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Lidl’s Christmas Treats and the Quiet Art of Making Them Worse
Every Christmas, Lidl’s stollen bites, pudding and cake have been dependable favourites. This year, something felt different. The stollen bites lacked their familiar marzipan richness, the Christmas pudding seemed rather ordinary, and only the Christmas cake held up. Have the recipes changed, or have my expectations? Either way, a once reliable festive tradition felt disappointing.
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!
I Can’t Believe They Use the Word Butter! Let’s get straight to it. ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!’ is a remarkably confident name for a spread. If you’re going to invite comparisons with butter, you’d better be prepared for them. Butter is creamy, rich and actually enjoyable. This stuff? It tastes like someone mistook grease for flavour. Marketed as a butter alternative, it’s not particularly convincing. The taste is… well, greasy. Not buttery. Not even close. It leaves an…