Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:37     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
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Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's root vegetable fries. There is nothing fry-like about them. They are just watery frozen vegetables.


Hun, you need to cook them.


They are really good in the air fryer.


I dislike our new Instant Pot air fryer. Nothing tastes as good as oven made and it still offgasses plastic smell. It cooks faster but is not necessarily easier to clean than a tray. Way overhyped.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:31     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
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Anonymous wrote:Yuck why would anyone want to eat any of these items mentioned? It's all just junk processed "food." Maybe try following a recipe for sea salt chocolate chip cookies using organic butter, flour, eggs, sugar, baking soda, chocolate and Maldon?


Cuz the only one of those ingredients I have is butter. Less expensive to just buy the cookies and a lot less work considering I’ve never made homemade cookies in my life.


Absolutely do this for yourself before you die.

Homemade cookies fresh from your oven are one of life's great pleasures.


Yeah, the thing is I really hate cooking, hate cleaning up from it, and would be annoyed to have all that stuff left over. Waste of money.


Try the Pillsbury cookie dough from the refrigerated section. I’m sure dcum will scoff at it, but they are good fresh from the oven without having to make the dough yourself. Back in the day when my metabolism ran high I would make them all the time. So good!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:19     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yuck why would anyone want to eat any of these items mentioned? It's all just junk processed "food." Maybe try following a recipe for sea salt chocolate chip cookies using organic butter, flour, eggs, sugar, baking soda, chocolate and Maldon?


Cuz the only one of those ingredients I have is butter. Less expensive to just buy the cookies and a lot less work considering I’ve never made homemade cookies in my life.


Absolutely do this for yourself before you die.

Homemade cookies fresh from your oven are one of life's great pleasures.


Yeah, the thing is I really hate cooking, hate cleaning up from it, and would be annoyed to have all that stuff left over. Waste of money.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:11     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yuck why would anyone want to eat any of these items mentioned? It's all just junk processed "food." Maybe try following a recipe for sea salt chocolate chip cookies using organic butter, flour, eggs, sugar, baking soda, chocolate and Maldon?


Cuz the only one of those ingredients I have is butter. Less expensive to just buy the cookies and a lot less work considering I’ve never made homemade cookies in my life.


Absolutely do this for yourself before you die.

Homemade cookies fresh from your oven are one of life's great pleasures.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:07     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
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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.


Your husband didn't crack a tooth on a peppercorn. It may have been a foreign object in the grinder, or in the meal. It was not a peppercorn.


People around here have weak teeth because they avoid fluoride.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:04     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
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Anonymous wrote:Momofuku ramen. The noodles are fine but the sauce/seasoning is horrible tasting.


Yes- they really are underwhelming! We bought a 6-pack and they are just sitting. I guess I can add the Top Ramen seasoning to them!

My kid loves these. Note, there are different flavors.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:01     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's root vegetable fries. There is nothing fry-like about them. They are just watery frozen vegetables.


Hun, you need to cook them.


They are really good in the air fryer.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 08:52     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:
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.


I like the Momofuku noodles!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 08:47     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.


Your husband didn't crack a tooth on a peppercorn. It may have been a foreign object in the grinder, or in the meal. It was not a peppercorn.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 08:41     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.


We buy these just for the noodles and throw away the seasoning!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 07:30     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.


Thank you for the Callebaut suggestion. All my recent chocolate purchases (for eating and baking) have been awful, just inedible--guittard, ghiradelli, baker's (shudder), hershey's cocoa powder. I hope Callebaut is better.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 07:30     Subject: Re:I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote: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.


Is this a positive review or negative review?
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 07:27     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's root vegetable fries. There is nothing fry-like about them. They are just watery frozen vegetables.


Hun, you need to cook them.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 07:20     Subject: I Tried It So You Don't Have To
Safeway's carrot cake slice and 4-pack of cinnamon buns. They cannot be that bad usually; must have been a bad day. I never buy anything from the bakery, but I had cravings and they looked good.
Ended up throwing both out. It had to be a bad day with broken over or trying to bring old pastry to life. They were not expired or even 1+ days old.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 07:04     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.


Yes- they really are underwhelming! We bought a 6-pack and they are just sitting. I guess I can add the Top Ramen seasoning to them!