"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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> This is a new product, so I just had to try it.
> It consists of a tray of about a pound of small
> clams (Manila clams, I think) which are fully
> cooked and frozen in a garlic butter sauce.
>
> Most of Trader Joe's branded foods are quite
> good. This one isn't. The clams have lots
> of sand in them. The sauce is far too salty.
> I expected this wouldn't be as good as fresh
> steamed live clams, nor would the garlic butter
> sauce be as good as my sauce (which is mostly
> butter -- TJ's had very little butter). But
> I could easy imagine a precooked frozen product
> could be a lot better than this product is.

Very few of their branded prepared foods are good IMO. Their branded
seafood is the worst. I simply will not buy it with one exception and that
is the 15 count uncooked shrimp. TJ's quality seems to be in decline.

Paul