I had to return the chipotle-marinated chicken skewers to Trader Joe’s. Don’t they sound good? Well, they weren’t: dry, white-meat chicken without much flavor. I should have known. I enjoy chicken breast in the form of chicken marsala or francese, but on a stick? Not its natural habitat.
So I brought the box up to the customer service counter and went shopping. I grabbed a couple of those Chocovic bars, a box of macaroni, some penne rigate, and a chub of polenta. Don’t you love the word “chub”? I had forgotten the exact price of the skewers. Here’s how it turned out:
Stuff I bought: $7.55. Skewers: $7.69. They owed me: 14 cents.
I think this is my superpower.
Yep. I tried them too and came to the same conclusion. I felt sad; I usually love the food at Trader Joe’s.
That’s not exact change!
Yeah, I hate it when Joe’s (rarely) lets me down. Usually it’s when something turns out to be very spicy when it isn’t labeled as such. I HATE that!
Neil, this was the exact opposite problem. Jon, don’t talk back, I have superpowers.
There’s spicy stuff at Trader Joe’s?
My spicy and your spicy may be entirely different things. I’m a complete spice weeny. At Thai restaurants I order “no-stars”.
Yeah, there are things there that are “spicy” but not labeled as such. The Chimichuri Rice in the frozen section comes to mind. I like spicy, my toddler likes spicy, but the husband doesn’t, so I’ve learned to taste test before serving to the whole family.
Neil, we can never eat Thai together then. I will die if I eat Thai food without spice. (Ok, that’s a lie since there are non-spicy Thai foods.)