Oh I was tempted by these - thanks for the warning
Anyone try the Papas Rellenas at TJ’s? I saw them in SoCal but haven’t seen them in NorCal.
Yep. I liked them a lot. Don’t think I’ve seen them recently, but I haven’t looked
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TJ’s new Chocolate Bon Bon cookies from Belgium are excellent. I controlled myself and only ate 2, put box away in hall closet.
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Many empty shelves, apparently because of the snow in PA. And still, many new products (most of which I resisted).
YEA for a new artisanal bread — Sliced Seedy Multigrain Bread. It reminds me of Whole Foods’ flax and quinoa bread (that they stopped making), sturdy and seedy. And the slices are small enough that if you want a small piece of toast, that’s possible.
YEA for the organic top sirloin steak. Right sized at 6oz.
YEA for the new frozen sliced shiitake mushrooms
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My husband found these and agrees with you!
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A rare NAY from us: Artichoke Timbales. Blech.
So…… OK…… in fairness: Today I had the second handheld chicken pot pie in the box for lunch. There was considerably more filling in this one than in the first. No way to tell what ‘normal’ is, but I’d buy them again.
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I love really good chicken pot pies…meaning, with rich chicken sauce, tender chicken, a few tender vegetables, nice crust. Really hard to find good versions that are not homemade. The handheld chicken pot pies from TJs are good enough…to my taste, better than most other commercial ones I’ve tired.
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Interesting to note that there is a sudden influx of dealcoholized wine at TJs.
Eggs lasted into the afternoon today, normal pricing and 3-4 kinds – so YEA for that.
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Zero eggs at my TJs on Thursday morning less than an hour after opening.
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Did they have them at opening? My store restocks things at different times (the other day the frozen stuff was being restocked in the evening).
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No, I talked to one of the workers, and they didn’t.
Regular grocery store today, although with the threat of a winter storm, which throws southerners into a tizzy - very few eggs left.
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I grew up in NC and there was always a huge rush to get milk, eggs, and Sunbeam white bread if the possibility of snow or ice was even suggested.
Turns out same thing happens somewhat in Boston…some are in a hurry to get “french toast” supplies: milk, bread, and eggs. Others concentrate on alcoholic beverages.
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Somewhat? Panic shopping before storms has been going on for awhile here. I moved here in 1989 and remember it during the 90s.
The French Toast Alert System started back in Boston around 2007. The alerts still honor Harvey Leonard, who was the only meteorologist to predict the Blizzard of '78. Scroll down for the description of the alerts.
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I also need to give another shout-out to TJ’s Italian sausages. I know I’ve sung praises for the hot Italian sausage, which is actually quite hot for a product that’s presumably for The Masses, but the sweet Italian sausage is just as good.
They are both heavily seasoned with fennel seeds, which are essential for a quality Italian sausage.
DOUBLE F YEA.
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Thanks for the positive review but I think I might be better without😢
Or the scale would be better off without
Linda, I apologize for not communicating clearly. I was here in college when snow shopping wasn’t an issue for me because I lived in dorms. Left in June 1977 so I missed the blizzard of 1978. The winter of 1976-77 was major in itself and I loved it! I came back in 1989 and have seen French Toast shopping since then every year. Well acquainted with it! We avoid it!
The panic snow/ice food shopping in North Carolina far exceeds what happens in Boston area …and I was comparing LLM’s Norh Carolina experience to Boston. North Carolina people for the most part don’t have shovels, don’t have experience with snow, they get more ice than we do in Boston which is more dangerous for driving, don’t have snow tires (or didn’t when snow tires were a thing) and the municipalities don’t have much if any snow removal equipment or capacity. They lose electricity more often than we do here because more ice.
There was one epic snow in North Carolina …I’d have to look up the year…when children and staff had to stay in school buildings overnight because there was no way to get home.
So the storm shopping is on a much more epic and panicked scale in North Carolina than here. I haven’t seen it personally myself in North Carolina for many years, but I hear about it from friends and family. Imagine Market Basket in Somerville multiplied by 10 or more. All at the same time, trying to buy the same items.
I really prefer Boston, for lots of reasons!
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One or 2 are plenty 
