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12-11-2012, 12:34 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: 08-13-08
Location: San Antonio TX
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What's good at Trader Joe's?
Hello all we just got a Trader Joe's here in San Antonio and I know I've read a lot of posts mentioning ingredients from there. So what should I try for my first trip?
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12-11-2012, 12:44 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: 01-16-07
Location: Southern MN
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Pizza Dough, Their stinky cheeses, Ice creams
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12-11-2012, 12:46 PM | #3 |
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Two buck Chuck
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12-11-2012, 12:50 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: 09-11-12
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They used to have Wasabi Cashews a long time ago. May have been my all time favorite snack. Every time I go, I look for them hoping they have returned but alas they still do not sell them. I have heard good things about the pizza dough. I do like some of there simmering sauces for a quick dinner (non BBQ).
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12-11-2012, 01:03 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: 11-11-09
Location: Northern MN
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Buy their dried cherries. Rehydrate them with a little brandy. Makes a killer sauce with smoked pork loin.
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12-11-2012, 01:04 PM | #6 |
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Up here, they often have Niman Ranch Pork Chops and occasionally, some great steaks. Oh, and any type of food you would want when you are higher than a kite.
There are often good beer and wine deals, the hard booze is also often a good deal. I like their olive oil and their salt prices are hard to beat.
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12-11-2012, 01:11 PM | #7 |
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Two Buck Chuck only in Florida is Three Buck Chuck!
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12-11-2012, 01:26 PM | #8 |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Some very good chicken sausages, especially one with wine and cheese English bangers around St. Patrick's day Tri-tip from some place called Australia? Raspberry preserves Garlic naan Tapinade Frozen packages of teaspoon size portions of garlic, basil, & cilantro, very convenient High brow chocolate chip cookies You might take a look at this sight, lots of information: http://www.traderjoesfan.com
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12-11-2012, 01:34 PM | #9 |
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Join Date: 09-11-11
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Love the frozen wagyu burgers.
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12-11-2012, 01:52 PM | #10 |
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Three bucks now. Still pretty good plonk for the price.
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12-11-2012, 01:53 PM | #11 |
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Two Buck Chuck ($2 Charles Shaw label wine) is great for cooking. Loads of decent "table wines" in the $5 to $8 range if you take them for what they are.
Their turkey burgers are inexpensive and tasty. I often pick up their slider-sized hamburgers which fit perfectly in slider-sized hamburger rolls for quick kid food. I've gotten decent poultry from them, too. CHEAP spices and seasonings. many in grinder bottles. I second the oils and vinegars. The veggie corndogs are surprisingly satisfying! the orange chicken bag is awesome. Love the mini pepperoni pizzas. Their frozen fish is very nice for non-fresh. That said, I avoid their packaged sushi. Ew.
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12-11-2012, 01:59 PM | #12 |
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Join Date: 08-31-09
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Garlic Fries
Garlic Naan TJ Brand craft beers are excellent Pizza Dough Two Buck chuck (still 2 bucks here)
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12-11-2012, 02:09 PM | #13 |
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they also have a high rate of recalls like other big stores. the basic thing is to not buy stuff like prepackaged meals that have to go through a lot of hands. so keep to the simple stuff.
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-livin...193200588.html
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12-11-2012, 02:15 PM | #14 | |
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Peppermint Oreos (they call them Jojo's) Also many of there frozen entrees are quite tasty even spicy. Roasted Pepper and Tomato soup.
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12-11-2012, 02:19 PM | #15 |
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Trader Joe's is basically a yuppy junk-food store. They have good food, but more often than not I find that people who go there load up on chocolate-covered potato chips. I hear they have good turkeys and other things from time to time, but then they discontinue them. I usually end up with a case of 3-buck chuck (or two).
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