolate graham cracker “crust”. “With horns” in this context means thick and beefy mousse. If I didn’t have the box to read, I wouldn’t know this was a cheesecake, even one of those light fluffy cheesecakes. The chocolate flavor is neither sweet milk chocolate nor dark semi-sweet chocolate. It’s somewhere in the middle with an earthy tinge to it (like a real truffle?). The graham cracker crust is crunchy in the mouth. That provides an interesting textural contrast with the soft “cheesecake” topping it. Even though it doesn’t taste exceptionally sweet, I’m sure there’s a bunch of sugar in it.
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January 2, 2017
The filling is good, with small pieces of apple mixed in with a sweet thick apple syrup. I would’ve preferred more and larger pieces of apple and less of the syrup, but as noted above, this pie is all about the crust.
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