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

just bought valencia peanut butter w/ roasted flaxseeds -- what to eat with it? unfortunately all i have is an orange.

I like to put this on these bagel-based "power bar" things they sell in my supermarket's bakery - they've got dried fruit and seeds in them, it works really well.

Alternately just spread it on some saltines but keep a bucket of water handy cause you'll be thirsty.

not a fan of trader joe's to begin with but man these jelly beans i got in this gift basket are ATROCIOUS

fact that liquorice seems to outnumber everything else in this box isn't helping

Speculoos Cookie Butter

Pretty sure I could eat a whole jar in one sitting.

Prove it.

pics or it didn't happen

Could, not would. Unless there was some sort of monetary reward.

Yeah I ended up getting rid of my jar of it because it was too dangerous; clear I would OD.

So weird: Put together ingredients and bake cookies that are then disintegrated to make them an ingredient in another thing - will the speculoos chain grow? The obvious use for a sweet paste is in cookies --- cookies within cookies!

They have a candy bar filled with it, which is awesome. Now they just have to make a cookie with chunks of the candy bar baked into it.

Finished products used as ingredients have always seemed weird to me. Even stuffing/dressing is odd.

OTOH, I'm kind of a master of combining independently complete foods, so it shouldn't seem that strange to me.

They have a candy bar filled with it, which is awesome. Now they just have to make a cookie with chunks of the candy bar baked into it.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 1:39 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm having an existential crisis.

Let me just say that the frozen turkey meatballs are the best I've had outside of my Abruzzo-born great grandmother's kitchen. Like, for any meatball period, not just turkey.

I had those tonight based on all the recommendations in thuds thread. Yum! A little salty, as tj products tend to be.

Thuds thread? And yeah I can kinda see them being a tad on the salty side, but not overwhelmingly so.

Lol autotext... This thread!

sea salt brownies are VERY SALTY

like, too much salt -- i mean, i'm eating them. but damn.

trader joes MYSTERIES: the sesame bagels are 20 cents cheaper than the plain bagels

maybe the plain bagels are sesame bagels that have been de-seeded by migrant farmers.

too much salt is just enough salt

Yeh, I agree with Jordan (and Jeff, I'm sure). The meatballs are not salty in my opinion.

I thought I was weird for loving those meatballs! I'm glad to get confirmation that they actually are very good.

love those meatballs as well. u r not alone

I think basically anything I don't make from scratch seems too salty to me.

"Southwest Style Salad"

^ this is good

choc covered PB-filled pretzels are simply not that good :(

i was disappointed in those chocolate salt & sugar almonds :/

If they were the same salted almonds Donna Rouge had in his pantry this one time (I think they had a yellow label?) then you are sooooorely mistaken.

ROSEMARY PECANS AND MOTHERFUCKING CRANBERRIES

THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

LEMON TART
LEMON TART
LEMON TART

ROSEMARY PECANS AND MOTHERFUCKING CRANBERRIES

would eat.

tried the chicken mole (from the freezer section). it was good, but a little goes a long way. the sauce is very thick and complex.

I'll chime in again for the Chicken Gorgonzola (frozen section). Large enough for three servings.

Those thai lime & chili cashews reappeared after having been sold out. I bought two packages.

seafood rangoon appetizer, whatever happened to you?

has anyone has the spoorloos filled choc bar? Too much sweet not enough yum imo

it wasn't as bad as being buried alive in a coffin by a weird, doughy nemesis though?

xp - i have. it was ok. definitely could've been more yum imo

their lentil wrap is just okay but i would drink a gallon of the accompanying spicy tahini sauce.

and i've said it before, but the pumpernickel pretzel sticks are awesome -- they're crying out for a nice sharp fondue or at least a "pub cheese."

the trader joe's pub cheese is gross. it's just cheez whiz.

most pub cheese is gross. but it has a perverse appeal for me.

wtf is pub cheese? i've seen it, and it just looks like cheez whiz in a tub

that's what it is

yes, but why do they call it "pub cheese" - is it for aspirational "yuppies" that like british things and see themselves as above eating cheez whiz in a tub?

I like it. But I'm also a cheese whiz fan.

"pub cheese" (and port wine cheese, and low-end cheese spreads)

I tried to like port wine cheese and I just cannot.

The four-cheese jumbo raviolis they have w the fresh pasta are prob like top 10 TJ's products btw

Their cheese tortellini (from the dry pasta aisle, not the refrigerated kind) is not great. Some of the ones that are more tightly folded don't absorb enough water and the cheese inside stays dry and grainy.