TRADER JOE’S TEST DRIVECatching up

I've been slackin' on my TJ's eating, mostly because I'm pretty much down to a couple freezer items that I'm hanging onto until a special occasion (namely, a night when I'm really craving Indian food).


But before I went on my hiatus from trying all the things I picked up during my exploratory Trader Joe's run, there were a few things that I ate but neglected to tell y'all about:


ice cream


Tessa recommended that I pick up some ice cream, and the mint-chip variety that I bought is quite delicious. I snack on it periodically; in fact, I might have some after dinner tonight.


sweet potato fri(t)es


When I bought these things, I thought they were sweet potato fries... and after trying them out for the first time, I still believed the same thing. But around the time I put a second batch in the oven a few days later, I realized that the package called these tasty morsels sweet potato frites. I'm guessing that's French for fries and that TJ's just wanted them to seem classy.


Well, whatever they're called, the fri(t)es are quite yummy. My only beef is that they're hard to cook well. With such a wide range in fry size, it's almost impossible to cook the big ones fully without burning some of the — get ready for it — small fries.

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11/6/2009 20:03