On 2007-08-04, Sharon V wrote:

Sorry -

Don't be. You really like them. I like them for a few things, but
not others. Choice is a good thing.

nb

blake murphy wrote:
On 3 Aug 2007 19:36:09 GMT, Blinky the Shark
wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:
Paul M. Cook wrote:
OK this is not about cooking. After a mere 30 years hiatus without frozen
pizzas I was tempted to try some tonight, California Pizza Kitchens were on
sale for 5 bucks for a thin crust whatever. I got a chicken and garlic and
a Sicilian. Heated up the C&G then sat down with a bottle of Mondavi
Chardonnay.

OK, not entirely bad. Tasty, crust was flavorful and residual moisture was
good, a good garlic flavor - not bad. Perhaps I have been too hard on these
latter day frozen pizzas. When I was a kid we ate them out of sheer
desperation. They were terrible. So dry as I recall that it took a quart
of water to get one of those bitches down.

I've never had a bad KPK frozen. The first one I had was a Thai, and

CPK. No, I wasn't *trying* to say "Kalifornia".

careful , blinky. you may have to submit to an online breathalyzer.

No sweat. I'm just today's designated decoy.

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Kent wrote:

[re TJs]

We go there twice a week. The second trip is to get what you forgot the
first time.
Fortunately it's only four miles from home. Their Chateaux Chevalier
Champagne, fermented in the bottle for $4.99/bottle is the steal of the
century. It's become our house wine.

I love their spiced apple cider. Mmmmmmmm.

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Sharon V wrote:

Sorry - I have a TJs about a mile away and shop there religiously. I
don't like their fresh fruit or meats - but I buy most everything else
there. I swear by them. From their coffee (currently buying Fair Trade
Breakfast Blend) to their inexpensive cereals to their frozen fish and
vegetables and pizza and side dishes...

Now, if they'd just pump up their ice cream section......

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Kent wrote:

We heartily agree. Trader Joe's Pizza Margherita is very good. However, you
should not add anything extra to a Pizza Margherita. It's all about fresh
tomato and basil and a tasty mozzarella on a thin crust all by itself.

What? No anchovies?

grins, ducks, runs


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Kent wrote:


As per merryb's recommendation, Trader Joe's Pizza Margherita is a VERY
tasty frozen pizza. Made in Italy, according to the mention on the box.
It's a thin crust pizza.

You could add some extra toppings to it before, during or after baking I
suppose.

I paid $4/ea. iirc. 12" pizzas.

Enjoy,

Andy


We heartily agree. Trader Joe's Pizza Margherita is very good. However, you
should not add anything extra to a Pizza Margherita. It's all about fresh
tomato and basil and a tasty mozzarella on a thin crust all by itself.

Kent



Agree that a pizza Margherita is great because it is minimilist.

If it is a frozen pizza wouldn't it have frozen tomato and basil?

George said...

Kent wrote:


As per merryb's recommendation, Trader Joe's Pizza Margherita is a
VERY tasty frozen pizza. Made in Italy, according to the mention on
the box. It's a thin crust pizza.

You could add some extra toppings to it before, during or after baking
I suppose.

I paid $4/ea. iirc. 12" pizzas.

Enjoy,

Andy


We heartily agree. Trader Joe's Pizza Margherita is very good. However,
you should not add anything extra to a Pizza Margherita. It's all about
fresh tomato and basil and a tasty mozzarella on a thin crust all by
itself.

Kent



Agree that a pizza Margherita is great because it is minimilist.

If it is a frozen pizza wouldn't it have frozen tomato and basil?


Aside from the round slices of cheese on top, it's really just a tomato and
basil sauce.

Andy

"Andy" q wrote in message ...
Kent said...


"Andy" q wrote in message ...
Sky said...

Too true, that's the case for nearly any store for anything I've
read so much about TJs and Penzeys here on RFC and in chat that I'd
like
to visit and see for myself what everyone describes. I'll get there
one
of these days

Sky


One thing to remember when you find a TJs. Simple, really. Just buy the
NY
style cheesecake first.

'Nuf said!!!



Andy


At our Trader Jose's we can have a large white box or a small brown box.
I've only
tried the white box, and we like that.

Kent


The stuff in the white cardboard box, It's great. Too high in
cholesteroll
and sugar, but
on some days you just have to do it. BTW, they freeze OK. It's a huge
cheesecake for two.

Kent


Kent,

NO, it's the brown cardboard box with the white circular label. God Awful
Awseomely good cheesecake. Comes in a family or personal (HA!) size.

Andy

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Kent wrote:

[re TJs]

We go there twice a week. The second trip is to get what you forgot the
first time.
Fortunately it's only four miles from home. Their Chateaux Chevalier
Champagne, fermented in the bottle for $4.99/bottle is the steal of the
century. It's become our house wine.

I love their spiced apple cider. Mmmmmmmm.

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Thanks! We'll try it.

Kent

Kent wrote:

"Blinky the Shark" wrote in message
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Kent wrote:

[re TJs]

We go there twice a week. The second trip is to get what you forgot the
first time.
Fortunately it's only four miles from home. Their Chateaux Chevalier
Champagne, fermented in the bottle for $4.99/bottle is the steal of the
century. It's become our house wine.

I love their spiced apple cider. Mmmmmmmm.

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Thanks! We'll try it.

On the other hand, I took some to my buddy's place, and he said, "Hey,
I have some of that." As a doorstop. He'd tried it two or three years
ago and didn't like it, and I'd never noticed that the bottle of juice
holding his back (kitchen) door open was TJ's Spice Apple Cider.

Their V8-type juice is good, too. I think it's called "Garden Salad",
or something like that.

And their juices cost less than juices at my everyday supermarket.

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Mark wrote on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:35:33 -0700:

MT "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
??
?? OK this is not about cooking. After a mere 30 years
?? hiatus without frozen pizzas I was tempted to try some
?? tonight, California Pizza Kitchens were on sale for 5
?? bucks for a thin crust whatever.

MT As I recall, that brand has aluminum compounds in it
MT used in the baking powder to make it self-rising.
MT Although the link between aluminum and Alzheimer's
MT is widely seen as discredited, why take the chance?

Did you ever use an anti-perspirant? Take a look at the
iingredients.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton wrote:

Mark wrote on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:35:33 -0700:
MT As I recall, that brand has aluminum compounds in it
MT used in the baking powder to make it self-rising.
MT Although the link between aluminum and Alzheimer's
MT is widely seen as discredited, why take the chance?

Did you ever use an anti-perspirant? Take a look at the
iingredients.

But I never eat it. The aluminum compounds get into
the pores, but they don't go further than that.

A better argument is that some antiacid pills (Tum's)
are based on aluminum compounds, and you don't see
the users of those products going batty. Some people
take large doses of those products over a long period
of time.

In article Z4pti.3040$dD3.1857@trnddc07,
"James Silverton" wrote:

Mark wrote on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:35:33 -0700:

MT "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
??
?? OK this is not about cooking. After a mere 30 years
?? hiatus without frozen pizzas I was tempted to try some
?? tonight, California Pizza Kitchens were on sale for 5
?? bucks for a thin crust whatever.

MT As I recall, that brand has aluminum compounds in it
MT used in the baking powder to make it self-rising.
MT Although the link between aluminum and Alzheimer's
MT is widely seen as discredited, why take the chance?

Did you ever use an anti-perspirant? Take a look at the
iingredients.

Although aluminium is the most abundant metallic element in Earth's
crust (believed to be 7.5% to 8.1%)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

Andy wrote:

Agree that a pizza Margherita is great because it is minimilist.

If it is a frozen pizza wouldn't it have frozen tomato and basil?


Aside from the round slices of cheese on top, it's really just a tomato and
basil sauce.

Andy

My comment was that since its a frozen pizza then the toppings really
aren't fresh.

I don't like pizzas where a sauce is used and a pizza Margherita is
typically made with slices of tomatoes and whole leaf basil(don't know
about the frozen one). Since 90% of what makes a pizza is the crust a
pizza Margherita can be really great because of the minimalist topping.

George said...

Andy wrote:

Agree that a pizza Margherita is great because it is minimilist.

If it is a frozen pizza wouldn't it have frozen tomato and basil?


Aside from the round slices of cheese on top, it's really just a tomato
and basil sauce.

Andy

My comment was that since its a frozen pizza then the toppings really
aren't fresh.

I don't like pizzas where a sauce is used and a pizza Margherita is
typically made with slices of tomatoes and whole leaf basil(don't know
about the frozen one). Since 90% of what makes a pizza is the crust a
pizza Margherita can be really great because of the minimalist topping.


I've never had a real Pizza Margherita (just TJ's sauced frozen version).
Very interesting about the European Union and Protected designation of
origin laws.

So I guess it's not official until I eat one in Italy.

Andy