And the chicken bakes. (this was for
Bingo! They use the unsold rotisserie bird breasts for chicken salad, soup, and pot pie. You are getting the rest of the meat and bone. I wish my Costco sold the āleftoverā dark meat and bones but when I asked, the meat department had never heard of such a practice.
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This soup I did buy one winter and it did not disappoint.
Just a PSA that the canned organic diced tomatoes can be TART.
I havenāt bought them in a while, and added them to a dish today without thinking too much about it , and whoa nellie! Iāll be much more mindful with the rest.
Not just Costco. I find the TJās salt free diced tomatoes to be quite tart, too. I add a tiny pinch of baking soda, it fizzes a bit, but it comes out more balanced.
Iāve been buying the TJs organic tomatoes, didnāt find them quite this strong, but I usually taste and balance with a pinch of sugar.
I should just have dialed back how much I added, that was the main issue today.
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Not tart but ACIDIC. Indeed, adding sugar is the only solution, although my great aunt always thought throwing in a carrot would help (and 86āing the carrot aftwreard). So I just make friends with my grocer and buy the overripe tomatoes that he dumps for a buck a bag. Ripe means sweet. Overripe means really sweet. But you have to use them pronto.
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Carrots are relatively high in sugar, so will sweeten whatever you put them in. (That may be one reason that babies are often started off on solid foods with carrots.) I find pumpkin also can serve as a sweetener (and thickenerāI use it in black bean soup).
- yay for the black forest cake in the bakery, not too sweet, and everyone loved it
- meh for rojos street corn dip, good reviews online, tried it hot and cold, kinda bland, didnāt love it
- yay for korean orion chocolate churro turtle chips, what a bargain for those of that like korean snacks!
missing the jars of fabri amarena cherries, hopefully, they wind their way back to our store.
Meh on their Kirkland grozen lasagna sausage+burger 2-pack. Not very savory, a little watery, and the pasta is weirdly thick.
I donāt have a membership but I have stock, so YAY for year-end special dividends on COST*
*past performance is no guarantee of future results, caveat emptor, donāt risk more than youāre willing to lose or take investment advice from randos on the internet, etc, etc 
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I misread this as Korean ONION chocolate churro turtle chipsā¦ shudder!
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You and me both.
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Have you had the raini short rib lasagna in the frozen section?
No, did not see that. Do you recommend?
Havenāt tried it, itās a huge double portion
I know itās not food but any opinions/experience with Costco Optical?
Pretty fair prices, but limited selection. I do appreciate that they do minor repairs for free (eg replace nose pads).
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My parents swear by them. My mom has a fairly complicated prescription and theyāve been able to make her glasses correctly.
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If what youāre looking for are basic eyeglasses rather than something āfashionableā, I donāt think they can be beat. My last pair of eyeglasses (in 2021, before my cataract operation) was $215 for bifocals (non-scratch, etc.). I think the frames (wire-rims) were about $50 of that, though Iām not sure.
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