August 27th, 2007
A few years ago when I actually attended a cooking school through HomeChef, the instructors strongly suggested that if you were going to cut corners in making pasta sauce, at least use the boxed stuff, like the Pomi Chopped Tomatoes, in place of chopping up tomatoes yourself. Any admittance of using a jar of tomato sauce or a can of chopped tomatoes was looked down upon as the ultimate cop out and sacrifice of taste and freshness.
Why? Apparently the sweet and tangy taste of tomatoes is compromised by canning it in those tin things. Jars of sauce are guilty of having lots of sugar and water added to them.
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August 25th, 2007
Hit with a bout lately of work leaving precious free time left to cook a nice tomato sauce from scratch, I happened on this bargain at the local San Francisco Trader Joe’s.
Their Recipe #99: Traditional Marinara Sauce jar of spaghetti sauce sells for a whopping, brace yourselves, 99 cents! Yes, that’s $0.99, less than $1 (without tax) and all that. You’ve got to appreciate how they’re able to do this, when probably the most expensive piece of this purchase is the glass jar.
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December 18th, 2005
Man, the fan base of Trader Joe’s Hot Bell Pepper Relish continues to send in their lamentations.
Beth from Phoenix, AZ, agrees:
“We have been so hooked on the Hot Pepper Relish!!! A hamburger won’t be the same!!! We called the Co. office and we told it didn’t sell well!!!”
Don’t forget to check out the Tracking Trader Joe’s site to find other sad fans.
Tags: condiments, discontinued, groceries, relish, trader joes
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December 18th, 2005
Chalk it to the wonders of the wired world. Looks like there is a blog dedicated to activities in the TJ world called Tracking Trader Joe’s…including a discussion on the discontinuation of our lovely Trader Joe’s Hot Bell Pepper Relish!
Tags: blog, trader joes
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A few years ago when I actually attended a cooking school through HomeChef, the instructors strongly suggested that if you were going to cut corners in making pasta sauce, at least use the boxed stuff, like the Pomi Chopped Tomatoes, in place of chopping up tomatoes yourself. Any admittance of using a jar of tomato sauce or a can of chopped tomatoes was looked down upon as the ultimate cop out and sacrifice of taste and freshness.