Yeah I feel their frozen dinners aren't too bad, compared to takeout or something. Looking forward to the new one opening up two blocks from my office!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 4 August 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
The ones I got were like $3 and $3.69 or something. That's cheap to me! The alternative is trying to buy food in Midtown, Manhattan, so I'm fine with three bucks.
― it's not that print journalists don't have a sense of humour, it's just (Laurel), Thursday, 4 August 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
the green chili chicken enchiladas
probably my all-time favorite of the tj's frozen items. admittedly i have not had a ton of them.
― tehresa, Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
These here, right? http://heateatreview.com/2007/07/06/trader-joes-chicken-enchiladas-verde/
They are super delicious. Pro tip: bring leftover rice (from when you made rice and curry tuna the night before, perhaps) and use that to soak up the extra sauce.
― ilx poster and keen dairy observer (Jenny), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
tj's frozen edamame are way tastier (and of course cheaper) than the ones at my local organic grocery. i also buy lots of tj's frozen strawbs & bluebs for my wife and kid's smoothies. (never been much on smoothies, personally.) tho it does feel weird to buy frozen when berries are in season.
― chief content officer (m coleman), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
they were selling fresh rainier cherries at my local tj's for $3.99 a quart (which is unheard of), but it was only for like a week or two. now they're gone, but the season ended around early august anyway.
― orinoco flowbee (get bent), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
but they're the most delicious cherries: they're tart but also have a nectarinish quality.
― orinoco flowbee (get bent), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
mmmmm. i think all the cherries we get on the east coast are from michigan
― chief content officer (m coleman), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
finally got around to trying the tuna curry. holy shit, you guys weren't kidding!
― tehresa, Friday, 5 August 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
they have the green curry tuna at the toluca lake tj's! i thought it was gone forever.
my lunch was one of their lentil wraps. i scarfed it down while waiting at the bus stop and spilled a little of the tahini sauce on my dress, giving me a lewinsky-like stain that i was embarrassed about on the ride home. i hope no one saw it.
― dance cook (get bent), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
If they did, they probably just thought you were a sloppy prostitute.
― ilx poster and keen dairy observer (Jenny), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
that's a relief.
― dance cook (get bent), Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
chile spiced mango is :O
― dayo, Saturday, 10 September 2011 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
Okay the green curry tuna. Whoah.
― Octavia Butler's gonna be piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiised (Laurel), Saturday, 10 September 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
vegetable masala burgers are A+
― dayo, Saturday, 10 September 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
i am perplexed by the "seaweed snacks" -- i got the wasabi kind and i found that it was basically pieces of seaweed with wasabi powder on them.
pros:tasty/zestywould be excellent crumbled on rice with edamame, avocado, tofu, whatever else you likewould make an interesting base for a light appetizer so long as it would hold upsort of satisfies the need to eat salty/crunchy snax
cons:packaged with desciccant (ew)is basically like 12 pieces of seaweed in a box in a bagthe crunch does not satisfy like a good chip or cracker would, or even a carrot
mixed feelings about the seaweed snacks
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Saturday, 10 September 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
oh I saw those yesterday and that's just their version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nori
sanpaku advocates them as an alternative to snacking on chips since they are very low calories
but yeah they are expensive for what you get since it's real seaweed and we don't do a lot of seaweed harvesting in the US! you also kind of need the dessicants, it turns into a chewy rubbery mess if you let it sit outside for even a day.
― dayo, Saturday, 10 September 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw nori will be much cheaper at just about any asian supermarket you go to, which could make it more economical. if you want to sprinkle it over rice or something you could try to get http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aonori in a shaker
― dayo, Saturday, 10 September 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
right -- i think i'll get it at my asian market instead, if i ever buy it again. they are very low calories, but also i would not rate them high on the crunch satisfaction scale. cucumbers or celery or even a bunch of lettuce is crunchier than these things.
i have nori in a shaker (2 kinds!) and i love it. lunches are so easy and don't need to be refrigerated if you save up soy sauce packets from takeout.
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Saturday, 10 September 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh wow apparently nori is really high in b12, relatively speaking. I wonder if vegans utilize this fact?
― dayo, Saturday, 10 September 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
random nori trivia:nori gets lumped in w/seaweed but it's in fact marine algae (i guess "seaweed" is more marketable than "algae"). is also high in iron for you vegans out there
― quaff the spud you warbling milkbag (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 10 September 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
Bought some of the smoked sea salt LL recommended and am enjoying it immensely.
― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Saturday, 10 September 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah its really is good
― Aerosol, Saturday, 10 September 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
Too much smoke, not enough salt.
― Jeff, Saturday, 10 September 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
dark chocolate almonds w/ turbinado sugar and sea salt are unfair imo, you have to eat the whole box
― dayo, Sunday, 11 September 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
The three potato medley chips (unsalted) with the smoked sea salt are really good.
...until one day you buy a box of 'em and then realize (after you've eaten one) you're sick of them and never want to see them again. I think they're still frozen into the back of my fridge somewhere.
― The actor that played Jesus made some odd choices. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 11 September 2011 02:27 (twelve years ago) link
That seems to happen to me with most frozen foods that I ever like.
― Jews Did Irene (Hurting 2), Sunday, 11 September 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
It's been a while since I priced out the seaweed but when they first came out with them it was a lot cheaper than what you can buy at asian markets around here. At least as far as the toasted nori snacks go. you can't really compare it to big sheets of untoasted nori.
really? I was surprised at how subtle it is. when you first smell it, the smokiness seems overwhelming, but when you cook with it, it's not really that noticeable imo.
― the wheelie king (wk), Sunday, 11 September 2011 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
I just ate it raw on cucumbers, so do cooking.
― Jeff, Sunday, 11 September 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
No cooking
I've used it on the chicken the last two times we've had chicken for dinner.
― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Sunday, 11 September 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
FYI
― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Sunday, 11 September 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
So raw too much smoke, cooked I can't taste it at all. All around product fail.
― Jeff, Sunday, 11 September 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
i really like the seaweed! and it's 99 cents!
― tehresa, Monday, 12 September 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
i got the smoked salt - it was great on salmon
I thought the green curry tuna was too sweet. Disappointed.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
really feeling these pretzel rolls lately
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
I hope you buy them when you're done.
― it was as good of a time as any to show a lighter side of 9/11 research (Je55e), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZKgQ4CSVRw
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
trader joe's thai green cury is pretty good for something you just pour from a jar and heat
― partistan (dayo), Saturday, 17 September 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit those wasabi seaweed snax are SPICY!
― tehresa, Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://boldandfab.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pow.jpg%3Fw%3D300%26h%3D198
― tehresa, Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
the lamb vindaloo = relatively spicy for a tj's product!
― debenture banhart (get bent), Sunday, 18 September 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
ooh is this frozen or like their tasty bites?
― tehresa, Sunday, 18 September 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
frozen. in a purple box!
― debenture banhart (get bent), Sunday, 18 September 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
i may have to try this!
― tehresa, Sunday, 18 September 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
*adds to list*
― Whiney G. Blutfarten (dayo), Sunday, 18 September 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
turns out trader joe's is owned by aldi - not surprising! no middleman. I love both!
― Whiney G. Blutfarten (dayo), Monday, 19 September 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
but the line between inappropriately friendly crazy person and helpful TJ's employee is kind of thin
so OTM btw
― Whiney G. Blutfarten (dayo), Monday, 19 September 2011 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
Aldi and TJ are actually two separate business groups -- the two arms of Aldi were ran by brothers, one of whom recently passed away. The US Aldi stores are completely separate from TJ afaik.
― mh, Monday, 19 September 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link