I like Aldi for buying certain German things around Christmas. Unfortunately, I live in McLean, which is not exactly an Aldi targeted demographic. The closest one is in Sterling (I think). Pain in the neck.

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Anonymous wrote:My mother in law lives in The Netherlands and worked at Aldi for 30 years. She never bought her groceries there due to its reputation similar to in Germany.

When she's visiting and I stop there she'll pick up a few things.

The one thing she and DH do like is the Christmas stollen. It's the most similar to European stollen and a good price.

What exactly is "European" stollen?

That's a generalization but I meant that the stollen there is similar to the ones they usually enjoy at home in The Netherlands so during Christmas DH and my MIL get a taste of home while in the US. Typically the Dutch stollen have an almond paste filling in the center.

Stollen is german. The Dutch version is kerststol I believe. Stollen often has marzipan inside as well.

Well I'll tell my Dutch family that they're saying it wrong next time.

I didn't want to start an argument about it, just recommend the stollen at Aldi as more authentic and good tasting than other versions sold in this country.

Stollen is a German word, so please do tell your Dutch family that Stollen is a TRADITIONAL German bread. Stollen is about as Dutch as Indian Paratha bread.

Well considering The Netherlands borders Germany, no I don't agree that stollen is the same to the Dutch as paratha. Anyways, I never said it was a Dutch bread. I said that they (the Dutch) call it stollen which they do so it's also a word used in Dutch. I'm not going to correctly their Dutch language since they are the native speakers.

As I stated they enjoy stollen in Holland and consider the Aldi stollen with the almond filling a decent replacement for the traditional stollen they eat in Holland which is a compliment to Aldi.

They are actually called Dresdner Christollen or Weihnachtstollen during Advent, and were created in 1474 (in Dresden, which is in the east of Germany). And yes, the Aldi ones are pretty good, they're usually made in Germany.

--German.

I like Aldi. I've had some issues with produce, but it's good for potatoes, onions, carrots... I also found that their spices, oatmeal and pure maple syrup is cheaper than my local Safeway so I go there every once in a while just for those things.

I wish there was one in friendship heights on the DC side, so it would also sell beer and wine.

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Anonymous wrote:My mother in law lives in The Netherlands and worked at Aldi for 30 years. She never bought her groceries there due to its reputation similar to in Germany.

When she's visiting and I stop there she'll pick up a few things.

The one thing she and DH do like is the Christmas stollen. It's the most similar to European stollen and a good price.

What exactly is "European" stollen?

That's a generalization but I meant that the stollen there is similar to the ones they usually enjoy at home in The Netherlands so during Christmas DH and my MIL get a taste of home while in the US. Typically the Dutch stollen have an almond paste filling in the center.

Stollen is german. The Dutch version is kerststol I believe. Stollen often has marzipan inside as well.

Well I'll tell my Dutch family that they're saying it wrong next time.

I didn't want to start an argument about it, just recommend the stollen at Aldi as more authentic and good tasting than other versions sold in this country.

Stollen is a German word, so please do tell your Dutch family that Stollen is a TRADITIONAL German bread. Stollen is about as Dutch as Indian Paratha bread.

Well considering The Netherlands borders Germany, no I don't agree that stollen is the same to the Dutch as paratha. Anyways, I never said it was a Dutch bread. I said that they (the Dutch) call it stollen which they do so it's also a word used in Dutch. I'm not going to correctly their Dutch language since they are the native speakers.

As I stated they enjoy stollen in Holland and consider the Aldi stollen with the almond filling a decent replacement for the traditional stollen they eat in Holland which is a compliment to Aldi.

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Anonymous wrote:My mother in law lives in The Netherlands and worked at Aldi for 30 years. She never bought her groceries there due to its reputation similar to in Germany.

When she's visiting and I stop there she'll pick up a few things.

The one thing she and DH do like is the Christmas stollen. It's the most similar to European stollen and a good price.

What exactly is "European" stollen?

That's a generalization but I meant that the stollen there is similar to the ones they usually enjoy at home in The Netherlands so during Christmas DH and my MIL get a taste of home while in the US. Typically the Dutch stollen have an almond paste filling in the center.

Stollen is german. The Dutch version is kerststol I believe. Stollen often has marzipan inside as well.

Well I'll tell my Dutch family that they're saying it wrong next time.

I didn't want to start an argument about it, just recommend the stollen at Aldi as more authentic and good tasting than other versions sold in this country.

Stollen is a German word, so please do tell your Dutch family that Stollen is a TRADITIONAL German bread. Stollen is about as Dutch as Indian Paratha bread.

Anonymous wrote:OP, clearly DCUM not down with Aldi

It is a no -nonsense grocery store perfect for people on a tight budget. Nice to know everyone can afford nutritious food - with options spannningat From Aldi to Whole Foods.

Palate is an acquired thing. My mom is a terrible cook who uses low quality ingredients. Married 50 years my dad loves her coooking. His mind is blown when eating elsewhere, but he knows what he knows and her coooking suits them fine.

This might be our "problem". We've been Mom's Market, Trader Joes, and Wegmans, and Whole Foods shoppers for a long time. But, we needed to seriously cut down on our grocery budget. So, I gave Aldi a try. We found so much of the food to be flavorless OR tasted terrible. We're just used to better food, I suppose. (Including trader joes. Not for produce, but their chicken sausages are considerably better than Aldi's)

As for DCUM being down on Aldi, I don't think that's the case. I think people are commenting on THIS thread because of it's title. If you do a search for "aldi", there's plenty of other threads where people gush about it.

OP, clearly DCUM not down with Aldi

It is a no -nonsense grocery store perfect for people on a tight budget. Nice to know everyone can afford nutritious food - with options spannningat From Aldi to Whole Foods.

Palate is an acquired thing. My mom is a terrible cook who uses low quality ingredients. Married 50 years my dad loves her coooking. His mind is blown when eating elsewhere, but he knows what he knows and her coooking suits them fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Milk at the Aldi in Gaithersburg is $1.49/gal. Two weeks ago it was $1.39. When you buy 3 gal/week you really can't beat that.

And before all the food snobs chime in, I don't do organic or all that other BS. For REGULAR 2% milk this is an unbeatable price.

Is the price of milk down over all? It was $1.79/gal at Wegmans last week.

Milk at Giant right now is $3.49. But I think Giant has horrible prices anyway. (Regular prices, maybe sale prices are better.)

Walmart is around $3.49, too, according to the search that I did.

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Anonymous wrote:Milk at the Aldi in Gaithersburg is $1.49/gal. Two weeks ago it was $1.39. When you buy 3 gal/week you really can't beat that.

And before all the food snobs chime in, I don't do organic or all that other BS. For REGULAR 2% milk this is an unbeatable price.

Is the price of milk down over all? It was $1.79/gal at Wegmans last week.

Milk at Giant right now is $3.49. But I think Giant has horrible prices anyway. (Regular prices, maybe sale prices are better.)

Anonymous wrote:Milk at the Aldi in Gaithersburg is $1.49/gal. Two weeks ago it was $1.39. When you buy 3 gal/week you really can't beat that.

And before all the food snobs chime in, I don't do organic or all that other BS. For REGULAR 2% milk this is an unbeatable price.

Is the price of milk down over all? It was $1.79/gal at Wegmans last week.