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

polenta provencale is my favorite!

isn't it good?

saw a cauliflower & romanesco frozen veggie thing in a butter sauce that looked tempting but i just had the most amazing romanesco courtesy of my local farmers market the other day so why bother

Have decided to drastically reduce my consumption of TJ's prepared foods. They're great but they make me feel bad and get fat.

prepared meaning frozen/boxed

so sad I didn't buy more holiday vintage ale though

i like their frozen (and unadulterated) flat beans (green and yellow). they're great caramelized with some onions and fennel and topped with your seafood of choice.

saw a cauliflower & romanesco frozen veggie thing in a butter sauce that looked tempting

i've had this. def good for a weeknight side dish.

(btw i went with the sweet potato gnocchi tonight.)

Romanesco look both delicious and loathesome in a trypohpia-inducing way.

trypophobia, that is

anyone buy lactaid milk at trader joe's? they used to stock the hormone free kind, I'm positive, but now I can't seem to find any.

never mind I'm retarded, it's right there on the side.

right now my neighborhood trader joe's is selling off all their christmas cookies for like, 99 cents.

(it is kind of disgusting there are cookies from two months ago around, but you know, when you want cookies...)

Tj's is great for losing weight because everything is prepackage with nutritional information.

The one in Brooklyn has these "Taster's Packs" of Unibroue beers for $8 right now -- it's 4 different strong ales in the 8-9% alcohol range. Drinking a Don De Dieu right now, a belgian-style golden ale. Quite good.

As beers go, I don't recommend the Vienna style lager. The knockoff Corona however is almost as good as the real thing.

The Trader Jose's thing? That shit is tasty!

Almost as good as Corona is not high praise in my book.

I do think the TJ's Dunkelweisen and Hofbrau Bock are pretty good.

wait are you talking about la playa? bc that was shit.

but i think that is fake tecate, which is also shit.

no longer finding the mint chocolate UFOs or the quart of strawberry yogurt at my TJs, this is very disappointing.

currently loving the little dry pint pack of little sweet peppers. Picked up these goofy pea puff snacks today, they are like cheetos but made with peas, they are very snacky. $$ for basically air though. My 2 yo girl loves the dried seaweed snack, the other day she was no-nap delirious, naked on the kitchen floor doing the curly shuffle while cramming seaweed in her mouth, I was dying.

The go-to cheap TJ beer is Name Tag (Red Oval).

green curry tuna >> red curry tuna

The one in Brooklyn has these "Taster's Packs" of Unibroue beers for $8 right now -- it's 4 different strong ales in the 8-9% alcohol range. Drinking a Don De Dieu right now, a belgian-style golden ale. Quite good.

― The Corner Stander, The Suggest Ban Hammer (Hurting 2), Tuesday, March 1, 2011 3:27 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark

I hope (fer yer sake) there is at least one Fin du Monde in there, because that shit is some golden fucking ambrosia

Bought the Unibroue assortment a couple weeks ago and it was great. and, yeah, there's a fin du monde in there. (plus maudite, don de dieu and one I can't remember).

trois pistoles? that's their strong dark one, also v.good

Yeah, there's a Trois Pistoles

The go-to cheap TJ beer is Name Tag (Red Oval).

― nickn, Monday, February 28, 2011 9:30 PM (5 days ago)

Definitely. Drinking it right now. Though the $2 upgrade to Trader Jose is worth it -- if you like cerveza.

yeah that red curry tuna wasn't that good

I enjoy the red and green curry tuna packs.

sweet potato gnocci however - not too bad at all

do you heat up the tuna? I had it room temperature - this could have been the problem

?? I always heat up the tuna curry, both colors, and it is always delicious.

Yeah, I use a rice cooker with a steamer basket. Rice in bottom, two tuna packets on top in the basket. All done at the same time.

ah. good idea. might give that another shot.

There's a refrigerated thing that I think is new, with hummus, some kinda little chopped up salad, tahini and pita/falafel. It's pretty good, especially if you're too lazy to make your own falafel. And oh, am I.

i just cook the rice and mix it up with the room-temp tuna.

The tuna also good on noodles, and they don't have to be Thai noodles, I usually just use fettucini.

Lincoln Park TJ's construction update: The lights are on inside and they've installed many shelves, freezers, and fridges.

I actually thought the tuna curry was kinda gross, but whatev.

Were you eating it cold right out of the pouch with your bare hands while sitting in a dark room alone and crying? Because you should really heat those tuna things up first.

TJ's funyons are really good!

toasted oatmeal flakes ++

Sweet & Spicy Pecans are delicious. Problem is I could eat the whole tiny bag, which contains 5 servings. Normally, I could care less, but it just seems excessive with 950 calories and 85 g of fat.

lemongrass chicken sticks, om nom.

Ooh I got those for 1st time recently. Problem is my oven doesn't get hot enough to cook them. Thinking about combo microwave and toaster to finish off the package.

TJ's butternut squash ravioli for breakfast. Normally I'm down with the squash+pasta combo, but this is cloyingly sweet for something that should be savory. Too much brown sugar?

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/stckhlmcnd/pretzels.jpg

does anyone else get as excited by good pretzels as i do?

(it's a depressing world; gimme *something* to live for.)