I buy pre-cooked food for camping! (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.)
― nickn, Monday, 17 September 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I buy pre-cooked things all the time but usually at a grocery store with a deli where they presumably boil their eggs on-site and so on.
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 17 September 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
The tj beef does have an odd tasteMy wife can't stand it so I usually stick with chicken and sausagePork and lamb tasted ok
― buzza, Monday, 17 September 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
I've never noticed anything odd about TJ's beef.
― nickn, Monday, 17 September 2012 04:23 (eleven years ago) link
Steaks ime don't know about hamburger meat/roasts
― buzza, Monday, 17 September 2012 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
I've bought those pre-cooked (heat and eat) rice bags before, which is silly because you're probably paying like 4x as much per oz, but they're kind of convenient for work or for nights where you say "oh shit, forgot to start the rice"
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 September 2012 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
I do homemade pre-cooked, frozen rice. It's nice having rice at the ready any time, with no cookware to clean up. The only time I eat rice that I just made is when I'm fixing a big batch to freeze. Now that I'm thinking about it, virtually all of the cooking I do these days is making my own convenience foods. Or doctoring up store-bought convenience foods.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Monday, 17 September 2012 06:20 (eleven years ago) link
you're our very own sandra lee!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 17 September 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
actual laughs
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 17 September 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
tell us about yr tablescapes
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
The cats sit on it and leave their asshole stamps, nothing fancy.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
Lime fruit floes are p great, but not as good as carribean. Guy at store told me they discontinued chili mango for good :-/
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
No flower pepper OR smoked salt at the uptown TJ's I went to on Monday. Bought the pink salt instead but my hopes are not so high.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
OH GOD
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
they have these little shortbread cookies with the stella d'oro style chocolate button in the center. yowza they're good.
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
listen y'alli am desperate for flower pepperif any of you see it at your TJs, i will buy it from you (and compensate you for shipping) OR send you something in return (if you desire)
lately i've been wondering what flower pepper would taste like on vanilla ice cream but i have like 2 tablespoons left and don't want to waste it
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
I will keep an eye out
― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
This tomato basil marinara is not that great!
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
I will keep an eye out:D thank you!!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
"This tomato basil marinara is not that great!"
which do you guys think is the best out of the $1.99 class of TJ sauces?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
That's a good question. I remember not loving the roasted garlic either. They just taste like cheap jarred sauce
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
i've never really liked any of the sauces i've had from there except the spicy one w/ some name i can't remember... it starts with an "a". it's kinda chunky, very good.
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
arriabata
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
i was thinking ariancata but i knew that wasn't it
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the garlic sauce but I am also a disgusting savage who likes sweet tomato sauces
― barthes simpson, Thursday, 27 September 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
The one by me now sells these "heirloom tomato" boxes that might be a local thing, b/c it says the tomatoes are from pennsylvania. Anyway, they're really good - you get a wide variety of large and small tomatoes of various varieties and the quality is comparable to what you get at my farmers market. But the weird thing is that they're kind of stuffed into this box, and the box has openings, so it's really easy to just take tomatoes from other box and add them to your box if there's room (it's one price per box). At first I felt like this was wrong somehow, but then I thought "Wait, how do I know someone didn't already take tomatoes out of MY box? Maybe I'm getting gypped!"
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 September 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Oh btw in re sauces the best one is the Robusto, but I don't know if they still have it. Protip for buying tomato sauces: pick the one with the lowest sugar content.
;_;
― barthes simpson, Thursday, 27 September 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
Was going to correct you about "gypped" but felt like I could be walking into a racist Roma (tomato) situation
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 27 September 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
I usually go with the highest fat content; will also try low sugar!
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 27 September 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
Their new 'coconut chips' are perfectthe ultimate sweet toothin' it snack for meotoh it's $2 for a little bag I'll inhale in 10 minsmaybe a quarterly treat
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Thursday, 27 September 2012 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
thumbs down on the Wild Arugula salad bags, they go bad waay before the date
thumbs up on Banana Bread mix, light and banana-y not too sweet
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Thursday, 27 September 2012 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
I'm intrigued re: flower pepper now
btw TJ's is recalling all its Valencia peanut/almond butters: http://www.traderjoes.com/about/customer-updates-responses.asp?i=86
I bought like 5 PBs during the peanut shortage last year so I am preparing myself for some serious sideeye when I return them all
― musically, Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
Argh, that's my peanut butter!
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
I have an open one in the fridge right now and another two in the cabinet. Guess I'm not sick yet, at least.
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
A friend claims to have been sick all year, mysteriously, and is willing to pin it on the peanut butter. I wouldn't take my chances, personally.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
oh for sure I'm taking them back for a refund. Fuck, the other day we were just saying how maybe the baby would like peanut butter. Luckily we had the crunchy kind in the house so we weren't going to give her any.
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Imma look for the pepper and salt varieties at other locations, too, because where I was on Monday was out of like half of the inventory. They actually had signs up across the entire produce refrig case saying, "Please forgive us, we're restocking," and it was completely empty.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
that peanut butter mnfctr just sent out a huge ADDENDUM to the recall list... it's scary (and not just TJs)
― lil queequeg (peter grasswich), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/10/peanut_butter_recall_expands_t.php
― lil queequeg (peter grasswich), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Sunland Onion Parsley Peanut Butter
What the hell...
― carl agatha, Monday, 8 October 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
shelf stable small container of whipping cream -- YES got one of these today, it's gonna be baked goods time this week!!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
I've definitely polished off at least 5 jars of TJ's peanut butter within the last year : (
― barthes simpson, Monday, 8 October 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't it a salmonella outbreak? If so, you haven't been ill so dr. mh rates you a-ok
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
who knows what low-level havoc the disease hath wrought
― barthes simpson, Monday, 8 October 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
wow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack
― barthes simpson, Monday, 8 October 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
iirc salmonella does high-level havoc, then typically is gone within a few days
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
woahxpost
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
I asked my checkout guy today about the fallout from the peanut thing, and he said that there have been a steady stream of returns, but not much outright hysteria. I was a little disappointed, but maybe he just didn't want to dish about customers. I guess that's the right thing to do.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link