A Week On Aldi DAY 4

[@nancyrahif8442]

Back to uni dorms after 10 years of nothing but healthy home cooking. Came across this channel whilst looking for supermarket ready meals reviews 😃 and absolutely enjoyed these mini series so decided to binge watch them all. Also enjoying Basil so much. Reminds me of my cat whom I had to leave at my mom’s for one whole year.

[@EviePontecorvo]

Mike: we're going to get rid of the box! Basil: I'm going to end you, Michael.

[@PhoenixHealing]

When you were “ppssttting” at Basil my cat looked up 😁

[@Bruwulf]

There is a "Grade B" maple syrup, though. It's not just marketing. Or at least, that used to be true. Somewhat recently Grade B got renamed to "Grade A, Dark and Robust". There was a "Grade C", too. But that got rebranded as "Grade A, Very Dark and Strong. Because gods forbid anything not be "Grade A".

[@MatsJPB]

That's hillarious!

[@doryna_sira]

Maple syrup is serious business, apparently. I remember a few years ago they cracked a maple syrup heist in Canada, where thieves took the barrels of syrup, drained them into new containers, refilled the barrels with water, and returned the barrels to storage. They ended up stealing what amounted to around $20 million in syrup. It might still be the biggest theft in Canadian history.

[@fman02]

So it was a sticky up then?

[@merlinathrawes6191]

When syrup gets all snowflake and demands participation awards.

[@Rpground]

@@doryna_sira As a Canadian I can tell you we take our Maple Syrup *_VERY_* seriously...

[@haydenatkins9326]

Basil resisting the cat cave on stilts is the energy we all need 😂😂

[@deleruiz8573]

Great Aldi week! Good food for you and good info for us.

[@JonathanRodd]

As a Canadian, I smiled when I saw you had real maple syrup :)

[@Nadine-hs9gx]

I could actually watch these kindof videos of yours all day 😂 xx

[@ianhargreaves468]

"Basil! Basil! We're gonna get rid of the box :'(" *wakes up briefly from permasleep, goes back to sleep*

[@catmasterOP]

watched day 2, 3 and 4 now and I am super jealous of the amazing stuff you have at ALDI over there... german ALDI selection is different and I'd love to have some of the products!

[@nathansmith6914]

Why isn't Basil ruining your shot in the mornings now? That box has changed him.

[@NerdySatyr]

So do you think you'll be going Aldi more often after this week on (or did you use to go anyway?), I think pretty highly of Aldi, sure there's some crap but there's also some true gems there!

[@belwilson9078]

Top Tip, Spray Basil's new bed / hangout with cat nip , he'll soon move in to it. He just doesn't like the smell at the moment (my vet told me this and it does work).

[@Trueglich]

what does my usa aldi not have all this good stuff.

[@philipareed]

You neglected to empower breakfast by spreading butter on the pancakes.

[@samanthalund8099]

I began this week interested in what foods will be like, now I just need to know if basil likes his bed!!

[@derrenlodge6502]

Basil's new home looks like a portable fire heater!

[@derrenlodge6502]

American bacon,good job it wasn't Canadian ham....already providing the cheese!! Eat,eat,eat,eat,eat...Mmm!!

[@Lagib28]

So far, the only crossover item with US Aldi, beside fresh chicken, is the maple syrup and frozen pancakes, but here the package has 24.

[@CookieTowerDefence]

Of course it does. Ha ha ha. That's way too much!

[@Lagib28]

@@CookieTowerDefence 4 individual packs. Use them as you need them. Nothing wrong with that.

[@CookieTowerDefence]

@@Lagib28 Didn't mean there was. I'm just used to smaller packages. :)

[@emmal7510]

I have a feeling that watching Mike try to make American pancakes from scratch could be a very entertaining video. It's not hard, but there's a learning curve on "when to flip"

[@chris.breadz]

Not really

[@mgthestrange9098]

Ham haugh is basically trotter/leg.

[@likkleginger]

Poundland now do frozen and chilled food ... try week on their food! For me Aldi is my usual shopping place (they do sell veg by the way!! 🤣) so it's just a supermarket- you might need to be creative with pound land.

[@wendyfletcher4458]

MIKE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT IS. MORE BASIL PLEASE 🐱👍

[@bobbidazzler1343]

I agree. Basil is tne real star of this channel. X

[@robbourne83]

Bacon pancakes, makin' bacon pancakes, Take some bacon and I'll put it in a pancake, Bacon pancakes, that's what it's gonna make, Bacon pancaaake!

[@SeanMidlandstransporthub]

Love your profile pic

[@TimChuma]

There is such as thing as too much bread. I thought the giant Lebanese flat bread was a good deal, by day 4 I wanted to frisbee it out the window

[@phildurrant2422]

The cheap Aldi Coke when its stone cold from the fridge is actually pretty good. Warm its vile.

[@richardpoynton4026]

Disagree about the bacon. Grill it till the fat melts and it gets crispy, but not overdone (George foreman type grill does an excellent job) But it’s a matter of personal taste isn’t it? Your breakfast looks somewhat like a canadian breakfast, although I think they prefer herby farmhouse sausage with their pancakes. Plus definitely buy pure Canadian maple syrup. It makes the breakfast!

[@wakaspokas]

Anyone else dissapointed with mike's syrup pouring abilities

[@Dombalurina]

We got our cats a cute pineapple igloo hidey hole from the middle aisle. It was just too adorable not to.

[@nathansmith6914]

Do they use it?

[@Dombalurina]

@@nathansmith6914 they do, apparently they are less particular than Basil 😂

[@feedle]

Grace is right. And I live in Colorado, where everything is jalapeno flavored.

[@BeeinTX]

Do Brits not put ice in their drinks?

[@MrFinalresistance]

Where's the moaning I signed up for? I feel robbed! ;)

[@Torchyc]

all cats need around 10 different bed so they can ignore than and sleep in cardboard boxes or the floor .... basil needs more beds XD

[@hazel-anne1520]

really enjoyed viral so im excited to hear you're working on another novel!

[@karatefella]

Hi Mike. Would it be possible for you to tell us how much the items cost ? That would be great !

[@MrJoffster]

cmon basil make the effort son looks like a lovely cat den you could get the boys round to check out your crib thise kebabs looked bloody lovely sod it im off to aldi 😂😂😂😂

[@derrenlodge6502]

Chez Basil....Will he like it? Will he appreciate it? NO...I want my box.😿

[@simonorourke4465]

Yeah typical cat lol

[@RichyTwentyThree]

Loving this week on so far Mike! :D

[@davidjones6470]

Yeah, been some good food on this week on so far!!!!!

[@starrya5647]

I've never got on with the idea of maple syrup on bacon. Much like how all caramel is now salted... Anyway, Mike slagging off British pancakes makes me want some. And I'm 9 months pregnant so I might just have to make some tonight...

[@moomin1632]

Congratulations on your pregnancy! I hope you got your pancakes😁

[@starrya5647]

@@moomin1632 Aww you're sweet! I couldn't be bothered in the end, but tomorrow is another day. Have a good evening!

[@TnT_F0X]

Aldi's is just Walmart with competent employees and without 'the people of Walmart' If you really want a challenge try a week on a rundown downtown Walmart. Forget about the food the challenge would be to come out alive and without Hepatitis.

[@MatsJPB]

He did a week on ASDA. I think that's as close to Walmart there is in UK?

[@AvanteFPS]

@@MatsJPB ASDA is owned by Walmart but the stores are very different, having been to both.

[@TnT_F0X]

@@MatsJPB I know, but nothing beats the horrors of 'the people of walmart'

[@likkleginger]

No Wal-Mart in the UK. Poundland do chilled and frozen food now... could try a week on that!

[@jjarry]

He could do a week on heron foods or the local one stop.

[@Katreyn_]

This made me excited for it cool off enough for soup season.

[@KyleRDent]

By looking at all the different supermarkets, fast food drive thrus, and the zoo Mike goes to - it's only a matter of time before someone triangulates his position and shares the address, so we can all camp out on his lawn and build golden idols of Basil in worship.

[@myteeduck]

My favourite breakfast! X

[@nesadcruz7840]

Looked like a good day.

[@karatefella]

How do Americans have their bacon ?

[@MrAranton]

Mike: "Get in there, it's cozy as hell" Basil: "Hell is not supposed to be cozy, not going there"

[@Pirusiandres]

The lack of fresh fruit and vegetables is concerning.

[@baddude1337]

He tends to mostly do the pre-made stuff on the week on's.

[@celticbarry9877]

Try the Curried Chicken Balls - its a frozen food from Alid near Chicken nuggets and stuff. I never go to Aldi but went once about a month ago and I bought them and they were really nice, crispy outside and juice chicken with a mild curry flavour. I ate them with McDonalds sweet curry sauce.

[@Estlib]

:C poor basil got his box taken by the cat guvmnt

[@Slikviq]

What's a HALAPEENO though?

[@JunKurosu]

3:17 green vomit

[@Im_Griff]

The pancakes and bacon looks cracking, think I'll have to look for those pancakes at my local branch.

[@pt20036]

I’m guessing you gonna start shopping at ALDI

[@samhenwood5746]

Not sure basil likes his new bed 😼

[@doryna_sira]

Ham hocks are the end of the pig's legs just before the foot. Not really that much meat on them, but they're great for adding a nice pork flavor to things when slow cooked. They're pretty common to add to black-eyed peas here in the U.S. south, for example.

[@stevenholden1620]

Forget Americans that bacon isn’t crispy enough 🤣

[@BugsyFoga]

Got a pretty nice beard dude

[@otterempire6249]

Mike the shirt is fire

[@maylloyd3348]

Mike - hey, Basil, we've got you a brand new expensive habitat for you to enjoy from the Aldi central aisle. Basil- no, what you've got me is a felt chimenea. Have you turned into a Nazi overnight thanks to shopping at Aldi?

[@ChesuMori]

Okay, we let you get away with calling that bacon, but "that's how bacon should look"? You scoundrel. You fiend. You criminal.

[@lufferov]

I mean, it's what bacon should look like because.. Well, it's bacon! Americans can say whatever they like, but they're wrong!

[@lufferov]

@bigevilworldwide1 are you American? If so, see above.. 🤣

[@sidewaysdanny]

@bigevilworldwide1 streaky bacon is what Americans call bacon. They call this kind of bacon, ham.

[@simonorourke4465]

Yeah there are many varieties of bacon, back, middle and streaky are the main ones which come to mind, but Americans seem to think that only streaky bacon exists.

[@propanawty9091]

Mike defo wears leopard print

[@BazT47]

My cat wont go in hers either LOL. Damn boxes

[@nathansmith6914]

Sit him or her down and explain that you spent good money on it and a box is just a throwaway item.

[@SaberusTerras]

I wish American bacon looked like that. Too often the bacon here is fat with stripes of gristly meat holding it together.

[@simonorourke4465]

Yeah we have that to, we call it streaky bacon and it is one of several varieties of bacon as well as back bacon which is probably what Mike was using.

[@TheGuinnessgirl]

Loving todays t shirt choice ;!

[@steely666]

Basil wants his box back. Mean ppl, lol.

[@QuivaRPG]

I assume someone has mentioned this already but that middle aisle is frequently called (by store employees and customers alike) the "Aisle of Shame", abbreviated "AoS"

[@jnd933]

is this meant to be a challenge? alot of people shop there

[@utdowen7]

No it’s not a challenge, he does these week on for lots of different things, it’s more for comparison and his opinions on the foods at ALDI

[@jnd933]

@@utdowen7 so basically what everyone else in the world does every week?

[@utdowen7]

JN D well people like it and obviously want to know his opinion, if you have a problem with it click off and watch something else instead of being an arse here 👍

[@richardholmes8865]

Is there a pool for betting on if basil will use the new box before the week on finishes

[@derrenlodge6502]

That cola is great! I had it loads of times...👍👍 And cheap too.

[@Dreadjaws]

So, did Basil ever get into the new bed?

[@markiangooley]

Streaky bacon is the only bacon we Americans really think of as real bacon

[@yoyo1425]

Try the chicken and mango flatbread

[@marcse7en]

No comment! 😂

[@icecranberry2148]

Why don't you eat soup more often though? Don't you have a soup maker?

[@justme002]

Hilarious that they have the most useless device in the world dedicated specifically to making soup of all things and they don't eat soup. And when they do it's usually out of a package anyway.

[@derrenlodge6502]

BASIL TV!!😄😄

[@AICabal]

Wow, another "week on", what hot new content Mike!

[@derrenlodge6502]

Or a weird telly!

[@MrLimeGamingContentAndFreeGFX]

you should do asmr

[@rockinrachel1670]

Ofc Basil will not want to go in his comfy bed :P

[@nathansmith6914]

FFS Basil!

[@GothicKittyMadness]

what was wrong with Basil's Crisp Box???? That thing from Aldi is a total downgrade. D:

[@Savannah_Simpson]

Never been a huge fan of pea soup but that didn’t look too bad.

[@derrenlodge6502]

Word of the day...FLUFFY! Get stuck in....😄👍😀

[@SWRadioConcepts]

I've been a subscriber for years and enjoy your content, but I have to finally ask: You do know your video quality is absolutely horrid right? Way over-compressed, digitized, artifacts, dull, soft. Do you see that? I've had cheap burner prepaid smartphones that shoot better video than this out of the box - so I doubt it's your camera. Must be your import/transcode settings or something.

[@SWRadioConcepts]

@@jamesdryan In 2020 you really have to try to make video look this bad. I'm really curious as to what he's doing to make it look so awful. Even a cheap smartphone ran through any modern video editor - even "free" versions like iMovie on the default settings would look much better than this. To make video look this bad, I think I'd have to take the output of the editor and run it through mpegstreamclip and target like a ~50MB file size or something. It's just bad.

[@davidjones6470]

Like the Tom and Jerry t-shirt!!!!👍

[@Chris-hm8py]

Why is it that when you go to Aldi with the missus, while you go to get food & drink which is why you went, she’s pis@ed off to the middle Isle to raid the special buys buying crap you don’t need! 🙄🤷‍♂️

[@MyManiacGamer]

Except British pancakes are real pancakes and American style ones are crap 🙄

[@denisehuston2573]

What on earth is a British pancake? Is it a crepe?

[@juliesuddes4478]

I love basil's new bed

[@TheAlexmynameis]

Cherry wood is the wood of the cherry tree.

[@mistywolf312]

OK, sit down children we are going to learn about grades of maple syrup... Are you sitting comfortably.. Good. There are according to my Canadian friend 3 grades of the stuff, grade A is harvested early in the season, is light in colour and sweet and not very dense, very similar to corn syrup. Grade B is medium brown/gold in colour, slightly thicker in texture than A and slightly more flavoursome, also not quite as sweet. Grade C is very dark, very dense and full bodied. Grade C is the healthiest of the 3 for you as it contains more minerals and isn't as sugary. The rumour is that the syrup that gets exported to the US is not as good quality as the exports to the rest of the world as they tend to add corn syrup to it for profit margins... This may not be true, I am only relaying what my Canadian friend told me.

[@aansteker]

Good to see more Basil.

[@JunKurosu]

1:17 that looks gross

[@walterloehrmann5213]

So does Urektum.

[@DarksiderDude]

"maple thyrup"

[@markiangooley]

Cat bed is potentially a Cat Dancer toy

[@chefeddie6164]

Enjoy your pancakes and ham. Cheers from America!

[@sidewaysdanny]

There are 2 types of bacon. Streaky bacon, and back bacon. This is back bacon. Ham is usually a leg cut

[@chefeddie6164]

@@sidewaysdanny There is one kind of bacon. It comes from the pork belly. Everything else is ham. Unless it's uncured bacon which is just pork .

[@michaelwhite5641]

Maple Syrup, the great bacon ruiner

[@OlEgSaS32]

Pretty sure how you "tsktsktsktsk" a quarter of a million times at basil, just makes him hate you

[@martymart7892]

Pandering to your American audience again I see.Pancakes are for pancake day only & should be homemade.Sort your life out!

[@zsandmann]

Pppsssst that’s not bacon 🤣

[@simonorourke4465]

It is its just not streaky bacon, it's probably back or middle bacon.

[@mohammedboksh4387]

That chicken breast is looking spicy