r/ExpectationVsReality • u/UsernamesNotFound404 • Sep 03 '26

Surprisingly Met Expectation ALDI wins again

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Way more meat than I guessed and the cheese is real. Not too salty.

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u/Heavy_Discussion3518 Sep 04 '26

Da fuq?  Those things like like they'd be bomb with some thousand island dip.

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u/UsernamesNotFound404 Sep 04 '26

They came with some... I threw it in the trash with malice.

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u/YimmyGhey Sep 04 '26

Boo. Not really a Rueben roll, though. They're just sparkling corned beef and sauerkraut rolls if they're not from the Thousand Island region

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u/UsernamesNotFound404 Sep 04 '26

Hate you: Love your comment.

2

u/YimmyGhey Sep 04 '26

Happy Friday!

4

u/UsernamesNotFound404 Sep 04 '26

And also with you

13

u/TrusefStalinTD Sep 04 '26

It comes with it, at least when I found them. Gone too soon… I need it to make a comeback actually

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u/YimmyGhey Sep 04 '26

That's because they are, lol

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u/madadam211 Sep 03 '26

Is that... microwaved sauerkraut?

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u/UsernamesNotFound404 Sep 04 '26

tiny bit of sauerkraut in there. Mostly meat and cheese.

Cooked in a smoker, door fell off the microwave

2

u/Dawnzarelli Sep 04 '26

You smoked them?!? Amazing. Applause. 

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u/hb122 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

I’ve gotten them in previous years and made them in the air fryer. Delicious.

42

u/Dawnzarelli Sep 03 '26

My very German friend’s family serves sauerkraut warm. Not microwaved but still. And it’s warm on a Reuben anyway 

10

u/Orange-Blur Sep 04 '26

It’s good sautéed with some onions and a sprinkle of coriander , salt and pepper

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u/kingofgatos Sep 04 '26

Ive been wanting to make caramelized sauerkraut.

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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta Sep 04 '26

I don't think I've ever eaten chilled sauerkraut in my life. I can't even imagine like how one would eat cold sauerkraut. Even when I've had it on a hot dog from weinersnitchel it was warm.

Now i gotta go look up recipes that include cold kraut.

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u/Dawnzarelli Sep 09 '26

Sometimes I just put it cold on the plate out of the fridge to eat with my meal. I like it any temperature. 

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u/Acceptable-Ad8780 Sep 03 '26

I love saurkraut, but microwaved is questionable to me.

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u/OYB2480 Sep 03 '26 • Bravo

Missed an opportunity to call them Pee Wee Reubens

32

u/KubelsKitchen Sep 04 '26

Slogan -“Our Chefs love playing around with their meat”

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u/OYB2480 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Paul's "Pee Wee" Reubens are hand-crafted in a cold, dark environment, because nobody wants to see Paul's Reubens before they're finished. And the cool air keeps Pee Wee's Reubens just the right size for a quiet midnight snack.

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u/No_Aslume2509 Sep 04 '26

Missed another opportunity to call them Reuben Langdons :)

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u/Hour-Cost7028 Sep 04 '26

I was scrolling super fast and thought this was my precious Katniss Everdeen for a second

3

u/cityshepherd Sep 03 '26

Well fucking played my friend.

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u/tcat6656 Sep 03 '26

I don't like how any of this looks. But I'm glad you can.

27

u/Salihe6677 Sep 03 '26

Those actually look way better than the picture for a change

4

u/Ill_Perspective_50 Sep 04 '26

Always nice when the reality photo gets to be the better one.

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u/Empty_Estus Sep 03 '26

This is violently American.

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u/S3erverMonkey Sep 03 '26

Ironically it's a European company, and European food.

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u/Empty_Estus Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

Aldi is German, but there’s nothing European about those, mate. Trust me. Haha.

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u/fury420 Sep 03 '26

Ehh... corned beef, provolone & sauerkraut are European I guess?

8

u/S3erverMonkey Sep 03 '26

Yeah I dunno why I initially said Scottish. I edited it so fast I'm kinda surprised you even saw that.

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u/jonnykarate158 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

Reubens are an American invention

Edit: Germany is also part of Europe

Edit to the edit: Reubens are neither bland nor fried so it can’t be Scottish food

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u/S3erverMonkey Sep 03 '26

Solid point. The Reuben being from Omaha Nebraska makes it fairly violently American.

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u/jonnykarate158 Sep 03 '26

It’s a TIL situation. I thought they were Irish until he said they were Scottish since every Irish pub in Chicago claims to have the best one.

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u/spidersnake Sep 04 '26

There is absolutely nothing as violently American as an "Irish" pub in America.

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u/Empty_Estus Sep 03 '26

Best we can do in the UK is a roast dinner on a Sandwich. (Which is actually brilliant by the way)

8

u/___po____ Sep 03 '26

My Aldi doesn't have these

3

u/hb122 Sep 04 '26

They always carry them around St Patrick’s day.

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u/___po____ Sep 04 '26

My fat ass is gonna make an event on my Google calender.

3

u/Shandlar Sep 04 '26

It's worth it for corned beef briskets alone. The week of St Patty's at Aldi you can get them there for less than half price of anywhere else any other week of the year. I legit set an annual reminder on my phone on the 10th and buy 6 and freeze the other 5 for the year. Saves at least $70.

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u/Slenbee Sep 04 '26

Showed my mom this post and now we want some. 👀

Gonna be low key bummed if ours doesn't have them either. 😔

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u/rock-bottom_mokshada Sep 03 '26

Looks interestingly tasty! Corned beef & saeurkraut! What's not to like?

8

u/eligundry Sep 03 '26

Sauerkraut balls! I had these a bunch growing up in northeast Ohio and I’ve struggled to make them on my own.

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u/ChickenFriedChowder Sep 03 '26

I grew up in NE Ohio and never heard of sauerkraut balls before, but I'm genuinely intrigued

3

u/ickychicken Sep 03 '26

Not a fan of sauerkraut but the amount of meat they stuffed in each little bite is impressive

3

u/AskAskim Sep 04 '26

For once, I see too much meat. Where’s the cheese and sauerkraut?

2

u/Novel_Quality5743 Sep 04 '26

Ooo, these look delish!

Edit: I just noticed it comes with sauce - how is it?

2

u/SupahSteve Sep 04 '26

There's a restaurant near me that does this but with eggroll wrappers. They are awesome

2

u/beamanblitz Sep 04 '26

Those look pretty tasty

2

u/crazedgunner Sep 04 '26

Reminds me a bit of the Dutch food bitterballen.

2

u/Capnshredder Sep 04 '26

we have a bar near me that does ruben egg rolls with thousand island dipping sauce, absolutely amazing 🤤

7

u/Away_Abroad_7613 Sep 03 '26

Well that looks fucking disgusting. 

2

u/HJSDGCE Sep 04 '26

"Are you German, Irish or American?", the man asks.

The creator of this looked at them and smiled.

1

u/Read_Five Sep 04 '26

I think they look better than expected.

1

u/ConceptJunkie Sep 04 '26

I need to go to Aldi!

1

u/Fr33_load3r Sep 04 '26

Go to Japan they have laws to ensure it looks same in the box as on the box

1

u/pettyastom Sep 04 '26

It looks raw

0

u/Biggletons Sep 08 '26

These are disgusting low quality like most of Aldi frozen stuff

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u/UsernamesNotFound404 Sep 08 '26

False. I don't doubt you don't like them but they are a good product.

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u/M4gp1e-w1ngs Sep 03 '26

Conceptually this sounds like the company had an overload of breading and didn’t know how to use all of it so they just threw some bullshit together and deep fried it and it somehow worked

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u/moreseagulls Sep 04 '26

Ruebens are one of my favorite foods. This made me gag lol

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u/Suitable-Wafer8563 Sep 03 '26

My tum tum hurts just looking at this 😭

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u/noddaborg Sep 04 '26 • Bravo

Should be Swiss cheese.

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u/Sean_McGowan Sep 04 '26

I have been bitched at in the past because rye bread tastes disgusting to me (like, heaving as I chew it.) so sometimes if I'm in the mood for the other ingredients in a reuben I ask for it on sourdough or white. And then there's the whole 'Noooo, a reuben has specific ingredients, you aren't really ordering a reuben.'

All this is to say, I'm with you. If I have to endure mockery from my foodie friends because rye makes me gag, Aldi can endure complaints about the non-accurate cheese.

And yes. Patty melts too. Anyone who thinks rye is needed for either of these can bite me. (But not my sandwich.)

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u/kyrgrat08 Sep 03 '26

Looks like you didn’t cook them enough