The Trader Joe's Product Discussion Thread (S/D)

or broadway and halsted?

but the school is n3ttleh0rst, right?

is it bad for me to be broadcasting where you live on ilx? my bad.

i live b/w broadway & halsted

it's okay

i lived on aldine between broadway and sheridan. y'all can have your thread back now!

but yeah, that's the school

grass fed blah blah blah

That's all I can muster at this point, carry on.

We used to live right there, too, at Broadway and Addison. You're like a block from Whole Foods if you want better meat. The produce at Treasure Island is pretty good and cheap. That grocery store is fun.

NOW you can have your thread back. :)

lol treasure island looks super skeezy

It's the perfect balance of skeezy enough to be interesting but not so skeezy that it's bad times in there. Also, it's Chicago's most European supermarket, whatever the hell that means. I miss shopping there. It is perfectly weird.

Aww jordan I envy you in getting to know a cool new city . That shit is the best

haha oh man that place i never knew what to make of it. lol at "Chicago's most European supermarket."

Some days I would go to Jewel, Treasure Island, and Whole Foods in one fell swoop.

Thai kao soi frozen soup, pretty sweet but also admirably spicy. Bit pricey at $4 a box though. I like the tom yam soup too but I get a little disgusted about how everything is in its own little plastic bag.

soy chorizo - why do they put it in a casing? when you take it out it looks like ground meat (being generous) or babyfood. pretty good though

pumpkin cream cheese!!!

I have since learned that chorizo is supposed to come in a casing? not sure though.

-goat cheese and sundried tomato ravioli - boring! kind of salty, no flavor, no tanginess of the sun dried tomatoes.

usually it does -- mexican chorizo does usually come in a casing ime
don't most sausages come in a casing, regardless of whether you eat it in or out of the casing?

isn't that what sausages are?

this one said you had to remove the casing. it was plastic, I think.

oh yeah you totally have to squeeze it out or cut it out or whatever. it really does not do any favors to the texture of that stuff. i have eaten it, but i can't recommend it.

fucking heavy w/ LEMON CRISP cookies... little lemon cookies with powdered sugar & chocolate. and i don't really like sweets.

also, brioche rolls: dope

was kinda pissed that my store didn't have CHORIZO, which is the only sausage i really like. they had SOY CHORIZO or some some such nonsense tho. also their fresh fish selection is kind of wack... it's mostly just salmon, at least out here. also they sell grated parm for $6 or something which i mean c'mon.

i'm not really into their fish selection although i bought some of the frozen swordfish steaks the other week and they were dece

The grated parm I get is like $4, which is probably what a can of bland kraft parm costs.

buy a block and a grater for $5 and grow some arm mucles

…you dainty little man.

I bought a fucking stalk of brussels sprouts at TJ! amazing. wondering if I can just roast the stalk whole. what a weird plant! so noise.

http://summertomato.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Brussels-Sprouts-Stalks.jpg

Let it be known: puff pastry season has begun
I bought some this week, haven't decided what I want to do with it first.

pumpkin ale is shit

what a weird plant! so noise.

you could convincingly post that in whatever weed thread is on the noise board imo

How much did you pay for puff pastry? I've only seen it frozen in Whole Foods for like $10. I was so disgusted I actually made some and it was successful! Still have some in the freezer: TARTLETS TIME

The only way I got myself to do the shopping this eve was by promising myself edamame hummus.

i've been buying/cooking those brussels sprouts like crazy.

i really like the vegan trail mix cookies. it is hard not to eat more than one at a time.

It's like $3.99 maybe? Not $10 for sure.
It's totally tartlet time.

The only way I got myself to do the shopping this eve was by promising myself edamame hummus.

There was a regular old normal looking young woman eating carrots and TJ's edamame hummus next to me on the train this afternoon.

i'm incredibly intrigued by this hummus

i wish everything there was able to taste

the dark chocolate bar w/caramel and sea salt is great, though I feel like it would be even better if it was thicker/firmer? I keep them in the fridge, too.

oh and i was gonna post about how awesome the meyer lemon thin cookies were the day ilx went down.

that bar is a poor substitute for the christmastime dark chocolate covered caramels with sea salt. they are thicker! the bar is v messy and we even tried cutting w/ knife but it still broke weird and got all messy.

Jordan, rode the Red Line more and you might be able to get to try the hummus.

Since my move I only get to TJ's every few weeks or so. Do they have the holiday ale yet?

Jordan, rode the Red Line more and you might be able to get to try the hummus.

― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:06 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

*furiously scribbling notes*

Lord, you are a champ for even being able to parse that sentence.

S: Truffle brownie mix. So delicious, probably because you add your own melted stick of butter at home. I've made brownies from scratch plenty and they are a huge pain in the ass and never as good as this box mix.

D: The pre-made, as in just open an envelope and pour it out brownie mix. It's pretty gross. Caveats: I put the batter in the oven directly after removing a roasted chicken and accidentally turned the oven off. I didn't realize it until the timer went off, at which point I restarted the oven and baked them until a toothpick came out cleanish. This might have impacted the texture. Also, putting them in right after the chicken made them taste vaguely like roasted chicken, which was really awful. However, the truffle brownie box mix is so easy that I haven't felt compelled to try this brownie mix again to see whether it was me or the mix.

the hybrid corn-wheat tortillas are not half-bad! they've managed to last a few days without getting the rancid-corn smell.

my favorite are the chili flour tortillas.

"spicy, smokey peach salsa" really livened up tonight's boring old grilled chicken breasts

habanero and lime salsa too salty, lime flavor doesn't keep well in the jar