Thai Lime & Chili Peanuts - Trader Joe's

Has anyone figured out a way to reverse engineer the Chili Lime Peanuts (other than reusing the spices in the bag, which is clever)? I incorporated them into a lot of my Southeast Asian recipes, and now there's a whole in my pantry. We have a kaffir lime tree, and grow Thai chilies, but I haven't tried duplicated the TJ recipe. I, too, miss the peanuts.

Colbrook in Chains

I Found Cheap Plugra!!!

Ijust wrote to TJs from their site, and got this response:

Piper,

Thanks for contacting us. We have discontinued that product in our
stores due to slow sales. Because our stores have such limited space, if
an item does not meet a minimum sales volume, we will discontinue it in
order to bring in something we think will sell better. I will pass your
comments on to our buyers for consideration. From time to time, if there
is enough outcry to bring back a discontinued item and we are able to do
so, we will give it another run.

Thanks for shopping with us,
Nikki
Customer Relations

So let's get the emails going to TJs and maybe get it back (at least for those of us who don't live in Culver City!

Thanks

Colbrook in Los Angeles Area

Gas vs Electric oven

Caroline1:
What can the Advantium do that the Trivection can't? I'm getting ready to remodel my kitchen and thought I'd get a double-oven with Trivection. Should I get an Advantium as an (expensive) microwave replacement (and possible save by not buying a warming drawer?)

Colbrook in Cookware

Anyone use GE trivection oven?

Thanks to this group, I checkded out the web clips, and then went to my local appliance super store (that has plugged in units) and cooked 2 chickens: one in theTrivection and one in the Kitchenaid Steam Assist--the Trivection won hands down, not just because it was faster, but the texture and flavor were both better. I had wanted a TurboChef, because of some of these same features, but with their sale and focus away from the consumer market, the Trivection seems to offer most of the benefits and very little of the downside of the TC. We don't own it yet, but are planning to buy it as part of our kitchen remodel.

Colbrook in Cookware

To buy or not to buy... a bread machine.

I guess I'm a triplet with you two--I've had my Panasonic for years and bought a second one on eBay very cheap--I use it the same way you both do, to mix and proof the dough, and I bought the second one because I've auctioned off a challah-making class for a charity event, and it came in very handy in preparing for the class. The Best Bread Machine Book has a killer challah recipe, as well as other recipes that are quite good. If you don't have to spend much for it, and want a time-saving device for some fun bread making, I don't think you can beat a bread machine. However, I agree with the others, that you rarely want to bake in it (except a challah loaf that I let go to bake and used in a strata.)

Colbrook in Cookware

Sub-zero v. Kitchenaid, Kitchenaid Steam-assist oven, Summit Induction Burner

We're remodeling our kitchen and seeking advice from this very knowledgeable group. Is the Sub-Zero worth the extra money? Does it really preserve food better? Any updates on the Kitchenaid Steam-assist wall oven--or another oven recommendation? We love to cook and our trying to plan our dream kitchen with some budget considerations. We are also thinking of a single or double induction burner on the island, has anyone had any experience with the Summit brand--one of the few that comes in a single burner with flat controls. Also has anyone used All-Clad Ltd on an induction burner--All-Clad is supposed to be great for induction, but the Ltd fails the magnet test.

Thanks for any and all advice.

Colbrook in Cookware