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

I just finished a can of that and I thought it was OK for TJ's. I only rarely buy the higher-end coffees, though.

god if that's OK for TJ's...

it's my favorite place to decompress

me too, I get a tiny coffee and a sample and just roam around. I used to go more often than I needed to just bc I enjoyed my time there, unfortunately my new neighborhood isn't rich and white enough for tj's but i'm hoping they'll come around.

so TJ's has these $1.99 pints of organic ice cream now from Humboldt Creamery. chocolate, vanilla, mint chip, and coffee. are those available outside of California?

not here
i have been enjoying their newish cheap line of beers (they're $4.99/6) -- simple times is ok in a pinch ($3.99/6 for pilsner or lager) but the other ones are definitely ok. good enough to buy when i would rather spend $5 than $10 on a 6-pack. i think they are boatswain brand? no idea tbh. i don't like the chocolate stout but the rest of them are good enough. there's an IPA and another one i can't remember the name of. it's more malty? whatever. they are satisfactory.

i buy their joe's choice medium roast coffee and it is good enough for me. i'm sure there is better coffee in the world but i am not willing to pay for it.

Boatswain Heavy Lift Vehicle is fine, I wouldn't bother with their IPAs again.

A drinkable American Pale Ale at $5/6 would be great.

Their Jumping Cow and Fat Weasel ales decent for the price.

Bought this "granola" today that looks like flakes with round nuts inside but tastes like granola.

Sorcery

it's their version of bakery on main's granola. i am enamored with it

buy their joe's choice medium roast coffee and it is good enough for me. i'm sure there is better coffee in the world but i am not willing to pay for it.

Tried this for the first time a couple months ago. Found it totally adequate and a dang nice price. Think it's a blend using part Vietnamese beans which I previously didn't even know existed

Thanks Maura
But wtf is bakery on main

https://bakeryonmain.com/

are we sure they aren’t actually selling bakery on main stuff? I mean, it’s TJ’s

oh yeah by "version of" i mean "rebranding of"

the everything bagel chips were discontinued :(

I can still gag on demand by recalling the time I tried TJ sushi

how is it that their universally-despised sushi has outlived so many wonderful delicious discontinued products, what a world

i like the tofu spring rolls but yeah, would never do their sushi

Anyone had the mango sticky rice rolls?

Their organic peanut butter is not very good.

xp

I have,thought they were fairly good, but be careful, the mango takes on a napalm-like quality when it heats up.

Their sushi truly tastes like food poisoning

i'd imagine the sushi is popular among those who would also buy it at a deli

Do all the TJ's locations have sushi? I haven't looked, but that seems like a weird item for their distribution chain

I'm really skeptical of the grocery store sushi but the couple stores I've seen people buying it at actually have a guy who comes in for a few hours each day to prepare it, presumably traveling between stores throughout the day

I like whole foods sushi, but it costs as much as restaurant sushi. you can pick up other stuff while there, though. so it is good last resort sushi imo.

also they sell (albeit overpriced) sake

at WF, that is. can't remember if TJ's has sake

Just ate Whole Foods sushi, really quite good.

But I'm a soy sauce/wasabi slurry kind of guy, so you probably can't trust me.

hmmm. are you also a pickled ginger on top of the sushi guy?

I'm not that much of a disgusting savage. Even I have my limits.

if you have leftover pickled ginger at the end of the meal, do you eat the whole stack at once?

not that I know anyone who would do such a thing

Only if it has a chunk of wasabi on it.

favoring victorian-style sushi ornamented with multiple sauces and "outrageous" insides (e.g. beef, jalapeno-fried things, etc.) is the greatest sushi crime, though this is a very "just watched jiro dreams of sushi" opinion to have. minor wasabi or ginger crimes are a good way to convince others that you are also gross, just less gross than the sauced up sushi eaters.

i've come around on junk-food rolls, but i still love the simple basics the best -sashimi, nigiri etc

Long ago discovered I liked sushi (the rice) and wasabi (even fake) more than the raw fish, which means I can enjoy a huge sushi happy hour meal with vegetable rolls for not much money.

A local sushi restaurant makes "Teardrop Rolls" with real wasabi as the only filling. They have a customer for life.

I just love allyl isothiocyanate, the pungent component of wasabi, horseradish, and mustard.

wasabi is fantastic. a colleague regularly brings wasabi flavored stuff from hawaii into the office. they all give you the inhaled-water-through-your-nose feeling that is somehow enjoyable.

xxp i guess there's a distinction to be made between junk-food rolls on the menu at a typical sushi place and the comic sans "signature" rolls at somewhere like this place, which is way overpriced for junk-food rolls

none of those places are TJs nor do they sell wasabi (outside of their vile sushi portions)
i am sad to report i can no longer live without a bag of their "cruciferous crunch" blend in my fridge at all times
i hate being dependent on TJs products but here i am

That’s me and the dark chocolate pistachio brittle.

me and their instant oatmeal

That’s me and the dark chocolate pistachio brittle.

― Jeff, Monday, September 18, 2017 4:02 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago)

The stuff that looks a little like clumps out of the litter box? It's so good.

I had WF sushi for lunch thanks to this thread. Almost bought a beer to smuggle in to the office but decided not to. I usually get Vons (Safeway) sushi so I am stepping up my game by going to WF.

did u like it?

Yes! But I was thinking, for $9.39 there's a lot of other food I would like too.

this is such an old boring dad thing to say but i am recently appreciating the relative plethora of low-sodium options at trader joes, particularly for snacking

I should look into that, I'm still wishing we had an "i fucking love sodium" board

not that I ate salt&pepper pistachios for dinner

i put salt on everything

even pizza