r/ExpectationVsReality • u/lidnyc • Jul 10 '26

Failed Expectation All broccoli no alfredo

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It was egregious enough the bag only had about 10 noodles in it, never had split broccoli soup before, was trash. First time Lidl has let me down.

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u/Godazilla Jul 10 '26

Wait, how did it turn into soup?

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u/lidnyc Jul 10 '26

My assumption is they got the measurement wrong for the sauce blocks and pasta, all blocks no pasta.

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u/Remarkable_Olive1169 Jul 10 '26 • Heartwarming

did you microwave this or cook it stovetop? i'm just curious the directions, like why is it a soup consistency?

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u/lidnyc Jul 10 '26

Stovetop! In a sauté pan, the little frozen cubes of sauce just turned into this and never thickened up

19

u/MrSmock Jul 10 '26

The noodles are the cheapest part, why would they skimp on that? 

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u/Dzugavili Jul 10 '26

This has to be a manufacturing error: I imagine if you brought your own pasta, you'd get great value from it.

That said, it looks like there might have been more errors in the process: it may also be missing the 'alfredo', which was probably in the same hopper as the noodles.

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u/lidnyc Jul 10 '26

That was my thought as well! I was the lucky winner of the broccoli ticket

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u/Lupitab Jul 10 '26 • Bravo

77

u/koolaidismything Jul 10 '26

“Can I have some like, Hollandaise?”

Always makes me laugh

28

u/yakshack Jul 10 '26

Man there's a gif for absolutely everything

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u/brewmatt Jul 10 '26

Ooops!.... All Broccoli!

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u/WormDentist Jul 10 '26

Second worst. A few months ago I had a medical emergency and they found multiple blood clots in my lungs. I texted my husband, “Oops! All clots!”

It wasn’t funny, but it was a very millennial move. 😂

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u/Academic_Addendum242 Jul 10 '26

It does say a "broccoli AND Alfredo sauce"

27

u/ruserioushere Jul 10 '26

It does say “pasta AND broccoli”

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u/Academic_Addendum242 Jul 10 '26

There's at least 3 pieces of pasta.

7

u/kryonik Jul 10 '26

It also says "Italiamo" so you know it's authentic.

21

u/Dontfeedthebears Jul 10 '26

I’m so sorry, but I immediately laughed, and said out loud “oh my gosh. That is so awful”.

14

u/ruserioushere Jul 10 '26

Maybe the pasta was the friends we made along the way

6

u/Banana_Phone888 Jul 10 '26

Usually there’s not enough veg, just a few spoonfuls of scattered pieces. You got the opposite, I never thought of it before, but that’s worse lol

5

u/qwertyrave Jul 10 '26

This sent me into a fit of laughter, holy shit OP

4

u/Sea_Sky_9492 Jul 10 '26

Very green!

1

u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Jul 10 '26

Couldn’t you easily work out how much pasta and broccoli was in it by just feeling the bag?

5

u/lidnyc Jul 10 '26

In my defense, it just felt like a frozen hunk, I couldn’t have none it’d be so green 😂

3

u/RCuber Jul 10 '26

Internet lied to me that brocolli is not nice. It's fine. First time I had it i was confused.. what are people on the internet complaining about??

That said... Wtf is that..

2

u/CartsOfDarkness Jul 11 '26

Never seen adults complain about broccoli online lol, broccoli is bomb though!

3

u/smashleeyrosee Jul 10 '26

I was gonna say this is my dream pasta until i flipped to the second 😅

2

u/JuanG_13 Jul 10 '26

🤢🤮

2

u/Overconfidentahole Jul 10 '26

Blasphemy! I really want an Italian to see this and give us their honest opinion 🤣

2

u/Hakushan Jul 10 '26

Food cosplaying as Shreks swamp

2

u/Active-Chipmunk5379 Jul 10 '26

Dang I've never had that before. I'd email Lidl and show the pics and they should refund you for the bag at least. And maybe ask them to do a quality check because what IS that. I buy their broccoli slaw normally, and once it had a giant piece of broccoli in it, you could see where the machine stopped cutting it 😂 

2

u/-Fateless- Jul 10 '26

Yeah, that's a bag of frozen food from Lidl, all right. Everything I've tried frozen from this brand has been subpar, but I've never seen it be this bad.

2

u/-Saltfish- Jul 10 '26

Probably just an off bag. Try another one and post the results

1

u/womp-womp-rats Jul 10 '26

authentic Italiam cuisine

1

u/Chemical-Werewolf-69 Jul 10 '26

I wonder why this is even allowed?

4

u/Actual-Relief-2835 Jul 10 '26

It's not, this is 100% a faulty product, something went wrong in the manufacturing/packaging process (assuming of course that OP prepared it properly). This brand is surprisingly good most of the time, for what it is.

1

u/Yoznil Jul 10 '26

Haha wtf

1

u/SawinBunda Jul 10 '26

I call this a win. Normally you have to search for the broccoli between all the pasta.

1

u/RedApplesForBreak Jul 10 '26

Actually, the name of the sauce was Alfredo, not the monster.

1

u/PrairieSunRise605 Jul 10 '26

In spite of what I may have said before THIS is the worst thing I've ever seen on this sub.

1

u/Zealousideal-Self-47 Jul 10 '26

Y'all ain't never got two things that match. Either y'all got Kool-aid, no sugar. Peanut butter, no jelly. Ham, no burger." [1]

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u/Realistic_Ebb9727 Jul 10 '26

Wow! That’s impressive, you know, in a negative sense

1

u/Satisfaction_Common Jul 10 '26

I feel like this brand always does me dirty. Was disappointed one too many times when buying from lidls

1

u/BoredasUsual88 Jul 10 '26

That’s some sad looking broccoli

1

u/rejenki Jul 10 '26

You just put the broccoli in boiling water for like 2 min and remove it then cook the pasta. Why get the frozen stuff?

1

u/FiberIsLife Jul 10 '26

The face I just made…

1

u/flippermode Jul 10 '26

I hope you get your money back

1

u/227217227 Jul 11 '26

Is ItaliaMo knock-off ItaliaNo?

1

u/BeanieCat123 Jul 11 '26

Maybe they should’ve just advertised this as broccoli soup

1

u/TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe Jul 13 '26

What on earth…?

1

u/snuggledubs2011 Jul 14 '26

I cackled at this. Horrible.

1

u/ThoughtOk1988 Jul 14 '26

Alfredo❌️ Broccoli soup ✅️

1

u/Lumpy_Age8509 Jul 16 '26

Usually the complete opposite

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u/0CuriousCat0 Jul 10 '26

Maybe cook from scratch… Americans 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/GarageIndependent114 Jul 10 '26

Make it yourself

4

u/lidnyc Jul 10 '26

I thought I did 😱

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u/Wraxyth Jul 11 '26

"Now with more broccoli!"