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Best of: Trader Joe's
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Davey Cakes
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Have those crackers with TJ's Pub Cheese product.
There's your GOAT.
There's your GOAT.
Roland_Gunner
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Apparently owned by Aldi, but if Aldi in the UK is anything at all like Aldi in the US, it's also nothing like Trader Joe's.
Yeh I know Aldi... Aldi is nothing like this! Aldi is all budget food!
beat
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A little off-topic, but is it just me, or do the nutritional facts on TJ's food sometimes seem very suspect? A lot of the time I'm eating their food and trying to figure out how their nutritional stats are so reasonable and low-calorie compared to how delicious they are.
Bought both brands this year for the first time: crunch TJ's cookie butter (which is actually barely crunchy at all) and the smooth Lotus Biscoff spread. The Biscoff spread was a lot more oily/smooth/spreadable and had a richer/fattier taste to it, but it had more of a bland/neutral taste. Whereas the TJ's cookie butter had a much thicker consistency (a little tough to spread sometimes, to be honest), but it had such a better taste because of the blend of spices they use in it.
Just my 2-cents. I sought out a lot of opinions and taste test videos (which there were surprisingly much fewer of than I would've thought there'd be) before finally sucking it up and just buying both brands.
Bought both brands this year for the first time: crunch TJ's cookie butter (which is actually barely crunchy at all) and the smooth Lotus Biscoff spread. The Biscoff spread was a lot more oily/smooth/spreadable and had a richer/fattier taste to it, but it had more of a bland/neutral taste. Whereas the TJ's cookie butter had a much thicker consistency (a little tough to spread sometimes, to be honest), but it had such a better taste because of the blend of spices they use in it.
Just my 2-cents. I sought out a lot of opinions and taste test videos (which there were surprisingly much fewer of than I would've thought there'd be) before finally sucking it up and just buying both brands.
metsallica
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I've tried every brand that exists. Seriously; I have a problem. Your fatal flaw? Biscoff smooth. Crunchy will change your life, promise. It's nothing like TJ's barely-crunchy knockoff.
Necromanti
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This is the truth.
TJ's introduced me to the stuff, bless their hearts, but nothing compares to the authentic crunchy Biscoff butter. TJ's knock-off seems to have more filler-to-cookie ratio in comparison and feels overwhelmingly cloying as a result.
rokkerkory
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Try:
Quinoa and black bean chips they are zomg
2 buck and 50 cent chuck is still great
organic chicken tenders
organic tomato soup
stay away from their siracha it's wack
also stay away their wasabi peas
Enter the Dragon Punch
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I'm a Canadian. Please, someone hook me up ;_;
metsallica
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I wasn't kidding when I said I've tried every brand that exists. I've imported speculoos spread from all over, I was obsessed (currently in recovery)! I even tried stepping my game up to Speculaas-flavored Schuddebuikjes from Bolletje, but they were too much for me. The Dutch are crazy; I love it.
Yeah, Speculoos is delicious. But is also just about the least nutritious thing imaginable. It is literally just fat and sugar lol
I have. They're alright, but I'm not a big speculoos fan so YMMV.
Oh please. I wasn't talking about any wine in Europe. I was talking about wine we have right here in Oregon and Washington. The California wine industry has homogenized whereas the stuff you can get further north tends to be a bit more unique and complex. Californians like to pretend the Oregon wine industry doesn't exist. It's cute.
Depends on the type of wine though.
There have been some changes in the store. The spinach pizza was MIA for a few months. It is now different, no longer the Amy's
I didn't know such a thing existed.
indigo-cyclops
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Cookie Butter Ice Cream. Could sustain myself on that for weeks.
Well... It appears I may have been at risk for listeriosis lol.
Wow, most of the food from Trader Joe's looks great. Chocolate covered espresso beans sounds both spectacular and hard to eat at the same time.
Although I really hate the radio ads for them while I'm driving in to work. A few of the people from Trader Joe's (like Dan) make me want to punch a wall or something.
Although I really hate the radio ads for them while I'm driving in to work. A few of the people from Trader Joe's (like Dan) make me want to punch a wall or something.
metsallica
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It was a seasonal product. Happens a lot at TJ's.
PartTimeWarrior
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This after a big meal = heaven
A few? haha try half the box!!
Leithkorias
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Does no one here actually know the story behind why Charles Shaw wine is so cheap?
Hint:
Hint:
it's not because it's junk
I just bought a bag yesterday and it's amazing. It's like corn nuts
ThatStupidLion
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keep your distance from "2 buck chuck" types of wine...
you don't want to know how it's made....
..but i'll briefly mention it anyways...
a machine tears down the rows of vines ripping out everything from bugs,leaves, sticks, grapes, unripe grapes, rotten grapes...etc..
mashes it all together.
then puts the wine flavor back in with chemicals and a bunch of sugar.
the end.
haven't seen these posted - nice quick fix
you don't want to know how it's made....
..but i'll briefly mention it anyways...
a machine tears down the rows of vines ripping out everything from bugs,leaves, sticks, grapes, unripe grapes, rotten grapes...etc..
mashes it all together.
then puts the wine flavor back in with chemicals and a bunch of sugar.
the end.
haven't seen these posted - nice quick fix
Wasn't that info based off of Huffington Post article whose source was a random guy answering on Quora who then he himself said to take his words with a grain of salt?
Here's his response when he found out they published his 3 year old post:
Psh. I bet that response was on Hufington Post too. Everybody knows the best and most reliable wine is picked by hand by underpaid migrant workers who care about the quality of the final product and work consistently with full attention throughout the day.
You can taste the difference!
This topic went up a week ago and now I can't remember a time when I didn't have one of these with breakfast. How did we make it through life in those dark days?
Also I'm pretty sure I could have traded these for sexual favors today. Actually, based on the response she made after eating, it's entirely possible that in giving this away I also provided a sexual favor.
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Interesting. Belgium probably has the Sud branch, but I had noticed before it started carrying some Trader Joe's items.
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