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

Coconut cashews are back on the shelves after a long disappearance!

got a two foot long stalk of brussel sprouts for $2.99

that's about as much as they are in the plastic bag and it's totally worth it just for the crazy looks i got from everyone while holding it walking around the store and then with it sticking out of my bag on the bus ride home:

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the spinach & kale bites are delicious

TJ's is the only place I've ever seen sprouts on the stalk! I didn't even know they grew that way before I started shopping there. So bizarre and enjoyable.

I've seen sprouts-on-the-stalk at Fairway too. Can you do anything w/the stalk? Like make uh stock?

Sword fight.

xxp they probably don't, they probably just adhere them to the stalk to look quirky

the stalk is pretty dense and fibrous but I'd imagine it wouldn't hurt to throw it in a stock with other veggies

i'll probably just throw it in the compost

i've been waiting forever for the sprouts stalks to come back

the first TJ's in South Florida caused a mob scene in the parking lot last Saturday, with local businesses towing cars when TJ customers used business spaces.

I'm so excited guys to go there today and buy lots of things. (I've been in a cooking rut and using up ingredients lately so pre-made food is p special.)

ALL THE SPROUTS!1112! Although how I'll get them home by bike is a separate problem.

i'm sad because i bought a bag of sprouts from TJ's last week, for probably the same price, and their selling point was that they were 'microwaveable in the bag'

xpost bungee-tie it to your crossbar

I think it was 乒乓 in this thread who called the brussels sprouts stalk the most noise of all vegetables, which for some reason has stuck with me.

I end up buying a lot of TJ's sprouts in a bag because I like sprouts and they are right there, but I always wash, trim and roast them so their steam-in-bag aspect is wasted on me. Plus the thought of eating a steamed brussels sprout is so gross to me.

haha so i did The Trader Joe's Product Discussion Thread (S/D)

i like to sauteed them with olive oil, fresh garlic & dill

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Dill? Hmm. Perhaps.

I go the OO and balsamic route, in the oven until the outer leaves crisp. Or in a skillet with garlic, although it's hard to keep the garlic from burning in the amt of time the sprouts take to get a crust on them.

My special occasion sprouts are sauteed in browned butter and are soooooo good. They are a sometimes food, though.

went to the TJs here and no dice. ugh. come to think of it the last time i saw them at a TJ was at a TJ in the midwest. maybe we just don't get those out here on the east coast

NNNOOOOOOO. I had to buy the bagged ones.

We've had them! I've gotten them! Not this year though.

maybe the brussels sprout truck is late!!

Get the helicopter, we'll spot it from the air!

BRUSSELCOPTER

maybe you guys should go to a farmers market

A what now?

I just shoveled two beef tamales with tomatillo sauce into my face-hole and that is pure comfort food.

Also bought

their beef jerky
cheap Boursin
triple-creme brie
smoked & salted almonds (life-changing)

pumkin everything

Yo I peeped yr tamale tip and those things are good!! Where is this tomatillo sauce??

sauce = salsa?

Sorry yeah, the green salsa! LL introduced me to it.

Ugh god more like Shredded 3 Cheese BLAND! It is so rude

it is abt as tasteless as a blackface halloween costume

it's almost intriguing how you can put so much of it on or in something and not taste it one single bit, idk how they do it, like I eat a glob of it the size of a quarter and it's just melted cheese texture and mouthfeel with no discernible taste

bought some TJ's gruyere that is the same way. TJ's cheeses can be pretty hit and miss.

Coconut caramel dark chocolate. Really liking it though it could taste a little more of coconut.

update: brussels sprouts stalks acquired, though they seem kind of old and not firm

Secret sympatico ingredient to roast with brussels sprouts are red grapes.

what is the closest thing trader joe's has to cheez-its? I got the cheddar rockets but they are goldfish

i would also like to know this because cheez-its are the fucking best

pretty sure we had a thread about this (cheez-its vs not cheez-its) which reminds me that some of you are flavor hating animals

Why not just buy cheez-its? Do they have veal powder in them or something?

3d wines, nut prodc=uts.... watels...... aint had much cept crap packaged sh @ m parnts

I don't think TJs has a cheez-it analog, unfortunately. Their crackers are pretty weak in general. They need to step up their cracker game.

the quinoa black bean tortilla chips are on point

I am not feeling the lemur tea but am stocking up on the red fox tea before they stop stocking it. I really like the pita crackers for eating with ceviche.