I’m going to go oil up a big pumpkin, put on a Barry White album, light a pumpkin spiced candle and make love not war.
After, I might have a pumpkin spiced herbal cigarette in my pumpkin spiced bath oil bath after scrubbing thoroughly with my exfoliant pumpkin soap on a rope.
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it 1000x’s, I do not understand the loyal following Trader Joe’s has. (mind you my only experience is my non-alcohol TJ’s and from what I’m told mine is a smaller store)
Right which is what I take issue with and many things are not called “pumpkin spice” all the time but just “pumpkin” this time of year and don’t include pumpkin. No pumpkin? Call it pumpkin spice.
Actually, a lot of items at Trader Joe’s, even if labeled “pumpkin spice”, do contain pumpkin as an ingredient. Coincidentally, I just posted my biggest gripe about TJ’s pumpkin offerings on Chowhound a few minutes ago and then came here and saw this thread. I’ll copy and paste it:
NAY - Pumpkin everything. I love pumpkin, but the use of “pumpkin
spice” is getting out of hand. After one or two bites, I can’t taste
the pumpkin anymore, just the spice. Whether it’s the Pumpkin Cranberry
crisps, Pumpkin Cheesecake, or even my beloved Pumpkin Spice Granola
Bark, pumpkin plays second fiddle to pumpkin spice. I think it should
be the other way around.
@NotJrvedivici, it took me years before I understood Trader Joe’s. Now I am probably their #1 fan. I only buy less than 5% of their offerings, but most of those things I absolutely love because of either the quality, price, and/or availability. To get to that point, however, you must have no shame when it comes to taking advantage of their liberal return policy. (I once returned a single apple.) Also, they have consistent offerings in the sense that when I go to TJ’s in North Carolina, I can get 90% of the exact same items I have here in Baltimore. That doesn’t hold true for Costco, Whole Foods, or even ALDI’s.
This isn’t an issue that keeps me out of the store and isn’t unique to them. Not a pumpkin/pumpkin spice fanatic but I overlook it and go there weekly. I was just letting out a general fall pumpkin product rant. I couldn’t care less at the end of the day what they call things.
