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

I'd try frying, everything is better fried.

grilled/fried turloney w/cheddar/gruyere hybrid

Good:
Nantes carrots
lavender sachets
brussel sprouts (bagged; have seen but not tried stalk)
recycled toilet paper
rice cakes
bananas
bran flakes
canned tuna
peppermint soap
Dijon mustard

Bad:
fruit flies in the summer months

I like those lavender sachets, too.

WARNING THIS IS ABOUT TAMPONS
I have to say their organic cotton tampons are like 50% cheaper than everywhere else they're for sale, or even cheaper than that. And they have applicators unlike most of the organic cotton ones I was buying. I don't even know if the organic makes a difference but it's a product where it's easy to pretend. Plus I feel posh handing them out to other ladies.

I've never understood tampons w/out applicators.

You just stuff them up there with your finger. No biggie.

i have no desire to do that.

They don't actually GO very far. Applicators ime make it seem like a bigger distance than it is because they're much longer than they probably "need" to be.

I mean allowing for human variation, obv. I just think applicator-selling companies have maximized the "ew, gross" value and made them long enough that you barely even have to touch yourself.

SORRY, TRADER JOE'S THREAD.

What I don't know about the distance in a bajingo could fill a bajingo (which I assume provides a tremendous amount of volume).

In other news I remember their
quinoa due with vegetable melange
being quite enticing as an in-store sample, but at home it's just a pile of mushy blah.

Maybe it's only awesome in tablespoon-sized servings.

At the sample station at my local TJ the other day

http://i.imgur.com/wUkoy.jpg

You can't really make out the blue text, which reads "So watery...And with just a smack of ham!"

frozen eggplant curry was extremely disgusting

Hot Ham Water! <3<3<3

omg that's amazing!

I actually thought the tuna curry was kinda gross, but whatev.

― jaymc, Sunday, March 6, 2011 10:25 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Were you eating it cold right out of the pouch with your bare hands while sitting in a dark room alone and crying? Because you should really heat those tuna things up first.

― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Sunday, March 6, 2011 10:53 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

No, but I think I was eating it as-is, with no accompaniment.

So! I am happy to report that I bought it again and prepared some couscous and sauteed some fucking mushrooms and broccoli, and I had a really easy and tasty meal of which I'm now eating the leftovers.

It's good on the lemon-pepper pappardelle pasta they sell. Or on rice, of course.

ooh i love that stuff but it's so much pricier than the other pastas i can't justify buying it.

Their frigging vanilla & cinnamon black tea is BACK. It has a confused lemur on it and it's my very favorite. I think drinking it all day was the only thing that got me through six weeks of training at a call center this time last year. Then I discovered it was seasonal and my job was once again a pit of despair. How long do you guys think tea stays good/drinkable if you don't open it because my Mormon food-hoarding instincts are at five alarms.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-12REecc_JJ0/TWBni5p-qbI/AAAAAAAAAOw/pc27YoGKjJA/s1600/Tea.jpg

the box also has a chameloeona

I mean a chameloen

you know what I mean

i obviously don't know how to store tea properly (lol american) because all the tea i've hoarded is now over-tannic and bitter.

Oh! I love that tea! It's delicious and every time i take the box out of the cupboard I'm like, "Heh. Lemur." I was just shopping at TJ's today and I didn't think to see whether it was back. That's okay because I forgot tofu and Brussels sprouts so now I have another reason to take a return trip tomorrow.

As I was buying both browning mix and pumpkin bread mix, the cashier clued me in to this recipe: http://www.traderjoes.com/recipes/recipe.asp?rid=91 (spoiler alert: you mix them together!!!)

abbbottt, oxidation is the enemy - vacuum seal! or use a straw and a ziplock bag. or freeze?

My freezer is full of yarn and green chile – two of my already favorite things – so adding a third favorite thing sounds AWESOme.

haha I have an image of you opening your freezer in a year to find a spicy sweater that you can dip into hot water to make tea with.

now i want a green chile sweater. :-(

not green, but:

http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/sweater-2.jpg

Why is there yarn in your freezer, I need to know.

I'm bringing a lot of TJ's lunches to work now that I'm trying to save money. Best ones: Spinach Lasagna, Chicken Tikka Masala, Fajita Burrito

What does that little "g" logo on that tea box mean? The pareve hesher I get.

It means glutern-free iirc

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6319422650_5d05abd7ca.jpg

freshly out of oven, waiting to cool: i took the tj's apple bread mix and added some cranberries.

tj's raised some of their booze prices lately : (

dark chocolate peanut butter cups are some kind of advanced new drug

bulleit bourbon still only $19.99!

man, i can't believe they have spirits at your TJs
if mine had bulleit i would never run out of bourbon

haha the bourbon is right next to the front of the checkout line

They do not have liquor at mine, but Costco has Bulleit for that price, here.

Net result:
http://f.cl.ly/items/2p2p2T2E0X2j0h451M34/bulleit.jpg

awesome! bulleit bourbon is my go-to potluck contribution.

Green tuna curry back in stock! Wine-soaked toscano cheese not in stock. ;_;

newish item (or one i just noticed the other day) the mini sourdough boules are pretty great.

Note Joy of Cooking and Bittman's book in edge of photo

is that st. peter's organic ale behind those bottles

pumpkin bread/muffin mix is good

tj's produce is inconsistent; bought a bag of "rainbow plums" last week and they refuse to ripen - taste like little wooden plum-shaped sculptures