<p>Gah. I haven’t had a Trader Joe’s around me in years. Can’t wait to move home where I have one less than three miles from me.</p>
<p>I stock up on their cheeses and dips when I go home but they never last 
(because I’m addicted not because they go bad).</p>
<p>TJ’s is the only reason I like hummus. And they have spoiled me :(</p>
<p>I checked out the Trader Joe’s products that are available via Amazon. The various sellers are charging 2, 3, or even 4 times what the products cost in TJ stores. Yikes!!</p>
<p>That is good business. Just run to the store when receive an order.</p>
<p>Anyone else try the new shelf-stable Korean Seaweed Salad? The seaweed (a variety of types) is dried; you soak it in water for 10 minutes to rehydrate. Then squeeze out the extra water and add the packaged dressing. Spicy! Our household is all thumbs up on this.</p>
<p>^ Will have to give that a try. We were in a sushi restaurant recently and tried some chewy type of seawead (looked stringy) and tasted salty and good. I know my son would like it. He typically likes to chomp on dry nori sheets. LOL.</p>
<p>My fav Trader’s Joes cooking weapon is their crushed garlic frozen cubes. Just plop one in whatever dish I am making without having to crush, peel or slice stinky garlic. They are all freshly frozen and come in cubes. Great are also the basil cubes for making pesto.</p>
<p>ognopgod, until recently they had cilantro in those frozen cubes. I used it regularly, but it has now joined the long list of great products they don’t carry any more. </p>
<p>LoremIpsum, that video is perfect! Right down to the bag handles that tear.</p>
<p>Those little frozen cubes are available at many regular grocery stores, with a broader selection than TJs. I use garlic, parsley, basil and chili.</p>
<p>Recently tried their kale spinach yogurt dip. It’s pretty tasty and quite healthful.</p>
<p>Edamame Hummus. Yum.</p>
<p>I usually make my own, but was cooking for an event and picked up some of their already made sea salt brownies to supplement the dessert menu. They were excellent!</p>
<p>After too many disappointments I gave up buying stone fruits at the grocery store and now just wait for the local crops. However, when I was at TJs last Friday I caught a whiff of their boxed nectarines and took five pounds home. They are already gone and I am going back for more.</p>
<p>Bumping to ask if anyone has seen “This Pumpkin Walked Into a Bar” cereal bars yet at TJ’s? My son loved them last year when I bought some. We don’t live near a Trader Joe’s but are traveling this week and I would make a special stop for some if I thought they may be there.</p>
<p>I haven’t noticed them. They are great at special orders and holding things for you. You should give the store you could visit a call and talk to them. They live to serve haha.</p>
<p>I’ve seen “The Apple walked into a Bar”. They have seasonal ones so I would ask.
They are so nice, at least at the one near me. Two examples…one, when the cashier asked “Did you find everything” and I said, No French onion soup today…he insisted someone look in the back for it, found none but found out the day they were coming to the store.
Second, unlike when I had the misfortune at Stop and Shop of knocking over a bottle of soda put strategically at the end of the inside of the aisle (it fizzed and squirted) and had the wrath of the staff, I saw a woman, I kid you not, drop 3 glass bottles of sparkling lemonade from her carriage at TJ…all 3 came out of the seat of the carriage…she didn’t catch any of them. Cheerfully they came out, told her it was fine, made a joke when I asked the customer to hand me something, that “I trusted her with glass”. and kept telling her not to think about it, it happens. “all the time”. We all knew they were lying but doing it with a smile.</p>
<p>They are such a nice group of people.</p>
<p>I will maybe call. My youngest DD lives in a city with a TJ’s and my oldest is moving to a college town with a TJ’s. The youngest does not want to walk all the way to her store but my oldest is hoping to work there lol. If anything I will have my oldest keep a look out and she can either send me some or I will pick some up when I get a chance to visit this fall.</p>
<p>If anyone does happen upon them in the next few days please give me a (virtual) shout. I love TJ’s but fall and Christmas are my favorite seasons to shop there.</p>
<p>I went to TJ today…only saw “An apple, a fig, a strawberry and a blueberry” Walked into a Bar…sorry no pumpkin yet in CT…but that might be a Fall thing.</p>
<p>Looks like you’re right, Debruns.</p>
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<p>Looks like they no longer carry one of my staples: mixed frozen seafood. It was 1# package of calamari, shrimp & bay scallops and i made a great seafood risotto w it.</p>
<p>Shoot! I have one bag in my freezer. It was great for a “pantry” tomato sauce for pasta.</p>
<p>We also use the Vodka sauce and I buy the turkey meatballs from the freezer to make a quick penne meal.</p>