"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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> Paul M. Cook wrote:
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>>
>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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.
>
> I almost got some shrimp there a couple days ago. Have you found issues
> with their other shrimp, or is the one you mention the only one you've
> tried?


Well it is all farm raised. The cooked shrimp is as bad as most cooked
shrimp and has a lot of added water. The uncooked is better. The 16 count
is usually pretty good with ice plump shrimp and hard shells which means
they were harvested at the right time and not while molting. The 21 count
is ok but the smaller shrimp are so badly freezer burned it is not funny.
They cook up kind of mushy and hard to swallow.

Paul