great finds at trader joe's

[Freakin]

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Let me preface this by saying that I'm a white dude. However, I work for a Korean company, I've been to Korea, I've eaten a lot of Korean food, I've cooked Korean food several times, and I've been complimented by a Korean that my Korean cooking is pretty good.

I'm assuming bool kogi is what I've known as bulgogi (there's several things spelled differently at several places) which is beef marinated in a sauce that is primarily soy sauce. It is always awesome. Kalbi/Galbi is even awesomer. It's marinated short ribs.

I didn't notice the "bool kogi" when I was at TJ's, but I'll find it and try it and let you know how it stacks up. I am lucky enough though that there also is a Korean grocery store about 5 miles from me where I can get freshly marinaded bulgogi and kalbi at a great price that cooks up easily in about 5-10 minutes. Anyway, I think my point was, if you like meat, try Korean BBQ. Seriously some of the best marinaded meats I have ever had.

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the places near my house are all grill-your-own, and the grills are all too small for me to enjoy my meal... i'm tired of cooking before I'm full (this is in a group of like 6-7 people).

[rothko]

these are targeted toward vegans, but actually taste better than regular ice cream sandwiches:

[SkandarAkbar]

i echo astro on the prig khig spicy beans, i hit those up and tossed in a little ground turkey which I spiced up and it was wicked and felt very healthy.

wasn't crazy about the PB/CHOC pretzels but not a huge choc fan.

LOVED the spicy dried mango.
LOVED,..... I MEAN LOVED the flatbread pizza with guyere, ham, carmelized onions.

[ImsaKidd]

Just got back from my first TJ trip. It was a pretty cool store, although it seemed kinda small.

Stuff I bought:

Small cheese pizzas (might be margherita pizzas mentioned earlier)
Mini Peanut Butter cups
Peanut butter pretzels
Ginger Snap cookies
Spiced Tortilla Chips
Chicken/bean/rice burrito
Beef Taquitos
Frozen strawberries and rasperries
Strawberry fruit bars
Sparkling blueberry juice

Basically a lot of the recomendations from this thread. I had a pizza with some blueberry juice for lunch, both were good. The PB cups for desert were AWESOME.

What good stuff am I missing?

[MikeNaked]

I just picked up the Organic Italian Volcano Blood Orange Juice and it makes an awesome vodka drink.

3 parts vodka
1 part triple sec
blood orange juice

It's sweet, but really damn tasty.

[DrNo888]

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I just picked up the Organic Italian Volcano Blood Orange Juice and it makes an awesome vodka drink.

3 parts vodka
1 part triple sec
blood orange juice

It's sweet, but really damn tasty.

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Ok, which section of the store is this stuff located?
I looked through the whole store and cant find it every time I am there.

Maybe they dont have it at the location I go to.

[MikeNaked]

At the ones in Portland, there is a whole unrefrigerated wall of juices, waters, and assorted beverages.

[turnipmonster]

new great find, trek mix granola! they have several different kinds: one with berries, sweet & salty, cranberry nut, and a few others. relatively high calorie, 2k calories a box (8 servings of 250), but the sweet and salty is excellent!

[Green Kool Aid]

few things....

the frozen chimichurri salmon was unbelievably good. kind of a garlic flavor, but just awesome. i defrosted it in the fridge for a day or so, then baked for 12 minutes. ate a pound and a half of it!!! reccomend highly.

the frozen mixed fruit (blueberries, rasperries, blackberries i think) is good to add to smoothies. i haven't had it by itself.

the two frozen pizzas i got were alright, nothing special.

i don't like their yogurt as much as colombo, yoplait etc.

the indian lentil stew that comes in a glass jar was not bad, but lacked a lot of flavor. it is pretty high protein/fiber though, and low calorie.

the frozen chicken stiry fry---forget the exact name, but it came with a dark sauce, and cashews to mix in. just put it on a frying pan with vegetable oil for a few minutes and it came out really good.

nothing else i can think of now, but i [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] trader joe's.


keep the reccomendations coming!

[TimTimSalabim]

I really like the cookies that come in the clear plastic tubs. In particular, the dark chocolate + almond cookies are amazingly good. And the Southern style pecan ones are excellent too.