- This video's a mess.
Jen's napping on paper towel,
so I'm trying to clean soy sauce off this sequin table cloth
(upbeat saxophone)
Hi!
- Hey everybody.
- Hi-oh.
Why am I looking at cam B. (laughing)
Hi everyone!
- Hey everybody
- Hi!
- It's Kristin and Jen.
- Hi! Welcome to the Kitchen and Jorn show!
- It's the Kitchen and Jorn show.
So we are back, we are going to be trying
all the Trader Joe's frozen appetizers.
- A lot of frozen apps.
- Yeah it is a lot of frozen apps
Again, there's like a footnote here, because every
frozen app that was available at our local Trader Joe's.
- Yes.
- So there are probably more that you could find online,
but, we don't have em!
- I believe there are 21.
(ding)
- Maybe we'll get it right this time.
Maybe this is the video where we have the correct
number of the apps we are trying.
We've done the Trader Joe's Frozen desserts.
We've done all the Trader Joe's holiday desserts.
So this is a fun little continuation of that.
But this is our first savory Trader Joe's taste test.
- It is, and also, when we bought all these we
didn't realize that every single one of them needs
to be prepared in advance.
We should have thought of that,
because they are frozen apps.
- Mhmm.
What ended up happening is the Tasty team is
very great and let us use their sets,
and we were able to prepare them.
- [Kristin] Thank you!
- As usual, our categories are really great,
pretty good and just okay.
- And there's also penalty box bad!
- They're the ones that really tick us off. (alarm beeps)
- They make us grind our gears. (gear grinds)
- You don't wanna be in the penalty box.
- You don't, cause I will spit you out.
- Let's find out!
- Yeah let's eat some stuff.
- The first item we're going to be trying today is
this five cheese Greek spiral.
It looks like a snowy turd.
- It does, it looks like a lower intestine.
So there's five cheeses in here apparently.
- Yeah.
I only count none.
(laughing)
- Don't point it at me.
(chewing)
- Yeah it's good.
- Mmmmmm.
- The Filo dough is really flakey and is
complimented well by the tartness of the cheese.
- It's like, would you like a
flaky cheese tube that comes pre-coiled?
- Mm-hmmm.
- And you can point it at your friend, whaat.
- I would say that the five cheese spiral
is like really great.
- Great I know!
- It was really great!
- It's good to like kick it off on a high note.
- Next thing is pastry bites with feta cheese
and caramelized onions.
- [Jen] Ouuuuu.
- They look like little hats.
- I do like eating cute things.
You can tell that the cheese is pretty soft,
which I like.
- I just put it in my mouth
- The onions have like, a decent flavor,
and the cheese is really good.
- There is no fiber in this.
I think I got some in my hair.
- (laughs) You do!
- I think there needs to be a little bit less cheese,
a little bit more onion.
Still, extremely eat-able food.
- Yeah, so I would say these are pretty good.
- Next we have the vegetable bird's nests.
- The way these look,
and just based on the fact that they are like
a breaded veggie,
they do remind me a little bid of tempura.
- We baked them.
But mm, these need to be in a fryer.
- You know who really likes these is Chantelle.
- Oh really?
- Yeah because they are a vegetable snack.
- Hold on a second, they come with a sauce.
How do I open?
- Do you need a knife?
- [Kelly] We have a Ladylike knife.
- Oh yeah we have a designated Ladylike knife now!
(clapping) Let's get it get the Ladylike knife!
- [Kristin] Oop!
(descending music)
- You killed her, she's dead!
- She's dead.
- But daddy I love you.
It's gonna be a little soggy 'cause kinda
I messed up and put them in a container when they were warm.
They're pretty good.
- It's good.
It doesn't have that many distinct flavors,
but it is like tasty.
It's salty, it's like fried.
- But.
- As is they're pretty good.
- Hello.
- Do you wanna eat this?
It's like a Bento box of farts. (farting)
- As a proud artisan of farts, I am offended now.
- It's a nice little cigar.
- (laughing) I can't stop thinking about Bento box of farts.
(fart noise)
This is the Puff Dogs.
- Uncured beef hotdogs, swaddled in a buttery puff pastry.
Let's cut into these bad boys.
I do love hotdogs so much.
- There is so much in my hair.
- Here's the thing about the Puff Dogs, okay.
As a hot dog, the hot dog is good it tastes like a hot dog.
The puff pastry, I just like don't need.
I'd rather have like, a toasted bun.
- Mmmmm.
- [Kristin] A bun is is really just a seatbelt
for the hotdog experience.
And if you can't put all of the goodies within the
seatbelt, then you know, your hotdog is going to crash.
- I feel like I'm in a Dr. Pimple Popper video doing this.
- [Kristin] I think it's just okay.
- [Jen] Yeah it's just okay.
- Mm.
(laughing)
We're gonna do the spring rolls at the same time.
So we have a veggie spring roll,
and we have the chicken spring roll.
The spring rolls all kinda look the same.
Like vegetable, chicken.
- Wanna try the chicken one first?
- Yeah, let's go for it.
- Yeah, I'm just gonna eat it.
- The chicken is, uh, pretty chicken-y.
Alright, let's try the veggie one.
Oh.
- I like the veggie one better.
- I do not.
I find the veggie one to be kind of bitter.
I like one, you like the other.
These are just okay.
Wow, nothing's been penalty box bad yet.
- [Both] Parmesan pastry puffs!
- The PPP's.
- One for you, and one for me,
and then do you want another one?
'Cause I think they're gonna be good.
- So these are the Parmesan pastry puffs,
they have a little mini beef frank inside.
- I actually think these are gonna be more
effective than the Puff Hot Dogs.
- There was a hair on mine.
Maybe it's, oh it's not my hair.
- Nope.
- I don't really taste the Parmesan.
This just tastes like a good pig in a blanket.
Oh you know I do get the Parmesan at the end a little bit.
- Mmm mmm.
(laughing)
- You sound like Toad.
- MMMM!
- I hit a perfect bite where it was just like
juicy Parmesan flaky, together,
married as a threesome.
- A thruple.
- These are really great.
We got these breaded Mozzarella cheese sticks.
Most people eat Mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce,
that was not provided in the bag.
Kristin's already eating it.
So we're just gonna eat these raw.
- I gotta face it.
- Yeah they're Mozzarella sticks.
- Uh, we cheated actually.
We actually ate these when they first came out of the oven.
We know they're really great.
They're not good cold though, I will say that. (laughs)
- No yeah they kinda suck right now.
- [Kristin] When the cheese in the stick is hard,
it's no longer time to go to Cheese Town.
Kristin Chirico, 2019
- [Both] Really Great.
- Spizzico di pizza.
I don't know if I'm pronouncing this right.
- So these are little mini pizzas.
They kinda look like boujee bagel bites.
Time to indulge. Okay.
- Kinda tastes like school lunch pizza.
- I really like it.
(laughs)
But I also loved the school lunch pizza.
- I think they're just okay.
- I think they're great.
- We'll compromise.
- [Jen] They're pretty good!
Chicken Shu Mai!
The thing is about these little guys is,
whenever I go to to Dim Sum,
the Shu Mai I get there are like plumper.
So these are definitely like little mini babies.
- Did you steam them in the microwave?
- Yeah I steamed them.
- Sorry I didn't mean to jaunt you.
I'm not a big Shu Mai fan actually.
- Really?
- I think it's a little too fatty for me.
- It looks like tiny little shriveled balls.
I don't like it.
'Cause I feel like maybe I'm a little bit of a Shu Mai snob.
But even so, I just feel like the filling on this
is like very bland.
And so what you end up eating is like the pastry.
I do think think that the soy sauce
compliments the blandness well.
- This soy sauce really compliments the pile of (bleep).
I don't think it's that bad actually.
I like this better than I like most Shu Mai.
I think this is just okay.
- [Jen] This is just okay.
- [Kristin] Just okay!
- I have a little soy sauce dick.
Ou, it's growing.
- [Kristin] Next.
- Chicken tacos.
- Chicky-chicky-tac-tac.
- [Kristin] This also looks like a school lunch.
This is like a dumpling that doesn't have
all the exits sealed off.
- I'm excited to eat these though.
It actually is surprisingly crispy.
So I've had these before.
- I don't want this.
- My mom used to make these before we had guests come over.
I like it.
- I spit mine out.
Honestly, this tastes like school lunch.
- Maybe I just love school lunch.
It's pretty good.
You're penalty box bad, so we average that out
- Just okay.
- [Jen] It's just okay.
Now it's a peace sign.
Pork Shu Mai!
Cause they did such a good job with the Chicken Shu Mai.
Dollop of soy sauce.
- Oh no!
(beep)
- These are a lot bigger than the Chicken Shu Mai
(beep)
- Hot as hell.
- OUU.
These are actually really sweet.
Which is kind of surprising.
- [Kristin] That was really hot.
I'm not forming opinions,
I'm just trying to survive.
- Its weird, I think that the filling of this one
has a lot more flavor than Chicken Shu Mai.
I think these are better,
I still don't love them though.
- I think these are better too.
- [Jen] These are pretty good.
- [Kristin] These are pretty good.
We agreed!
- I'm gonna take a nap.
- Please don't.
Wanna wake up?
- Noo!!!
(laughs)
- Gimme that big soft pretzel.
- Some (bleep) ripped the bag.
I wonder who that (bleep) could be.
(laughs)
- So this is the pretzel.
Grab a half, and pull.
- Weeeee.
- Big fleshy ear.
- Hello? Yes I would like to go on a date with you.
But first, I'll eat you.
- Mmmmm!
- Its not bad, it needs salt.
- Salt packet included.
- Oh did we not put the salt packet on?
Were we supposed to put it on before we baked it?
- Maybe.
Put some salt on your tongue, then eat the pretzel.
We went to Disneyland this weekend, we had a soft pretzel.
I think this is just as good as the Disneyland soft pretzel.
- I agree.
- Which means it's probably just as good as any
soft pretzel you can get at any fairground in America.
- [Kristin] Soft pretzel; pretty (bleep) good.
(bleep)
Are you picking salt off our sequin table cloth?
- I'm cleaning.
Coconut Shrimp!
Bake and serve.
- I don't really like coconut shrimp,
so this should be interesting.
- I don't really like coconut.
I think coconut is a sweet flavor meant for desserts.
- It sort of looks like a fried comma.
No.
- I wish it was just breaded shrimp.
- Uh uh, gross.
- What do we think?
- That was penalty box bad for me.
- Yeah that was not great.
I honestly feel like if they just made these
as breaded shrimp, it would work,
because breaded shrimp is such a classic thing.
- The coconut flavor is like they poured
suntan lotion on top of it.
- Yeah.
- I don't wanna taste the beach.
- I ate enough sand as a kid.
- Mango and Sticky Rice Spring Rolls.
- Mango and sticky rice is delicious,
I think most people would agree with that.
But, I think it's best when served fresh.
I'm also just kind of skeptical as like what
the point of putting it in like a wrap.
Actually, I'm so curious about how this one will taste.
Let's do it.
- Alright.
- It needs salt.
- Are you putting the pretzel salt on it?
- It's kind of like a mango and rice tart.
Like it's just like a pie crust a little bit.
- Maybe it is a dessert and we (bleep) up.
- Yeah, whoops.
Add this into the other video.
- [Kristin] That's how it works right?
You can just add things to past videos.
- It's pretty good.
- [Jen] It's pretty good.
Spicy Shrimp Appetizer Duo.
- It's the Kung Pao shrimp spring roll,
and the lemongrass shrimp wonton.
Let's do spring roll first?
- Spring roll first.
- Okay.
- That's okay.
- Really?
- Ou!
- It's good, what happened?
- The spice, it was just like hi!
- I like these the best out of all the rolls we've had.
- For sure.
A little bit too coconut-y for me.
- I think you're tasting the lemongrass.
- Right. I am tasting the lemongrass.
Actually, the more I eat this, the more I like it.
Did that come off the table?
- No.
The (bleep) shrimp duo is pretty great.
- Wow, I'm impressed.
- I'm impressed too.
- Party size mini meatballs!
- You know what they look like?
They look like the meatballs you get from Ikea.
- Ou.
- For a microwavable thing.
- It's pretty good.
- 'Cause sometimes when you have like
microwaved meat things,
they just taste like some type of savory mush.
This actually like, tastes like beef.
- I think if these are left to cool for too long,
they're gonna go from pretty good, to trash.
Are you eating raisins again?
- I think they're great.
And I like the meatballs too.
(laughs)
- I am going to stab you with this fork.
- Okay.
Make it count.
- I think this is pretty good!
- Alright, we got more dumps'.
- Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings
filled with rich and savory broth.
- I am very, very skeptical of these.
I've never had soup dumplings that weren't fresh.
- I have a confession.
I eat these all the time.
- Yeah?
- They're incredibly hot.
If you can take a little nibble and slurp the soup,
that's recommended.
- The soup is pretty good.
I think they get the texture right.
Again, I don't think the filling is
flavorful as I'm used to.
But, for a microwavable dumpling,
it's pretty good.
Soup dumplings.
- [Kristin] Pretty good.
Hi Jen, I'm a box of dip.
- Ahhh!
(laughs)
That's our horror movie pitch.
- It's called Box of Dip 2.
Hello, why you stop dipping me?
- Ahhhh!
- Oww! (laughing)
- I'm sorry! I thought I only hit box.
- No, you hit fingy! (laughing)
- I'm sorry.
- Bye devin.
- Don't die!
- Bye! (laughing)
So this is the creamy spinach and artichoke dip.
- Ow.
- That was for fingy.
It's kinda runny and flat.
Not enough spinach and artichoke.
Little bit too much cream.
- I think there should be like, a little bit more flavor.
- This is more of a soup than anything.
- [Jen] I think it's just okay.
- [Kristin] I think it's just okay.
- [Jen] It's just okay.
- Are you still eating salt off the tablecloth?
- No I'm eating the sequins.
- Mini vegetable samosas.
- They smell like egg rolls.
It's okay.
It's not terrible.
- I didn't spit it out.
It's just okay.
- [Jen] They were probably best prepared fried,
but Trader Joe's recognizes most people
don't have deep fryers.
- I mean they're probably best prepared
not by Trader Joe's.
Don't be rude 'cause it's our last food.
- WOO!
- Spanakopita.
- This is really good.
- They're shockingly good.
- The filo dough is crispy,
the cheese and spinach are like perfectly balanced.
- Spanakopita is-
- [Jen] Really great!
- [Kristin] Really great.
- I like, actually like, ending on a high note.
- My top three were: the Parmesan puff pastries,
the Spanakopita, and the five cheese (bleep).
- You know what, just pick a different top three.
(Bleep) the cheese spiral.
- No. My top three (laughing).
(beep)
Tiny cooking competition.
- It's the empty suitcase show.
(laughing)
- So my top three were the five cheese Greek spiral.
(beep)
I'm not doing this on purpose.
(beep)
So my top three were the five cheese Greek spiral,
the Parmesan pastry puffs,
and the Spanakopita.
- My top three were the meatballs,
the spicy shrimp appetizer duo,
and the Spanakopita.
My bottom three were the chicken shu mai,
the artichoke dip, and the veggie samosas.
- My bottom three were the coconut shrimp,
the chicken shu mai,
I would probably also say the artichoke dip.
- We're done!
Sound off in the comments and let us know what
Trader Joe's items you'd like us to try next.
- 'Cause I'm sure there will be more.
- Run out and eat some of this stuff if you think
it sounds good,
cause some of it was pretty good.
- It was pretty good.
Now we gotta clean it up, cause we're surrounded by it.
- This entire room smells like a huge fart.
(laughing)
Now the room is the Bento box of farts
(laughing)
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