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Trader Joe's Cornichons

Today, especial for you, by Robert:

     They're almost gone, because they rule.  These are Trader Joe's Cornichons!  They're tiny, French-style pickles. 


Ingredients: Cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, onions, mustard seeds, tarragon, garlic, pepper, flavor.


How do they taste?:  They are quite crunchy and tart, with tarragon and mustard notes.


What do we love?:
(1) The crunch, the tart, the size, the utter deliciousness.  They offer more vinegar bite, and a decidedly different flavor profile than American, or Italian, pickled produce products.  If you need your pickles sweet, this is NOT your pickle, but if you're ready for something different, please enjoy!

What do we not love?:
(1) About a year and a half ago they disappeared, then returned with a new formula involving slightly less pickling spices, herbs=slightly higher sour content, relative to French pickle flavor.  They may now be too sour for the vinegar-averse.                              
(2) (Shin Ae is adding this) Cornichons are not available consistently at the store. Rob is thrown into a mope when he can't have them. He tries to behave normally, but we can all tell what's going on. If you try them & like them, I advise you to stock up.

Cautions: no allergen labelling

What can you do with this product?:
(1) Awesome with ANY sandwich (Jake's Burger is a personal favorite), any place you crave pickled something, and as an ingredient to homemade tartar sauce

Price: Grrr, lost my receipt. I'll post a price when I find it.


Don't fret, everyone, frozen stuff reviews are on their way. I brought home a bunch of stuff yesterday and will be ready to post reviews as soon as I clean the mochi from my fingers. Which means I have to stop eating the mochi. Which isn't happening just now, sorry about that. If you're shopping today go buy some mochi and we'll talk about it later. Mochi ICE CREAM balls are what I'm talking about. Not NON-ICE CREAM mochi, which may be just fine but is not what I am eating.


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  1. LaTonyaThompsonNovember 19, 2019 at 4:52 PM

    Your blog is very helpful. I had some cornichons and they are awesome. I just did a little bit more research on them and I'm glad you had information available. Thank you very much.

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