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Skriven 2007-02-28 21:40:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Trader Joe's gourmet fried onion pieces - little greasy
shards, not very appetizing in appearance, very crisp,
with a good onion flavor; okay for topping casseroles
or soups or something, but a fairly gross snack

(Wal-Mart) Great Value French fried onions - despite
the name, these are almost identical to the above - just
a hair greasier (they sort of caked at the bottom of the
can), just a hair less onion flavor, and 6 oz for the
price of TJ's 8. I'd say the differences (aside from the
cost) were compatible with "beginning of batch" vs. "end
of batch"; investigation of the codes shows that they were
likely from the same line or at least the same factory:
TJ's says Best by 9/21/07 AL6229, and Wal-Mart's says
Best by 9/27/07 AL6233.

Green bean casserole
cat: vegetable
servings: 12

6 Tb unsalted butter, plus more for dish
1 md onion
1 lb mushrooms, quartered
2 ts coarse salt
1/2 ts fresh ground pepper
24 oz bag Trader Joe's frozen French green beans
6 Tb flour (recipe says 6 Tb one place and 1/4 c another)
2 c milk
8 oz Trader Joe's gourmet fried onion pieces

Wilt onion in 2 Tb butter for 4 min. Add mushrooms
and cook 8 more min. Season with half the salt and pepper.
Set aside to cool.

Cook beans according to package instructions.

Make a golden roux out of the rest of the butter and the
flour, whisking constantly. Add milk and cook until thick.
Season with remaining salt and pepper. Let cool to room
temp, stirring occasionally. Combine with beans.

Butter a 9x13" glass or ceramic baking pan and spread the
bean mixture in it.

Preheat broiler. Broil 8" from heat, covered [?!] for
10 min. Uncover and cook until top is golden brown, about
30 sec. Sprinkle fried onion pieces over and serve.

Source: adapted from Trader Joe's fried onion pieces can.

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Mango and Ginger go nuts over almonds and cashews (Trader
Joe's) - the usual thing, floor sweepings mixed together
and marketed as "trek mix" - decent almonds, slightly
less than fresh cashews, candied ginger miraculously
invested with the texture of a gummi candy, and I didn't
find any mango, but I bet it's probably there. I do have
to say that the quality of the nuts at TJ's is better
than when I first encountered the chain and many times
they were stale (cheerfully replaced, though, on request,
with more stale nuts). Round two: got a couple pieces
of mango: they tasted slightly spoiled.

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