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

Their low sugar flake cereal is good too, but it took a while to get used to. Can't remember the name but it's obvious from the packaging.

i'm a stan for tj's toasted oatmeal flakes. my wife likes the honey almond & flax 9 whole grain cereal. and our son wolfs down the euro-style yogurt.

blue cheese and roasted pecan dip is very very good

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I'm pretty fond of the cheap beer at TJ's. right now I think my favorite is the jumping cow amber ale, it's light and fruity without being sweet. and I like the stockyard oatmeal stout too.

The Trader Joe's 2011 Vintage Ale is really excellent this year. It's from Unibroue and is very similar to their Maudite or Trois Pistoles but much cheaper.

shit, really? I need to see if we get that here. I suspect we don't get most of their beer selection, for some reason

The eggnog almonds are great at first but I find I cant eat more than 4 in a sitting or I get a little queasy.

you not alone in that! but eggnog almonds are cheaper than regular almonds (!)
what other TJ foods are cheaper with a coating of some sort?

They're cheaper because they're "out of season" and they want to dump them. They sold for $4.99 before Xmas/New Years, I was told.

And junk food that's hard to eat a lot of is the best kind, IMO.

And junk food that's hard to eat a lot of is the best kind, IMO.

i'm this way with dark chocolate -- it's so satisfying in small doses that i never want/need to go overboard with it.

And i stopped in on the way home today, and both the eggnog almonds and TJ vintage ale is not stocked anymore. The holidays are over. ;_;

RIP puff pastry too ;_;

joejoes ice cream should be $2 still...

fyi:

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enjoy w/a bit of jam or lemon curd. not at the level of danish pancakes you might find at, say, broder in portland or elsewhere, but imo these are excellent.

i'm soaking a bag of their 17 bean and barley mix for tonight. anyone tried it?

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i've had a bag of those is the panty for awhile now

California Slab Apricots Blenheim Variety aka apricot of the gods

really

xp

i've had a bag of those is the panty for awhile now

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sorry but lol

I have made the bean and barley soup a number of times and I'm a fan, though that could just as easily be due to my superior soup making skills as the TJ's product.

If you eat meat, I highly recommend bacon/ham. If not, I suggest kale.

Blood oranges back in stock! Oh yeah

Oh lol xxp

I don't think my TJ's sells dry beans

Ours sells ones you can dry yourself.

I bought a Braeburn apple at TJs, took two bites and found a mealy brown center. Sigh.

Otoh I bought some of the pomegranate limeade and OMG this shit is nectar of the gods

The produce pretty much sucks at the local TJ's, quality-wise.

My tj's started carrying bags of kale finally!

Yeah my experience w produce at TJs has never been great but it seems to be getting better.

i think if you were in a TJs while they were restocking you would see people throwing apples across the room onto the shelves, it's cool buying salads &c but anything bruisable is always crushed

ps this sounds like i am blaming staff & i'm not, i guess they just don't have good transport or w/e

It's not even just that, here. The produce is not really damaged, just kind of weak!

well you live in a place not easily accessible by ships?

dayo, do you think that the majority of produce in the US is moved by ship?

the bagged kale is my jam though. Smoothies all of the days!!!

in the winter time, yes! xp

or maybe you don't live close to a good railline

Um I think it's all trucked tbh.

Also, does most produce travel by ocean or by air? I've always assumed air for anything perishable because sea takes...a long time.

pretty sure produce from south america travels by ship

I mean it's trucked within the country and airfreighted from other countries to here.

it's very expensive to airfreight

Strangely enough, I've noticed that. But ocean from Asia is like 4 weeks, plus another week to cross the USA by rail or truck, and what can keep for 4-6 weeks in a shipping container? Maybe I don't understand this kind of agriculture.

some kinds of produce don't start going bad the minute it's picked

When I lived in Texas I used to watch banana containers unloaded from ships in the port; lots of bananas would fall into the water and bob around.

I already miss the puff pastry.

If we thought daily about how long ago things were actually picked we'd cry

apples don't go bad for like, a year

frozen vegetables are actually fresher!

and, as a documentary I saw showed, juices from concentrate probably end up with more actual juice content (and definitely more fresh-frozen juice content)

Laurel, did you ever read "East of Eden"?

the containers are often refrigerated