Whoo-hoo!
Trader Joe's just opened in Orange, a mile from where I work! Alicia's always telling me about this or that tasty thing she found at Trader Joe's in LA, and I have been jealous, jealous, jealous! Now I have my own. (According to the guy in the store, this is the 4th one in Connecticut, and the 49th on the east coast!)
I stopped by on my way home from work tonight, and I have to say I'm very pleased with the selection and the prices. I picked up some things I needed and a few impulse items and really the bill was about the same as it probably would have been at Stop & Shop. They certainly had decent prices on their preserves and jams (I am currently attuned to those prices because I just recently bought a boatload of jam for people's Christmas boxes).
So, I got some bratwurst (which I will likely cook for dinner tonight), some organic pancake/waffle mix, a couple of packs of their frozen pasta and gnocchi, a jar of their store brand tomato vodka sauce (I always have to try the jars when I see different brands, even though they are never as good as my recipe). Also, in keeping with our aggressive training schedule for the trip to England, I got crumpets and imported English farmhouse cheddar. I imagine the cheese is made with rennet (it's not labeled as vegetarian) but it was very good on Jacob's Cream Crackers.
I think this is a small Trader Joe's, as they go, but they did have a very nice selection of all kinds of things. I was especially excited to see one of my favorite desserts in the freezer section -- lemon ice frozen inside actual lemon peels. I like to order that in restaurants. So it will be nice to be able to serve that at home sometimes.
And the people were sooooo friendly. I wonder if they imported them from somewhere else, too?
Trader Joe's just opened in Orange, a mile from where I work! Alicia's always telling me about this or that tasty thing she found at Trader Joe's in LA, and I have been jealous, jealous, jealous! Now I have my own. (According to the guy in the store, this is the 4th one in Connecticut, and the 49th on the east coast!)
I stopped by on my way home from work tonight, and I have to say I'm very pleased with the selection and the prices. I picked up some things I needed and a few impulse items and really the bill was about the same as it probably would have been at Stop & Shop. They certainly had decent prices on their preserves and jams (I am currently attuned to those prices because I just recently bought a boatload of jam for people's Christmas boxes).
So, I got some bratwurst (which I will likely cook for dinner tonight), some organic pancake/waffle mix, a couple of packs of their frozen pasta and gnocchi, a jar of their store brand tomato vodka sauce (I always have to try the jars when I see different brands, even though they are never as good as my recipe). Also, in keeping with our aggressive training schedule for the trip to England, I got crumpets and imported English farmhouse cheddar. I imagine the cheese is made with rennet (it's not labeled as vegetarian) but it was very good on Jacob's Cream Crackers.
I think this is a small Trader Joe's, as they go, but they did have a very nice selection of all kinds of things. I was especially excited to see one of my favorite desserts in the freezer section -- lemon ice frozen inside actual lemon peels. I like to order that in restaurants. So it will be nice to be able to serve that at home sometimes.
And the people were sooooo friendly. I wonder if they imported them from somewhere else, too?
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