Posts Tagged ‘food’

Trader Joe’s Aged Sumatra Coffee 2015 – Food Review

12/16/2015
Aged Sumatra Coffee Trader Joe's

Aged Sumatra
Coffee
Trader Joe’s

This is the 2015 edition according to the label on the can.  The label speaks to the special aging process the coffee goes through.  The beans are aged for two years before roasted and sold.

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ALDI – Specially Selected Caprese Pizza – Food Review

11/20/2015
ALDI Caprese Pizza

ALDI
Caprese Pizza

This is another interesting pizza from Germany.  Yes, Germany.  That’s not an auto spelling correction gone wild.

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Cameron’s Breakfast Blend – Whole Bean Coffee – Food Review

10/22/2015
Cameron's Breakfast Blend

Cameron’s Breakfast Blend

It would’ve been the third morning without Joe.  Joe being, my cup of.  Well, not exactly three mornings.  One morning was supplemented with Mac.  Mac being, Mac’s Joe.  The chances of getting to the Trader to restore the empty stores of coffee in the cupboard before the sun rose on the third morn were zero.  Too late, the store was closed.

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Jarlsberg Cheese – Food Review – Trader Joe’s

09/04/2015
Jarlsberg Cheese  Trader Joe's

Jarlsberg Cheese
Trader Joe’s

September 4, 2015

This is what we call in the US, Swiss cheese.  However, this time the cheese is made in Norway.  So don’t call it Swiss.  Call it Jarlsberg.

The cheese is; soft but firm, easy to cut, mild, and tastes like a mild Swiss cheese with sometimes just a very little hint of sweetness.  It cuts easily into chunks which are perfect for a cheese tray or noshing.  Trader Joe cuts and repackages this cheese from a wheel.  The new wrapping is just a bit loose, so don’t store it in your refrigerator too long or parts will dry out a bit.  It’s a good cheese and not horribly expensive at $7.49 per pound.

Price $7.49 per pound     Calories 100 per ounce (28 g)

ALDI – Clancy’s Horseradish Cheddar Chips – Food Review

09/04/2015
Clancy's Horseradish Cheddar Kettle Chips - ALDI

Clancy’s Horseradish Cheddar
Kettle Chips – ALDI

If the package wasn’t different I wouldn’t know these were not the same chips as the Trader Joe’s chips reviewed last week.  That’s three “nots” in the same sentence.  To say it more clearly, these chips seem to be from the same supplier as the similar Trader Joe’s chips, except for one thing, these have more flavor.

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ALDI – Chocolate Coated Butter Cookies – Specially Selected – Food Re-review

08/25/2015
ALDI Specially Selected Chocolate Covered Butter Cookies

ALDI Specially Selected Chocolate Coated Butter Cookies

This is basically just an update on the previously reviewed ALDI chocolate coated butter cookies.  For whatever reasons companies do these things, ALDI has renamed and slightly changed the package of these still great cookies.  The ALDI “Cafe Bistro” name has given way to the ALDI “Specially Selected” name.  Most importantly, the same really really good chocolate coating is still on the same unlikely butter cookie.  The combination still makes these one of the best cookies on any grocery shelf.

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ALDI – Millville Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats – Food Review

08/20/2015
ALDI Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats

ALDI Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats

There are directions on the label for cooking these in the microwave.  A quick word of advice, DON’T!

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Red Hot Riplets – Food Review – ALDI

08/04/2015
Red Hot Riplets

Red Hot Riplets

Hot, Hot, Hot!

If these were labeled gourmet or craft chips, we’d easily be paying 3 times their current price.  But they’re not.  So get them while they’re hot, hot, hot.

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Vegetable Biryani – Food Review – Trader Joe’s

08/01/2015
Vegetable Biryani Trader Joe's

Vegetable Biryani – Trader Joe’s

Somewhat disappointing.

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Choceur Dark Hazelnut Crisp – Food Re-Review – ALDI

07/21/2015
Choceur Dark Hazelnut Crisp ALDI

Choceur
Dark Hazelnut
Crisp
ALDI

Still the same, even if the name is not.

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