To be more than a Lidl appalled?

[SurelyTheyCanDoALidlBetter]

I'm a regular Lidl shopper, and particularly enjoy sampling the delicacies on offer during their various world food weeks. Interestingly shaped pasta? Of course. Sushi with all the accompanying sauces? Yes please. Wines from around the world? Into the trolley they go.

But this week is American food week, and I just can't.

Caveat: I myself am American. But surely Lidl could have come up with better offerings than marshmallows, peanut butter, pickles, Duff beer, and frozen hot dog pockets? Where is the cobb salad? Pot roast? Jambalaya? Grits? Clam chowder? Apple pie?!

The lack of proper food on offer during their America week is just embarrassing.

Am I wrong in thinking this is only a problem for American food, or are all of Lidl's food weeks filled with the junkiest options from every country and I just don't realise?

I would have gone for something more like a Cajun dish or Tex-Mex, those options you chose are quite carby and sugary, you're right.

In fairness though, they are stocking my favourite peanut butter so I don't have any complaints.

Oh and they also used to have scones during British week, not seen them recently though. Pretty terrible and dry but got them sometimes out a sense of desperate nostalgia!

I've been reading all about grits and think I'd like to try. I'm a salted porridge person so I think I might be a sympathetic taster.

cobb salad = is just salad, nothing special.
Pot roast = Roast, again nothing special.
Grits = bland, uninteresting and nothing to get excited about.
Apple pie = a very British pie.

Sorry op, but American food tends to be just other countries food or disgusting food. Think cheeze in a can, corn dogs and everything being over sweetened. I think the marshmallow, peanut butter etc are exactly what the customers are expecting.
of all the world cuisines, American really is poor.

maybe beef brisket or corn beef is not what they wanted to offer their customers.

Sorry, but the USA does some things really well, food is not one of them.

Must confess that the 'gravy' that goes along with biscuits looks pretty unappetising. It's so...lumpy.

OP, I'm also American and last night sent the screen shots to my parents who found it amusing.

I think we should be glad there's no Minnesota "salads," tater tot casserole, sloppy joes or beer cheese soup done Lidl style.

Mmm beer cheese soup...

I live them with a pat of butter and ground pepper, as well as a fried egg.

@Mentalpiece ok I might have been wrong about 'British Week" 🤣
Beans and Cheese ! Is that what we are famous for?
I might have to have a look at the American stuff. I am a sucker for crap food (it's 9 o'clock at night and I have just eaten a mint Aero and finished off a bottle of Yazoo chocolate milk 🤣🤣)

😂😂😂

Fair.

It's got fried minced beef in it.

Missing the point of this thread by a mile, but NFL matches have been played in the UK for almost 15 years now. Yes, it's niche in the UK compared to actual football (if you run with the ball in your hands, calling it football is a stretch ) but there are plenty of people over here with NFL teams they support and who will be watching. So I think it's smart marketing, much like veganuary was earlier in the month.

Personally, I'm more keen on seeing some MLB when it comes over later in the year.

Maybe they could have salad in jelly? I've certainly never seen that in another country so that is uniquely American! I half want to try sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top.

Mmmm peanut puffs

Which is interesting because I have never seen them in the US but often used to buy them in the Czech Rep

As an Italian I would just like to let you know how offended we are by the American's "mac and cheese", "pizza pies" etc.

Stones and glasshouses...

There’s actually a Duff beer?

Does anyone remember Danish Week at Lidl? I was intrigued with the look of Danish boiled sweets, and no kidding, they tasted like the smell of strong urine,

Fish n Chips n Beans 🇬🇧

"Jolly Good"

It’s Greek week in mine and that’s my fave.

British week at Lidl here in Switzerland has Fudge, Cheddar, Brown Sauce, Baked Beans, Shortbread, fake Ribena, Marmalade and Fish&Chips (a frozen bag containing both). And Guinness, which is obviously not British but they throw it in anyway.

Our American week started today. I'll be going for the Montery Jack cheese - I like it on burgers!

I didn't name or create those dishes, but yeah, soz

I adore shrimp and grits, but it’s so hard to find in England. If you don’t like grits, you’ve probably had very bad grits somewhere.

Grits... porridge made with milk and cornmeal (coarse grade) and butter, you can put pepper, salt, cheese in there too... savoury porridge more like a mashed potato substitute if flavoured though.

Biscuits - people say they're like scones but they aren't really, our scones are pretty dense things with a close, heavy texture even home-made, out of the oven 10 minutes ago.
Biscuits are more flakey, light, buttery - frankly and it pains me to say it, better... than a savoury scone. Served hot alongside lots of meals but typical with breakfasts, stews/soups. I made a copy of Red Lobsters Cheddar Bay biscuits. They are good, my sister demands I make them and she is picky as fuck and super critical about cooking!

Brilliant