/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Valencia Peanut Butter
Milk
Kerrygold (grassfed) butter
Spanish Olive Oil
Aged Raw Milk Cheddar
Parmesan
Half-salted roasted almonds
2 Buck Chuck
Arugula
Lemons and Limes
Trader Joe's Mescal
The bagged prepped veggies are a little pricey, but I tend to eat more vegetables when it's quicker to make.
The raw meats are somewhat disappointing.

Juices (go browse them)
The tofu cream cheese substitute
Guacamole
Sausages
A baguette
Cliff bars
banana yogurt big tub
Eggs
Pepper bacon
Mocchi Ice cream bites (totally worth the price)
Fish nuggets
Frozen fruit (for a quick smoothie with the juice)

Wine and bread. everything else is rebadged Whole Foods hipster crap

The frozen pot stickers are pretty good.

>>No.3984930
I'll keep that in mind but the nearest whole foods is a whole state away from me.

>>3984917
>>3984911
Thanks for all of the suggestions. I'll check them out.

Joe's Diner frozen mac and cheese, it's god tier

>>3984959
Also, their old fashioned graham crackers and ultimate vanilla wafers.

Orange chicken in the frozen section is better than anything in most Chinese restaurant.
Gorilla munch cereal.
Ay cheese...any bread.

If you like Pop-Tarts, their Pomegranate ones are good.

They just came out with a Pecan Pie ice cream that is terrific. Ditto on the Lemon Ginger Cookie ice cream.

Get a jug of the unsweetened black iced tea or the mint iced tea.

The jalapeno hot sauce is very good.

Trader Joe's eggs are top-quality.

Pay attention to the dried fruit and trail mix sections. Good stuff in there.

>>3984959

no, its shit pasta and cheese, not worththe $400000 bucks they charge for it. Absolutely disappointing

>>3984967
no.

maybe.

Trader Joe deli is about literally 2x wha it costs to go to a real deli or a supermarket and get it fresh, so fuck their shitty rosemary ham and whatever, plus the mark up the havarti %150

>>3984975
>Trader Joe's deli
Wha-what? Mine doesn't have that. Is this like how some stores sell booze and others don't?

Holy shit, how has no one mentioned Cookie Butter?

Also, two buck chuck and mochi ice cream things.

>>3984979
its hanging on the wall nex2 the veggies, its deli meat in vac pacs and its crap

>>3984967
>Orange chicken

YES! I agree. I also enjoy their delicious Caribbean fruit floas. Pic related. $1.99 for a box of 4.

Also, look here if you want;
http://www.whatsgoodattraderjoes.com/

Please come back with results!!

Thank you for all the suggestions, and thank you >>3984989 for the web site, and yes i will report back with results tomorrow after I return with what I picked up.

>>3984973

Your opinion, bro.

Am I the only one who likes my ghetto ass hispanic grocery store more than Trader's Joe? Everything's more expensive at Trader's Joe.

>>3984989
Now the poor hipsters can eat organic too!!!

>>3984984
>mochi ice cream things

FUCKING THIS. 10/10 BEST thing that TJ's has. It's like crack cocaine to me.

Cheap Beer
Cheap Wine

I think it's called "Super Fruit" or something... it's their berry preserves. Fucking god-like and it's not full of corn syrup and shit

Good deals at the local trader Joe's:

Flour, Milk, Butter, Eggs, Coffee, Tea, Cheap beer, Cheap Wine, Pretty damn good flatbreads, Gelato (when it's in), mochi ice cream things.

Their mat kimchi's surprisingly good and cheap - great if you can't find it fresh locally/don't have the time to make it. It ferments fast though, so only get one pack unless you want to make jigae or bokkeumbap out of it (old kimchi's always better for cooking). Also worth getting:
Pad Thai cartons (cheap and quick, and also really tasty)
Mochi ice cream
Cheese (theyvalways have a good selection - decent price too)
Booze
They also have some interesting mints, including really tasty green tea ones.

>>3985051
it doesn't look like shit, and it's really tasty.

p.s if you knew better, you'd know by now that hipsters go to whole foods.

Chocolate chipotle hazelnuts.

Seriously.

Mochi & pita crackers.

Organic olive oil popcorn, just tastes like heaven.
It's cheap, and the low calories/carbs are to die for :)

>>3984973
It's only 3 bucks, you ungodly jew, and it tastes delicious. Make sure you get the full fat one.

thanks for all the suggestions, I'll report back tomorrow with what I bought.

>visiting USA
>go into Trader Joes purely because it happened to be a shop and I wanted some stuff
>ask the girl at the counter "Do you guys sell coke?"
>hfw

I ended up buying some weird prison-brand cola and a Litre of rum for $10 so I was pretty happy anyway.

Didn't realise it was a 2cool4me store before going in though.

>>3985253
Don't know where you're from, but Trader Joes is owned by the company that also owns Lidl, if that offers any perspective.

>>3985256
I'm from Australia and I don't know what Lidl is either.

>>3985253
Trader Joe's doesn't sell many big brand items; they stick to their own brand and a few others (mostly organic/natural stuff).

>>3985289
(i think he realises that now)

Fig butter
Belgian chocolate (massive bricks at a good price)
Garlic pretzels
Green tea mints

TJs has the best snacks.

The funny thing is that the guy who runs Whole Foods is a big neoconservative. There is no counter culture anymore.

Their naan bread is sensational, but my local store doesn't always have it.

OP, if you're still here and over 21, the Simpler Times Lager is great tasting.
It's also cheap because it's the store brand.
But it's seriously my second favorite beer.

>>3985315
That would be awesome to know, but unfortunately while I am over 21, my only food allergy is to alcohol so I can't drink.

their plain frozen yogurt. i can't get enough of that shit.

>Trader Joe's Mescal

Wow, since when have they had this?

hemp plus granola cereal = the bomb

>>3985906
A couple of years, at least here in California. It's really good with strong agave flavor and smokey notes.

I've heard all of their brand alcohol is good and inexpensive.

>>3985972
>good
Sometimes. Their Pisco is pretty nasty.
>cheap
It's usually priced between the cheap stuff and the premuim stuff.

Their protein muffins and seaweed snacks are excellent.

>>3985972

Their "Rum of the Gods" is fucking incredible. Half the price of a bottle of Captain Morgan and it tastes way better.

Their Irish Whiskey is good too, for the price.

And their blended Scotch. Cheap as hell, but doesn't completely suck assholes.

Like someone said, Simpler Times is great.

>>3986189
>Half the price of a bottle of Captain Morgan and it tastes way better

That's most rum.

Frozen fish
Guacamole
Pesto pizza
Japanese style rice
Most of the pre-prepared foods

Their version of Cheerios are pretty good. Those tubs of mini choc' chip cookies are great and pretty cheap. Non food item, they have the best price for Dr. Bronners liquid soap. Best body wash/shampoo made.

>>3985922
This shit is really fucking tasty, not even a pothead.

Their veggie chips, bagel chips, bagels, booze. Honestly most of the stuff there's good. I can't think of anything that was particularly bad.