Hump Day Poll: Newsworthy?
source If that brings you warm fuzzies, you're welcome. If you don't know what the heck that's referring to, then you might be too young to understand most of my references here and should probably brush up ! We are going on year 9 of not having watched the news. I remember the last time we went to Kauai in 2016 (holy crap, that makes me want to cry) we didn't watch the news once and couldn't believe how much happier we were. We decided to see how long we could push it and here we are almost a decade later. It's enough to be inundated on internet sites on the hourly with the latest dumpster fire lit that should have nothing to do with the kind of stuff it's reporting but to voluntarily watch the news just is not something I have in me. I rarely watch live tv because of the commercials (well more commercials) but I left it on once a few years ago when a show I was watching went live and the news came on right after. I wasn't watchin...
Just bring back the arancini bites. That was part of one of my favorite meals and I want that again. They have a really crappy policy when it comes to swiftly removing some great products. These were products that would sell out all the time at our TJ's too so I cannot imagine they weren't selling enough. It's as if they have a counter for how many times we buy an item and as soon as we reach a threshold that tells them we really like something, they decide that is the time to yank it.
ReplyDeleteMango salsa. I was told it was discontinued then happened to mention it to someone in another state far away who graciously bought me a case of it and shipped it to me. It prolonged the inevitable but I am still sad that it's gone over 10 years later.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible these products are still being manufactured and you can buy them directly or thru another store? Not a Trader Joe person, at all, but I have done that with things I cannot find locally. (Yes, frozen can be a problem.)
ReplyDeleteI realize the difficulty is going to be you might not have a picture or a container. So that made me think of photographing anything else you buy that might be discontinued.
So far the thai lime rice is the only thing I've found that is being made by others of the products we liked. As soon as they yank something, I always immediately go online looking for a substitution and unfortunately have only found it once. Pffft.
DeleteSame issue, but at a different level. I work for a Corelle store, and when they discontinue patterns, thats it. No more are made, and the people that sell them on the internet are making a bundle because collectors will pay to complete their collections. I try to steer people to the patterns that wont disappear, but you like what you like.
ReplyDeleteThe nearest one to me is about 55 miles away so I don't shop there. But the first time I went to one was 20 years ago when I lived in Phoenix and my favorite thing to buy there was the dried apricots. Those were SO good! Not sure if they still have them or not, but downing a whole bag in a night was not unheard of. =o)
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