Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 06:57     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:Tim Hortons hot chocolate.


Sorry, I like it.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 00:30     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Momofuku ramen. The noodles are fine but the sauce/seasoning is horrible tasting.


Agreed, not good, I tried two varieties...spicy and the soy w/scallions

I've always wanted to get to Momofuku in NYC...


I have always been underwhelmed by Momofuku products and restaurants. They never taste that good, often oversalted or one note. It is so overhyped.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 23:37     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:Momofuku ramen. The noodles are fine but the sauce/seasoning is horrible tasting.


Agreed, not good, I tried two varieties...spicy and the soy w/scallions

I've always wanted to get to Momofuku in NYC...
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 22:56     Subject: Re:I Tried It So You Don't Have To
A Dozen Cousins seasoned beans in a pouch, specifically the chile verde flavor that’s available at Whole Foods. I mixed a package with some ground chicken that I browned with taco seasoning for a really great white chicken chili. They have other flavors too, all good, but the chile verde flavor is my favorite.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 22:00     Subject: Re:I Tried It So You Don't Have To
This is a lot of anti-Trader Joe’s posts in quick succession.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 21:59     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:The plastic pepper grinders that you can buy at Giant. You can’t adjust the grind and the grind is huge. My DH cracked a tooth. I really need a good pepper mill.


Get one of these. Ours is at least 20 years old.
https://www.unicornmills.org/magnum-plus.html
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 21:54     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's chocolate quality is pretty poor. But then I'm a chocolate expert and I can't stand most chocolate out there. Whole Foods used to sell Callebaut chocolate, 1 pound blocks of them. I don't know if they still do, but they're excellent quality. I now buy them on Amazon.

I tried the Zao Stamina ramen in downtown Bethesda. The broths are just OK, but the noodles are home-made, slightly chewier than the conventional kind, and I love them.

Georgetown cupcakes. Gross.


The only TJ chocolate I will eat in a pinch is the fair trade organic 72% Belgian. The rest I've found are pretty bad.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 21:52     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Momofuku ramen. The noodles are fine but the sauce/seasoning is horrible tasting.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 21:50     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
The plastic pepper grinders that you can buy at Giant. You can’t adjust the grind and the grind is huge. My DH cracked a tooth. I really need a good pepper mill.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 21:50     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Trader Joe's chocolate quality is pretty poor. But then I'm a chocolate expert and I can't stand most chocolate out there. Whole Foods used to sell Callebaut chocolate, 1 pound blocks of them. I don't know if they still do, but they're excellent quality. I now buy them on Amazon.

I tried the Zao Stamina ramen in downtown Bethesda. The broths are just OK, but the noodles are home-made, slightly chewier than the conventional kind, and I love them.

Georgetown cupcakes. Gross.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 21:41     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Trader Joe’s Sri Lankan curry with cashews (new product): G*d awful.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 18:32     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Trader Joe's root vegetable fries. There is nothing fry-like about them. They are just watery frozen vegetables.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 18:28     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Tim Hortons hot chocolate.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 18:17     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Wegmans mashed potatoes, both the deli/fresh/catered version (too watery) and the container that you microwave version (too solid/large chunks)
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 18:15     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
If you've tried a new food or cooking implement or restaurant, please leave your review, good or bad, here. I'll go first:

Trader Joe's sea salt chocolate chunk cookies. Review: Awful, don't buy them. The sea salt is uneven in the application. The cookies are hard as rocks - I was worried I'd break a tooth - if I hadn't known they had just been put on the shelves I'd have wondered if the cookies were stale. There are small bits of chocolate but nothing I would call a "chunk".