Which cheap and nasty food item do you choose over more expensive and better quality alternatives?

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

For me it’s chicken kievs. I love the crispy outside and the mushy chicken inside. I know they’re not the best, I actually work in a chicken factory so I know exactly what goes into it! But it still doesn’t put me off 🤣 Clearly my standards are on the floor…

What’s your cheap and nasty favourite?

I raise you.. supermarket own sage and onion stuffing is my go to!

Lidl Belgian beer in the little stubby bottles. Absolutely mint on a hot summer evening and just enough in a bottle that I can have two and not feel fuzzy headed (unlike cans where one isn't quite enough and two is too much)

Also agree with this, farm foods own brand ones are pure nostalgia

Yes, tried to make gravy and it was no ce, but oh the faff.

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I love them too. I’ve got one in the cupboard, possibly out of date. They seem to have regained popularity recently.

I like the white chocolate chip cookies from sainsburies bakery

Grim but sausages. Give me Tesco’s own brand instead of the finest range any day.

Butterscotch angel delight
Artic roll with custard

Heinz ravioli in a tin😋. I do also like fancy fresh ravioli with walnuts and dolcelatte in my defence….

Dr Oetaker pizza here too, I don’t think they are particularly cheap any more. All food seems expensive at the moment.

Morrisons online had them at 1.75 a few months ago. Sadly I could only fit 3 in the freezer.

Last night, DP and I couldn’t think what to have for tea for ages until I suggested chips and egg (McCains oven chips of course) and OMG it was the best.

Not me but my (French) husband prefers the soft pain au chocolats that come individually wrapped to actual ones from the boulangerie- he’s mad in my opinion!

59p own brand white chocolate.

Ooh thanks for this! Next gravy I buy will be from Aldi!

I'm probably quite picky about food but I do sometimes indulge in some awful for you, cheap, from a packet spicy noodles which I enjoy with a slice of cheap white buttered bread.

We went our monthly Tesco shop today, it was up £40 and we were missing a few things and I had no alcohol! It is scary how much food has gone up,

I like an artisan seeded loaf as much as the next person but - cheap white bread for the win, for fried bread, bread pudding, bread sauce and bacon butties.

I love garlic sausage. I know it's rubbish processed meat and probably cancerous, but I can't resist. Luckily, it's quite hard to find, so I have it very rarely.

Bernard Matthews Mini Kiev's

Aldi Fiesta ice lollies... their version of a Feast, but so much better

Oh, and along the same lines, that super plasticky Bavarian Smoked Cheese. Something about the rubbery texture is sensory heaven for me.

Ooh yes, that's some good stuff.

This is really interesting, thanks for sharing. I’m undecided whether it’s enough to put me off, currently fascinated rather than disgusted but time will tell..

Agree re chicken Kievs. I buy them from m&s and I only like the ones that are preformed chicken mush inside.

Also, I only eat bread about once a year if that, in the form of toast with marmite. I want that toast to be made of lovely white plastic bread.

And to my husband’s chagrin, I much prefer M&S cheese coleslaw to his homemade version.