One of Manchester's most mistreated inner-city areas, once plagued with fly-tipping and ‘anti-social activity’, has undergone a startling transformation.
03.06.2023 - 06:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Barbecue season is in full swing, so you'll no doubt be shopping for a burger or two before the summer's out.
There are all kinds of burgers you can pick up these days, but you usually find the fancier they are, the more expensive they are - and, if you've got a large group of people coming to your barbie, it soon adds up.
That's why we decided to put the standard beef burger to the test from each supermarket - Aldi, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Lidl.
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The fresh ones mostly come in packs of four, with just the latter two supermarkets selling packs of six and eight respectively, so for price comparison we've worked it out per burger.
We tried them on plain barms/rolls/buns, whatever you want to call them, with no sauce, to make sure we got a proper taste of the meat.
Size wise, while Aldi's, Asda's, Sainsbury's and Morrisons were all the same - 114g each - the first three were a standard circle shape, with Morrisons more of an oval shape with jagged edges.
At 85g, Lidl's was the smallest of the lot, visibly as well as weight wise, while Tesco's was a perfectly formed much chunkier burger, weighing in at 122g.
The colour of Asda's looked least appealing as it was a bit on the browner side before being cooked, despite it still being well within date. It tasted OK, if a little grainy.
Lidl's and Sainsbury's were smoother in texture, with an average flavour, but nothing to make them stand out.
Because of its shape, the Morrisons one looked like it would easily fall apart, but was actually quite tough once grilled, with a thicker, darker meat, which did it no favours. I think its lower beef content, 76% compared with 86% in all the others, played a
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