Claire!!! Where have you been? 🙂 I do like the Green & Black’s eggs, partial to a big fancy Butler’s egg in an unnecessary basket full of straw and purple paper too, even as I bleat on about the environment.
As I’ve been off chocolate for Lent, I think I’d be happy with a slab of Scotbar cooking chocolate come Easter morning. As it is, though, I’ll be getting two small Cadbury’s eggs. These were selected, as there is no plastic in the packaging!
I got loads ‘for the kids’ at Aldi, they are yummy and much cheaper than the bigger brands. And they have far less packaging too. For a real treat, we will visit Benoit Lodge’s shop and factory in Kenmare, it’s not cheap but excellent quality and much cheaper than a weekend at the spa or even a night out. For people in Dublin, the Cocoa Atelier is every chocoholic’s dream.
Actually, these 2 might even turn out much better value than the cheap eggs than no one really likes anyway and end up chopped up in cookies for weeks after Easter
Ooh, will definitely be getting some Lindt bunnies, it’s been years since I’ve treated myself at Easter. Possibly because I treat myself to chocolate on a daily basis.
Yeah I agree re full price eggs – I got 5 eggs for the kids for a tenner in Tesco and a load of eggs to hide around the garden (snow permitting!)! As for dinner – we’re going for Confit Duck from a tin with roast veggies and a left over Christmas pud for dessert!! ..easy option…I’ve been off drink for lent and can’t wait for Sunday!!
I urge anyone visiting Kenmare to go to Benoit Lorge’s shop and atelier. I bought 3 chocolate bunnies, about 180g each, for a fiver each, and they were yummy! I also got a small bag of assorted chocolates for myself and got talking to Benoit. His chocolates are sold in some Dublin shops (I think he mentioned Donnybrook Fair and Fallon) but they are much dearer than in his shop.
Our local Aldi has been getting lower and lower in granule coffee for the last month or more until finally w/e 21st April they had no instant coffee whatsoever, no cheap, no Columbian (the best of the instants), no de-caf.
I asked what was the story and I was told that even the main warehouse is totally out of stock. The chap said that he had no idea what was going on but that naturally he hoped it would be sorted soon. He said that as far he knew the situation was the same for all Aldi stores.
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 10:51 am
What, no Green & Blacks or Leonidas?! Easter is not the same without smoked haddock on Good Friday and feed of G&B and/or Leonidas on Sunday. Burp.
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Claire!!! Where have you been? 🙂 I do like the Green & Black’s eggs, partial to a big fancy Butler’s egg in an unnecessary basket full of straw and purple paper too, even as I bleat on about the environment.
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Claire, just for you, a smoked haddock chowder recipe. It’s been a while since I’ve made this…
http://www.cheapeats.ie/2009/05/20/wednesday-wind-down-smoked-haddock-chowder/
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Awww, it’s nice to be missed 😀
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 1:17 pm
As I’ve been off chocolate for Lent, I think I’d be happy with a slab of Scotbar cooking chocolate come Easter morning. As it is, though, I’ll be getting two small Cadbury’s eggs. These were selected, as there is no plastic in the packaging!
I won’t be buying Easter presents, but I’ll be making some homemade eggs, and I’ll be trying my hand at a few of these (shredded wheat is less yummy, but more realistic than flake): http://www.katieathome.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Easter-title.jpg
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 2:32 pm
I got loads ‘for the kids’ at Aldi, they are yummy and much cheaper than the bigger brands. And they have far less packaging too. For a real treat, we will visit Benoit Lodge’s shop and factory in Kenmare, it’s not cheap but excellent quality and much cheaper than a weekend at the spa or even a night out. For people in Dublin, the Cocoa Atelier is every chocoholic’s dream.
Actually, these 2 might even turn out much better value than the cheap eggs than no one really likes anyway and end up chopped up in cookies for weeks after Easter
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Ooh, will definitely be getting some Lindt bunnies, it’s been years since I’ve treated myself at Easter. Possibly because I treat myself to chocolate on a daily basis.
Monday 2 April, 2012 at 7:33 pm
Tasted the aldi ‘lindt-esque’ bunnies and they were very delicious & comparable in quality to lindt chocolate. They were a good bit cheaper too. Yum!
Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 11:56 am
Yeah I agree re full price eggs – I got 5 eggs for the kids for a tenner in Tesco and a load of eggs to hide around the garden (snow permitting!)! As for dinner – we’re going for Confit Duck from a tin with roast veggies and a left over Christmas pud for dessert!! ..easy option…I’ve been off drink for lent and can’t wait for Sunday!!
Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 1:44 pm
There is something very wrong with giving a load of cans of Coke as an Easter present…. 😮
Wednesday 11 April, 2012 at 2:59 pm
I urge anyone visiting Kenmare to go to Benoit Lorge’s shop and atelier. I bought 3 chocolate bunnies, about 180g each, for a fiver each, and they were yummy! I also got a small bag of assorted chocolates for myself and got talking to Benoit. His chocolates are sold in some Dublin shops (I think he mentioned Donnybrook Fair and Fallon) but they are much dearer than in his shop.
Sunday 29 April, 2012 at 10:48 am
Our local Aldi has been getting lower and lower in granule coffee for the last month or more until finally w/e 21st April they had no instant coffee whatsoever, no cheap, no Columbian (the best of the instants), no de-caf.
I asked what was the story and I was told that even the main warehouse is totally out of stock. The chap said that he had no idea what was going on but that naturally he hoped it would be sorted soon. He said that as far he knew the situation was the same for all Aldi stores.
Has anyone heard anything?
Monday 30 April, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Just back from Aldi and there is no coffee in Nutgrove, not even decaff…loads of tea though!