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Post by carol on Feb 15, 2009 19:06:28 GMT
Lidl have got a Greek promotion on this week and they have lots of familiar goodies including 50cl bottles of retsina for £2.99, it looks like the Cair one that we drink in Halki but tastes ever so slightly sweeter to me but it is a good substitute, certainly an improvement on Kourtaki.
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Post by Liz on Feb 16, 2009 9:08:53 GMT
Oooh shall have togo take a peek .....wonder how much they have ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 11:14:43 GMT
Possibly it may be too many years pickled in the stuff but, I really do not have a problem with Kourtaki. though I do admit Cair is lighter.
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Post by carol on Feb 16, 2009 11:32:03 GMT
Hi sth, I always bring three 75cl bottles of Cair retsina home with me and try not to drink them too quickly as I know there will not be any more until the following year, but I admit sometimes I have to buy the Kourtaki, it is fine as a substitute. Not sure if the Lidl one is Cair but certainly very similar.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 13:38:14 GMT
I don't remember seeing Cair anywhere else in Greece and certainly to date not in the UK. I only drink it in the summer in UK anyhow and then only infrequently.
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Post by davidfromealing on Feb 17, 2009 22:00:25 GMT
CAIR is made on Rhodes. Must go to my local Lidl to see if they have it. I love retsina.
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Post by davidfromealing on Feb 18, 2009 15:28:57 GMT
Visited the near Lidl today to see the Greek promotion. It was all the usual prepacked stuff. The retsina doesn't say CAIR on the label, but bought some anyway.
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Post by Di on Feb 18, 2009 18:52:54 GMT
We're lucky in that we have a cash and carry type thingy run by a Greek who imports all his wines (metaxa, ouzo, feta, vine leaves - you name it he stocks it) etc to supply the Greek restaurants in Liverpool so we can buy retsina from him. Only problem is that you have to buy it by the case  |
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Post by joanie on Feb 18, 2009 20:44:08 GMT
I got some too , i've had that one before in Symi, I bought some goodies too,I also got a bottle of Anessia 7 star which looks like Matexa £11- 45. Not tried it so dont know what it tastes like but seeing that I have an awful cold seems like a good time to try it
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Post by Andrew on Mar 13, 2009 13:54:10 GMT
Lidl stocked that dried bread that the Greeks seems so fond of. They also had tins of "musky octopus" which I imagine had lost something in translation. I came away with a tin of giant beans.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2009 14:18:10 GMT
That octupus has been around a long time and I think is great. It does need a little bit of tweaking and doctoring to bring out the best.
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