Trader Joe's Megathread: It's not 'sco it's Joe!

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Piggy Smalls: Jun 21, 2015; BOSS MAKES A DOLLAR,
YOU MAKE A DIME,
I'LL LICK HIS BOOT TILL THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS SHINE.

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

Orange chicken and chicken fried rice. Good meal.

The Incan nuts

The chip aisle is always a good look.

👍

# ? Sep 17, 2023 17:43

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# ? May 2, 2024 02:32

Buttchocks: Oct 21, 2020; No, I like my hat, thanks.

Blueberry and cream yogurt

# ? Sep 17, 2023 18:20

Smugworth: Apr 18, 2003

Piggy Smalls posted:

Heading to Trader Joe’s in about an hour. What are the absolute must gets that I should purchase? I like all food and am willing to experiment.

# ? Sep 17, 2023 18:29

Crusty Nutsack: Apr 21, 2005; SUCK LASER, COPPERS

those elote frito-style chips are so addicting and everyone we feed them to agrees

# ? Sep 17, 2023 20:09

Baron von Eevl: Jan 24, 2005; WHITE NOISE
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It's basic as gently caress but TJ's genuinely has the best mint chocolate chip ice cream out of anyone. It's phenomenal.

# ? Sep 17, 2023 20:12

WAR CRIME GIGOLO: Oct 3, 2012; The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

Crusty Nutsack posted:

those elote frito-style chips are so addicting and everyone we feed them to agrees

I love those so much

# ? Sep 17, 2023 20:15

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

The caramelized French onion dip is bomb AF.

# ? Sep 17, 2023 20:19

Incremus: Aug 7, 2003; Oh no, I'm so sorry, it's the Moops.

The "handsome cut" frozen fries are fantastic. So is the balela, which is a chickpea and black bean cold salad you can find over by the prepared sandwiches and wraps and stuff.

# ? Sep 17, 2023 22:02

Haverchuck: May 6, 2005; the coolest

Buttchocks posted:

Blueberry and cream yogurt

guava passionfruit greek

# ? Sep 17, 2023 22:14

Anne Whateley: Feb 11, 2007; i like nice words

Their frozen peas are at least as good as the pricey gold-label sweet baby peas.

Mostly it�s just whatever you see that looks good to you. Enormous :rip:

to sweet potato tortilla chips

# ? Sep 17, 2023 22:54

JackBandit: Jun 6, 2011

Hold the cones, tamales

# ? Sep 18, 2023 01:03

mystes: May 31, 2006

This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever tasted:

It's like drinking a scented candle.

The maple oat milk is pretty nice though.

# ? Sep 27, 2023 20:46

WAR CRIME GIGOLO: Oct 3, 2012; The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

mystes posted:

This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever tasted:

It's like drinking a scented candle.

The maple oat milk is pretty nice though.

Thank you I wanted to get this but I'm weary.

# ? Sep 27, 2023 20:50

Martman: Nov 20, 2006

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

Thank you I wanted to get this but I'm weary.

Take a nap and maybe you won't be so weary

# ? Sep 27, 2023 21:50

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

This stuff is dank as hell, don't limit your use to pancakes.

# ? Sep 28, 2023 21:07

Apprentice Dick: Dec 1, 2009

Black bean and quinoa tortilla chips are always a pro buy, and the ghost pepper potato chips are also pretty good. The Indian food microwavable pouches are also excellent to have on hand for a quick meal.

# ? Sep 29, 2023 16:04

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Apprentice Dick posted:

Black bean and quinoa tortilla chips are always a pro buy, and the ghost pepper potato chips are also pretty good.

Hard agree

# ? Sep 29, 2023 21:24

sudonim: Oct 6, 2005

FogHelmut posted:

This stuff is dank as hell, don't limit your use to pancakes.

Joe has the syrup hookup. Lots of options, all real maple, all not costing an arm and a nut like it does at a supermarket

# ? Sep 30, 2023 00:49

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Apprentice Dick posted:

Black bean and quinoa tortilla chips are always a pro buy, and the ghost pepper potato chips are also pretty good. The Indian food microwavable pouches are also excellent to have on hand for a quick meal.

Y'all still have the kati pouches??

# ? Sep 30, 2023 01:15

mystes: May 31, 2006

Nessus posted:

Y'all still have the kati pouches??

I think they mean the individual shelf stable pouches with dal and tikka vegetables and stuff

# ? Sep 30, 2023 01:17

Incremus: Aug 7, 2003; Oh no, I'm so sorry, it's the Moops.

Nessus posted:

Y'all still have the kati pouches??

I'd do foolish things to have those back in circulation.

Another Indian-thing-in-a-pouch that's pretty great is this chakri mix. It's a good trail-mix type snack and also sprinkles well on curries. Or you can just eat the entire package in one go standing up

# ? Sep 30, 2023 02:50

WAR CRIME GIGOLO: Oct 3, 2012; The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

Incremus posted:

I'd do foolish things to have those back in circulation.

Another Indian-thing-in-a-pouch that's pretty great is this chakri mix. It's a good trail-mix type snack and also sprinkles well on curries. Or you can just eat the entire package in one go standing up

I eat these straight..

You catch one of the hot ones and oh man it's a choke rest not seen since JFK was in office.

# ? Sep 30, 2023 02:53

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

FogHelmut posted:

This stuff is dank as hell, don't limit your use to pancakes.

Just tried this, it's good. Bourbon is more on the aroma than the flavor but it's good maple syrup anyway. Little tangy.

# ? Oct 8, 2023 19:33

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

Grand Fromage posted:

Just tried this, it's good. Bourbon is more on the aroma than the flavor but it's good maple syrup anyway. Little tangy.

Pour some on the Trader Joe's Super Premium Pumpkin Ice Cream. Or the cheesecake.

# ? Oct 8, 2023 22:03

Baron von Eevl: Jan 24, 2005; WHITE NOISE
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The pumpkin ice cream is kind of nasty.

# ? Oct 8, 2023 22:07

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

Not using enough syrup imo

# ? Oct 8, 2023 22:09

Alhara: Aug 21, 2007

Incremus posted:

got some TJ's Japanese fried rice. Good stuff, thanks thread

Why isn't there a Japanese Trader like Ming, Giotto, and Jose? Trader Ryu? Trader Kenji?

I believe it was Trader Joe-San, and then they got second-hand embarrassment and changed it.

# ? Oct 8, 2023 22:38

Baron von Eevl: Jan 24, 2005; WHITE NOISE
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Remember like two years ago when a handful of people were like "it kinda sucks that they do racial names on some food" and TJ's said they were already stopping it until Fox made like one comment about it and TJ's immediately backtracked and said they were keeping the names? That was pretty gross.

# ? Oct 8, 2023 23:51

Bum the Sad: Aug 25, 2002; Can't post for 6 days!; Hell Gem

Yeah the dumb names loving rule. Can�t believe they even pretended to cave to that hand wringing bullshit even for a second.

# ? Oct 8, 2023 23:59

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Heads up if you like the dry salami my Trader Joe�s has the packs of ends and tips for 5.99 for 1.5lbs

I bought two packs but I should have bought more since it will last 10 years in the fridge.

# ? Oct 9, 2023 03:39

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

If they can make a Mexican gundam they sure as heck can make Mexican Jose brand taquitos

# ? Oct 10, 2023 00:51

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

The frozen chicken quesadillas are perhaps the worst thing I've ever spent money on at TJs.

# ? Nov 28, 2023 02:08

Buce: Dec 23, 2005

i like the tj's mini papadams, which I am currently eating.

# ? Nov 28, 2023 05:02

Smugworth: Apr 18, 2003

These knockoff ramen noodles suck rear end

# ? Jan 11, 2024 01:01

Mons Hubris: Aug 29, 2004; fanci flup

They look like a ripoff of the Momofuku noodles specifically, which also suck rear end

# ? Jan 11, 2024 01:10

Smugworth: Apr 18, 2003

David Chang is a huckster

# ? Jan 11, 2024 01:16

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

Smugworth posted:

These knockoff ramen noodles suck rear end

My 1st grader loves them. But also he would happily drink a glass of soy sauce if allowed.

# ? Jan 11, 2024 02:09

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

trader blows :blastu:

# ? Jan 11, 2024 03:10

mystes: May 31, 2006

They have a new frozen Baingan Bharta and it's probably my favorite indian dish they carry now

Also:

FogHelmut posted:

This stuff is dank as hell, don't limit your use to pancakes.

I don't even know if they still have this, but I bought it before and I really wanted to like it but I hate it

. I even tried mixing it with normal maple syrups but the flavor is too strong (almost chemical-ish) for me. It's been sitting in my refrigerator and I need to admit defeat and throw it out.

mystes fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Jan 29, 2024

# ? Jan 29, 2024 19:46

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# ? May 2, 2024 02:32

Crusty Nutsack: Apr 21, 2005; SUCK LASER, COPPERS

mystes posted:

I don't even know if they still have this, but I bought it before and I really wanted to like it but I hate it . I even tried mixing it with normal maple syrups but the flavor is too strong (almost chemical-ish) for me. It's been sitting in my refrigerator and I need to admit defeat and throw it out.

you can return anything to TJs, even if you just didn't like it. the employees don't care at all

# ? Jan 29, 2024 20:24

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