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TRADER JOE'S HAUL A Hodgepodge of Yummy Foods
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Jul 22, 2025
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Welcome back everyone to our Hodge Podge
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Trader Joe's haul. We got many reasons
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why we went there today. I'm Catherine.
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I'm Thomas
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for Catherine's Plates. And we're going
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to dig into these bags, show you what we
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got. Now, one of the reasons why we went
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to Trader Joe's is because they got the
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best frozen foods that we like. and
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we're going to need them for about one
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week or so because I'm going to be going
0:26
through some surgeries and neither one
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of us are going to want to cook at that
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time. We are going to put a video out
0:31
there real soon to kind of go over what
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I'm going to be going through with my
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surgeries and how we're going to get
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through giving y'all videos. Yep.
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All right. So, we're going to get
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started with the Trader Joe's haul. We
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have our receipt right here. What was
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the amount?
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160 something.
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Lots of meals though. So, what we're
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going to do is we go through the item.
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We're just going to place the amounts
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right here on the screen somewhere so
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you know how much each item cost. All
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right, let's go. We'll start with the
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flowers cuz they're right here.
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[Music]
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We don't go to Trader Joe's very often,
1:07
but when we do, I'm always grabbing a
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thing of flowers. Aren't those pretty?
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These are chrosanthiums,
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and I can't wait to put them into their
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little vase.
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All right,
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we'll put them back here.
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What do we got?
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We got partysiz mini meatballs.
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Actually, it's for a meatball sub.
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Yeah, they're good.
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I used to like them at Subway, but I
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don't know what's what's going on. The
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flavor of their bread is not the same
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anymore. So,
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I'm going to make my own.
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There's a lot of things that aren't the
1:46
same anymore.
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Yeah. Ain't that true?
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So, yeah, we're going to make make a
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meatball subs with this. Yep.
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All right. What else we got?
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Um, well, I'm going to try this. This is
1:59
a Kimop
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and I'll review it on my channel
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when I brave enough to try it.
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All right. His channel is Does everybody
2:13
know Rational Reviewer? He just started
2:16
it up back last week. So yeah,
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go check it out. He reviews things, many
2:21
things.
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And I'm not all hyped and crazy like
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some of them are.
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Now, a Kimop is a Korean tofu and
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vegetable seaweed rice roll.
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I wanted him to try this. That's what
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that is. All right.
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Well, I eat sushi, so it's probably
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going to be good for me. Oh, let's see.
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Oh, yeah. this. I got this and I put it
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in there. Even though she said not to, I
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said it's going to happen. And this is
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cookie butter. If you know, you know.
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This is some good stuff.
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We haven't had that in a while.
3:00
Yeah. Remember our daughter used to
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devour the whole can in like two days.
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She's no longer in the house, so he'll
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be able to actually enjoy it.
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Yeah. It'll last.
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Yeah.
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We got Oh, I love this stuff.
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the traditional naan bread.
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Now, we got this for a reason. We picked
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something out there that we really love.
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It's a frozen meal and we eat that.
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Yeah, we have the naan with it.
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So, once we get there, we'll let y'all
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know.
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We got uh some cinnamon roll blondie
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bar.
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All right, you guys. I would always do
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cooking review or bacon review items
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from Trader Joe's. I have several of
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them that I've already done. You can go
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check out my channel. And this one's the
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cinnamon roll blondie bar baking mix.
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Never made this one before. So, we're
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going to give it a try cuz Thomas loves
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cinnamon and he loves blondie bar. So,
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we're going to say, do they go together?
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We're going to find out. That'll be a
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video coming up.
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Got uh this must be for you. Fetuccini
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Alfredo
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for a quick meal. I got some chicken
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that's I'm going to put in there with
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that for one of my meals that I'm going
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to have. I
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think this is the chicken
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few weeks. Let's see.
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This looks really good.
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Pulled chicken.
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Yeah,
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man. She crushed that box.
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Yeah, we had a cashier that bagged our
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stuff up and she put all this stuff into
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four bags and she smushed the crap out
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of that bag.
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So, this is seasoned and cooked white
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chicken meat. So, I'm going to put that
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with the chicken Alfredo. I mean, with
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the Alfredo here. So,
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it'll become chicken Alfredo.
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Now, I can't see very well. That may
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give you a hint to what's coming up.
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But, so that's why I've got everything
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close to me like that.
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And I've got my favorite coffee from
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Trader Joe's.
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Hadn't had that in a long time.
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I haven't had this in a very long time.
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Hopefully, it's still as good.
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I'm gonna set that over there.
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There. And then last thing in my bag
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is
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He's got another bag.
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Uh the roasted garlic tomato sauce.
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Yeah. That is for some stuffed peppers
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that I'm going to be making.
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Oh, that's going to be good.
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I'm super excited about that.
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Good.
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All right. Next, we've got this is this
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is Thomas's green onion pancakes.
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Oh, yeah.
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I'm going to try them. I can't wait to
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put those in there. Yum.
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So, anyway, that's what they look like
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right here.
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And they're ready to cook. Yeah,
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vegan.
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Got green onions in them. There we go.
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Vegan. Okay, now I'm not so sure I like
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them. No, I'm kidding. These are really
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good.
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All right, we got some salsa.
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This is pico de gallo salsa.
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Yep.
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I love this with eggs. M. Oh, it's
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really good. Yummy. Yeah, we make a lot
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of eggs in the morning for breakfast.
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Had to get the mild.
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We got the mild. He puts jalapenos in
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his anyway. He puts extra jalapenos in
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there, so it's better that way. All
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right. What else do we got? Oh, we got
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Well, we have two of these. Oh, tell
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them about that.
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There it is.
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Ah, there it is.
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Here we go.
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We got Twinkies.
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These are Hatch chili mac and cheese.
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Got little bits of green chilies in
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there. Oh, it's so good.
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It's so good, you guys. But they got the
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regular cheese, macaroni and cheese
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also. So,
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yeah. But we didn't do that one. We got
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these.
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Yeah.
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And these are just for her and I.
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Yep. We got several good meals that
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we're going to get out of this. That's
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$166, but when you go out to eat, that's
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like two times for us. It's horrible.
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The pricing out there.
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Everything is ridiculous.
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All right. So, I have some elote chopped
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salad kit. This is a vegetable blend
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with cornbread, crouton crumbles, kotia
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cheese, and creamy elote style dressing.
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And again, I'm going to pair some of
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this chicken. Is this it with that?
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Yeah, that'll be really good. I love
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elote.
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Love it in a salad, too.
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All right, what do we got? Oh, I got
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some eight mini croissants. These you
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just put them right in the oven and they
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just cook up. We're going to give these
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a try. I've never tried these before.
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Now, we've had the the rise ones where
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you leave them overnight and let them
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rise on your countertop covered, then
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you can put them in your oven. These,
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they say, go directly from your freezer
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into the oven. So, we're going to try
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those out.
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Yep.
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All right. We got some What do we got?
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We have some uh ginger and pork soup
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dumplings.
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Oh my gosh. We didn't get two of those.
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We just got We only got one. Oh,
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there's enough in there. There's six.
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You can have three. I can have three.
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I need six.
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No, you
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I need six.
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No.
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All right.
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Nope. Got some uh battered halibit for
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me.
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Yeah. Right into the air fryer.
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Never had it before. So, we're going to
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see how yummy it is cuz I love halibit.
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I don't eat anything fish, so it's all
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for him. All right, our naan bread. Is
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that right here? Yep.
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All right. This is what we got that we
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love naan bread with, and that is the
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butter chicken with basmati rice.
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Oh, that stuff is so good.
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We love this. It's been a while, so
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we're super excited.
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Probably after this video, these are
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going.
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That might be lunch today. Yes, for
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sure.
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All right.
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on my back.
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Yeah, I'll move these over here.
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We still got more after this, you guys.
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We got two more bags for $166. We
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better. All right. So, Thomas, you're
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going to do a review on that.
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Yeah. Never had it before. Teriyak
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chicken bowl.
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And he's going to compare this with
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the Jacken box.
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Oh, the teriyaki chicken bowl there. So,
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we'll get one of those and then we'll
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cook this up and then he's going to
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compare them side by side and see
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which one is.
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Hopefully, this one is better, but we'll
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see.
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We forgot to get the egg rolls. We'll
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have to get them when we go.
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I think we got some in the freezer.
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Oh, do we? Okay, there we go. All right.
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I think Thomas has some more in his bag.
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Got some red cut salt and pepper potato
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chips
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cuz who doesn't like a good chip? Yeah,
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we were out of our chips with my
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sandwiches. I'm like, "Oh, no." So, this
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What did you say? Oh, yeah.
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Black and it's a salt and pepper.
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Salt and pepper.
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Then we got some mainly for me crispy,
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crunchy, coated peanut. Savory, sweet,
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and salty. Kind of like me. Salty
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behind the wheel.
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All the time.
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Yes.
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Little salty when I drive. It's always a
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trip somewhere in back, let me tell you.
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All right, what do you got?
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I can't help the stupid people on the
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road. Uh, let's see. Got many things
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snack mix.
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Many things.
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Many things.
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Let's see. Looks good, you guys.
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A whole lot of stuff on there.
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It's got honey, roasted peanuts, spicy
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and honey, butter cereal squares,
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cornsticks, pretzels, and savory bread
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chips. Oh my gosh. What a delicious
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sounding snack
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for sure. All right, let me dig in my
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bag really quick. Get the get the
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vegetables out of here. Who's
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that for the vegetables? Okay,
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there's my peppers that I'm going to use
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for my stuffed peppers. I'm super
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excited.
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They actually are perfect size.
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Yeah, they are.
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I'm really excited. You need to pull
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that out.
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Which one?
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That one.
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This right here. Oh, yeah. You guys,
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this is the meatball cowzone. You just
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stick it in your air fryer or your oven,
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bake it up, and enjoy.
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Never had it.
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Never had it. This was kind of new for
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us. Y
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a lot of stuff was new for us here
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today. So, we're going to give that a
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try.
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Yep.
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Now,
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for those of you have seen our Trader
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Joe's hauls before, then you know I'm a
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fan of the black and white cookie
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and I'm hungry.
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I haven't had any breakfast
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because Let go. Let go.
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Well, it's Saturday morning and they get
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busy really fast. So,
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yeah. So,
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get in and out of there before, but it
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was pretty busy already. Well, it was it
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was okay when we got there, but man,
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when we were leaving lordy,
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it wouldn't let go of me.
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You got it.
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No, I got that. There we go.
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There we go. Y'all look at those.
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He's going to bring it to you.
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Black and white cookie.
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Everything you thought they were and
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still are.
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Mhm.
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Thank goodness they didn't change
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anything. Go ahead.
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All right. Next we have
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[Music]
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this is unexpected cheddar cheese
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spread. And we got some crackers to go
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with them. Are they in your bag? There
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they are right here. Which are the pita
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bake sorry pita bite crackers. baked
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with sea salt.
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A nice snack. Yeah, I made a unexpected
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cheddar cheese ball many, many, many
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years ago, but it's still on my channel,
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so you know, you can go check that out
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and see how I made a cheese ball using
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this kind of cheese right here.
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Well, it wasn't a spread, though.
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All right.
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No, it wasn't the spread. I don't think
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it was the spread.
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So, we have the pita baked chips and the
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unexpected cheddar cheese spread. Yum.
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And the black and white cookie.
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All right. Next, we have Now, I'm just I
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bought these because I've been buying
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green onions and they go very fast in
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the refrigerator. I mean, they just like
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flop on you and get very wilty and
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they're just horrible looking. So, I
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picked up some green onions from Trader
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Joe's so I can see how long they'll last
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in the refrigerator. Well, at least
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until I need them.
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I ate like two with a sandwich. So, they
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these probably won't last very long at
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all because I'll eat them.
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These look really good.
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And they're they're they're thicker than
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the normal green onion that you get in
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the store. They're very green and
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vibrant looking.
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Yeah, they look very crisp, too. So
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anyway, that was kind of one of those
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odd things that we picked up. Okay.
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Is our bags getting empty yet up? I
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don't think so.
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All right. I have this
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bull noi. This is a Korean inspired
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sesame marinated boneless beef ribs.
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Oh, I can't wait.
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That's another I mean, yes, we got this.
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Can you believe that? That's in our
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$166.
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So, and this is a meal. It could be two
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meals. We're not really sure.
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Let me see. And
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it's pretty heavy.
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Maybe. Maybe.
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So,
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depends how hungry I am.
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Y'all, we've been I I don't know what it
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is with eggs lately, but you know when
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you open up your eggs in the store and
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then you feel around for them and all
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that. And I opened up my carton the
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other day and it had two left two eggs
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left in it. And then I picked them up
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and they were like all cracked on the
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back side of them and
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they were like frozen.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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It was bizarre. We're like Cuz we just
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go and feel them. We don't pick each egg
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up. What do you got?
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That's it.
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That's it.
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I'm empty.
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That's sad.
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Yeah, I know.
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All right, you guys. Now, if you think
15:23
of things or know of things that we
15:26
haven't brought to the table today, let
15:28
us know and when we go back to Trader
15:30
Joe's, we'll go look for it. There were
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some things we wanted to get, but we
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were like, "Okay, we need to cut it. Cut
15:34
it."
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Yeah, we could have easily went over
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bought the whole store. But, you know,
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we got refrigerator and freezer space we
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got to think about, too. And the
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receipt. So,
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all right, you guys. Thank you so much
15:46
for coming and enjoying our show. Make
15:48
sure that you come back to watch my
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cinnamon one. Where is that? It's
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right there.
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Yeah. If y'all want to see that one, let
15:56
me know. The cinnamon roll blondie bar.
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I will cook it, bake it up, and then
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we'll give it a try and see if we like
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it. And we got lots of other meals here,
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so we're super excited. All right, give
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us a thumbs up. Don't forget to comment
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down below your favorite Trader Joe's
16:12
item or something you want us to see.
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And we'll see y'all on the next episode.
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Bye bye.