Today I tried Trader Joe's new meatball calzone. I tossed it in the oven for 25 minutes, but first put a few dollops of tomato sauce along the top. Seemed the right thing to do.

It was ... okay. A little bland, which is funny for this picky eater to say, but I was expecting there to be more mozzarella cheese in it than there was. It was mostly just meatball. The dough part was tasty. Definitely should be split between two people, possibly three, with a salad. Very filling, kind of heavy.

Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups are better than Reese’s.

+1 and the lemon madeleines.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently bought a rice cooker and am underwhelmed or else am an idiot and am doing it wrong (it’s possible). I got the Aroma brand which is cheap but was recommended by wirecutter.

The rice comes out too dry and sticky or else mishy and sticky every time. I always thoroughly pre-rinse the rice, and I follow the directions! I make better (and quicker) rice on the stovetop.

I am by no stretch of the imagination a good cook, but I really don't see how it's hard to make rice with a medium/large saucepan + lid.

Whatever quantity of rice(proportional to the pot), twice that of water/chicken broth, bring to a boil, lower to simmer, put lid on, timer set for 15 minutes(for white rice, longer for yellow), look at it after timer goes off, if it's a little watery, let a go a few more minutes.

It comes out just fine every time.

I have aroma brand and I think it is fine. It was the only stainless steel rice cooker I could find at the time and that was important to me. I have a friend who always cooks her rice stovetop and I cannot imagine it. We eat rice almost every day and I am not going to baby it on the stove. I need to be doing other stuff while it is cooking or chasing after my kids.

Wegman's Wonder Pop is pretty nasty. I only tried one flavor and I could swear it had splenda in it (I hate splenda) but it was just the probiotics. I wish I could get behind it. Anyone have a flavor to suggest?

Anonymous wrote:Boulder potato chips with ridges. The only ingredients are potatoes, avocado oil, and salt. AMAZING! I ate the entire bag in one day!

Going to look for these.

Trader Joes Garlic Shrimp Lo Mein.. Ehhh skip it.

The TJ chicken salad is so good and has been for years

WH brand organic ketchup is better than Heinz imo

Boulder potato chips with ridges. The only ingredients are potatoes, avocado oil, and salt. AMAZING! I ate the entire bag in one day!

Canned corn of any type ( used to be tolerable, but now they all taste " tinny").

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Anonymous wrote:I recently bought a rice cooker and am underwhelmed or else am an idiot and am doing it wrong (it’s possible). I got the Aroma brand which is cheap but was recommended by wirecutter.

The rice comes out too dry and sticky or else mishy and sticky every time. I always thoroughly pre-rinse the rice, and I follow the directions! I make better (and quicker) rice on the stovetop.

I am by no stretch of the imagination a good cook, but I really don't see how it's hard to make rice with a medium/large saucepan + lid.

Whatever quantity of rice(proportional to the pot), twice that of water/chicken broth, bring to a boil, lower to simmer, put lid on, timer set for 15 minutes(for white rice, longer for yellow), look at it after timer goes off, if it's a little watery, let a go a few more minutes.

It comes out just fine every time.

+1
I have some fancy basmati rice where the directions actually tell me to strain the rice! So clutch on those pearls everyone. It comes out really nicely!

Anonymous wrote:I recently bought a rice cooker and am underwhelmed or else am an idiot and am doing it wrong (it’s possible). I got the Aroma brand which is cheap but was recommended by wirecutter.

The rice comes out too dry and sticky or else mishy and sticky every time. I always thoroughly pre-rinse the rice, and I follow the directions! I make better (and quicker) rice on the stovetop.

I am by no stretch of the imagination a good cook, but I really don't see how it's hard to make rice with a medium/large saucepan + lid.

Whatever quantity of rice(proportional to the pot), twice that of water/chicken broth, bring to a boil, lower to simmer, put lid on, timer set for 15 minutes(for white rice, longer for yellow), look at it after timer goes off, if it's a little watery, let a go a few more minutes.

It comes out just fine every time.

Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups are better than Reese’s.

Anonymous wrote:Went to Insomnia cookies recently. Not impressed by their cookies and their coffee was disgusting.

Oh, interesting. I love Insomnia cookies. Still trying to figure out how they keep them warm but moist.

Hate the Crumbl cookies. Too heavy and too sweet.

Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe’s Sri Lankan curry with cashews (new product): G*d awful.

Oh no, I just got this and haven’t tried it yet.

Also always go with cuckoo for rice maker pressure cooker. Perfect every time