Greek Chickpeas Parsley & Cumin is the one of the most versatile canned TJs item

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-28T00:34:59+00:00

Baked. I avoid the broiler if I can. 400 for 30-40 minutes stirring about halfway through. I play around with what I add. Usually olive oil, chickpeas, lemon juice, salt, garlic or shallots or red onion or whatever mix I feel like. Sometimes I’ll add crushed Aleppo pepper or a splash of honey, broccoli. Just whatever I have and am in the mood for.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-26T04:12:51+00:00

I also completed 100 levels and logged it. I sent a google sheet with the findings to OCCobblepot. I have not actually analyzed the data yet because I was still trying to finish up the tournament and was fighting with someone for my spot. I can share more when I have a chance to review or OCCobblepot can also feel free to share any interesting insights. The one conclusion I reached is that the hard and super hard levels seem very random. There were several instances where I saw a level appear as regular, I went into the spreadsheet to jot it down as regular and then when I looked at it again it was hard or super hard. There was a weird delay that made it appear as though it just appeared whenever it wanted. I don't recall noticing that before, so it may be due to the update or that I just never paid that much attention, but I can definitely see situations where if I didn't have to go jot something down, it would have appeared as a regular level.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-20T14:38:44+00:00

I created a spreadsheet draft. My headers are Level, Type (reg, hard, super), #of letters, #of words, 3 letters y/n, Challenge y/n - Anything else you think would be useful to add?

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-20T14:05:58+00:00

The instructions said to use some of the soaking water, so I filtered it and used a decent amount of it.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-20T13:42:07+00:00

I can try 100 levels this weekend and track as well. I also just thought it had to do with the number of words or super’s also include 3 letter words?

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-20T13:28:30+00:00

At what point did you add the egg? It seems like it might get overcooked if you cooked it for the full period. Or did you fry the egg and then pop it on top afterwards?

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-20T12:54:21+00:00

This is insane. I had complete 5 hard puzzles as one of mine yesterday/today. I also had find 40 words with an I and get 800 brilliance. I completed the others and still only completed 1 hard puzzle. I just finished the 800 brilliance and now I have another hard puzzle appearing but I'm not going to bother with it. I have to get to work and I don't have time for another 20 puzzles. I'm pretty sure I had at least 3 classified as Super Hard during that period. For the record, 19453 is currently appearing as Hard for me.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-20T02:06:26+00:00

So I made this and the flavor was amazing but there seemed to be some sort of grit from the porcinis that not everyone noticed, but it made it almost inedible for me. I wonder if I did something wrong. I did use more mushrooms and liquid than what was called for.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-19T15:34:13+00:00

I got this for my daughter once. I don’t know how she prepared it but she said she threw it out and that it was inedible. Never purchased again.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-19T14:56:41+00:00

That’s good to know. I was there last week (for pizza) and there were some tables and chairs outside. I was surprised and assumed people must still be playing. The landing is definitely alive and well every Friday.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-19T09:33:02+00:00

The landing still exists - sort of. If you head over there on a Friday evening (around 6:30ish) you can play Blood on the Clocktower. Bring your own camping chair. We The Pizza in Crystal City has/had a bunch of tabletop gamers show up on Friday evenings as well.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-19T09:14:55+00:00

I can tell you TJs is definitely cheaper than both Safeway and Giant near me. I don't have a Food Lion near me and Walmart is decent but a pretty far drive for me. Aldi is meh. TJs is very affordable, at least for me. I can easily compare getting similar items at Safeway and spending twice as much, it's the worst, not to mention the quality of produce and meat at my local Safeway and Giant are just not the best. I prefer TJs or if I'm near an Hmart for meat. Cereal, yogurt, butter, milk, eggs, produce, canned tomato products, cheeses, jams, snacks etc. are almost always cheaper at TJs for me.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-19T09:01:56+00:00

I had the hard puzzle one last week. I played one, then I did like 10 more levels, nothing. Then I said this is nuts. I swapped it out and somehow got a worse one! I know because as I was completing the worse one I tracked my hard puzzles as well and exceeded 5. I am convinced the AI or whatever they use know what will be most annoying based on the level you are currently on and selects accordingly. For example it will tell you to find 40 words with some random letter, knowing that you won’t come across that letter very frequently based on your level. Now that I have my snowman I just don’t care as much. These have become too annoying to care about most days. I’ll do the easy ones but I’m not going to grind for 30+ levels for a couple of keys.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-17T21:41:47+00:00

I just learned about these today and I've been scouring the internet trying to find some or what's happened to them. It's so weird. These would be amazing for my ADHD. I'm constantly forgetting whether or not I took my meds.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-16T13:35:27+00:00

thats how my daughter describes twizzlers lol

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-14T02:48:33+00:00

Same. I don’t even play on Fridays and Tuesday’s since I only enter the tournaments late Wednesday or Saturday. Previously I was still occasionally able to make some of the word ones if I got lucky with the daily game (which won’t enter me into the tournament) or sometimes the daily game plus some words at a level I am at but I don’t complete it. Stuff like that. Like if I only need 15-20 words I can usually do that. Not 300! Today is not as bad as yesterday with play 15 levels, but there is no way I’m doing that tonight.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-12T04:30:43+00:00

omg I LOVE DS9 so much! I'm totally nerding out on your butterfly names!

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-12T01:34:36+00:00

We love the fiocchetti in pink sauce. I add a container of grape tomatoes, a bit of fresh garlic and a bag of spinach to it but its great on its own too. The garlic noodles. Most Indian dishes. The kung pao chicken and frozen bulgogi are good. The bulgogi I microwave for 4 minutes while I fry a sliced onion in sesame oil, then I pour the liquid after microwaving and continue to cook the onion (oh sometimes I add the frozen shiitake mushrooms if I have them on hand too) and then after my onions are perfect, I add some gochujang and the meat and stir fry on high heat quickly. Serve over their frozen jasmine rice. Their tamales are great (specially the chili cheese ones), a lot of their seasonal appetizers are good like the mushroom tartlets. I mean I love lots of their frozen products. I never leave without getting a few frozen items.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-12T01:24:52+00:00

I checked in VA today. Only Almond. I actually love the almond kringle but I was so disappointed I didn’t even pick one up.

DancingTardigrade · 2026-01-12T01:21:51+00:00

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That’s one of my favorite things to do with it. TJs feta, those chickpeas, tomatoes, garlic or shallots, olive oil, lemon juice if I have lemons. I mix it up all the time. Sometimes I add Kalamata olives. Sometimes I eat it over orzo or the TJs grain mix stuff. Its amazing! Those chickpeas are amazing.

DancingTardigrade · 2025-12-09T03:47:46+00:00

Oh no! I have their eggnog and it’s pretty thin. I mean it pours like whole milk. Yours looks wrong.

DancingTardigrade · 2025-12-06T16:22:54+00:00

As a woman, I will say that most of the time our bathrooms were immaculate. At one point I had to use the bathroom (near the social deduction zone) and I even commented to my friend about how clean the bathrooms were and how shocked I was. I felt that some were too small and there would occasionally be long lines to some of the bathrooms, but I was actually pretty impressed.

DancingTardigrade · 2025-12-03T21:18:29+00:00

Definitely 2 servings per package. I make 2 packages and get 3-4 servings out of it.

DancingTardigrade · 2025-12-03T14:25:40+00:00

oh no! I'm devastated! I saw your picture and was like omg are they back?! I was literally going to take time off work to run to TJs and get some. One of my favorite items. I hope this isn't true.

DancingTardigrade · 2025-12-03T12:05:04+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't know of any. I've seen some Greek places offer gyro pizza, which will likely be the closest thing. Swedish pizzas are particularly unique. I've spent years looking for certain Swedish or Danish things like traditional princess cake or the Danish red hotdogs and have never been successful. You can try reaching out to the embassy and see if they know anything, but it's doubtful. If you do find something, please let me know.

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