Thread: REVIEW: Trader Joe's Arancini Bites

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:58:21 -0800, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I'd never heard of arancini, and I wondered if that
>might be a made-up word. In any event, they are
>little balls of rice and cheese with a bread crumb
>coating. They have a crust that seems like it was
>deep-fried.

They are very common in parts of Italy. I have quite a few recipes for
them.

Christine
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On Nov 22, 12:58*pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I'd never heard of arancini, and I wondered if that
> might be a made-up word. *In any event, they are
> little balls of rice and cheese with a bread crumb
> coating. *They have a crust that seems like it was
> deep-fried.
>
> It's a new item at TJ's, and I resisted buying it
> for two whole days. *The description didn't sound
> very good, and it was expensive ($3.69) compared to
> other stuff I could buy that I knew was good. *But
> the picture on the box kept gnawing at me until I
> had to buy a box.
>
> What a disappointment. *They look good, all golden.
> And when fully cooked, a few of them leak cheese,
> which looks good, too. *The problem begins when you
> bite into them. *They have a terrible texture.
> They rice provides most of the texture, and the
> rice seems gritty. *I made the mistake of eating
> the first one before it was fully cooked, and the
> rice is even more gritty then. *But that grittiness
> never goes away, even when they are fully cooked.
>
> I definitely don't recommend this product.

You buy crap like this, what's the matter, run out of worm/turbot/
broccoli soup?

On Nov 22, 1:58*pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I'd never heard of arancini, and I wondered if that
> might be a made-up word. *In any event, they are
> little balls of rice and cheese with a bread crumb
> coating. *They have a crust that seems like it was
> deep-fried.
>
> It's a new item at TJ's, and I resisted buying it
> for two whole days. *The description didn't sound
> very good, and it was expensive ($3.69) compared to
> other stuff I could buy that I knew was good. *But
> the picture on the box kept gnawing at me until I
> had to buy a box.
>
> What a disappointment. *They look good, all golden.
> And when fully cooked, a few of them leak cheese,
> which looks good, too. *The problem begins when you
> bite into them. *They have a terrible texture.
> They rice provides most of the texture, and the
> rice seems gritty. *I made the mistake of eating
> the first one before it was fully cooked, and the
> rice is even more gritty then. *But that grittiness
> never goes away, even when they are fully cooked.
>
> I definitely don't recommend this product.

Damn. Wish you had postd this before Friday, when I bought the box
that's now in my freezer. I had delicious arancini in Venice last
summer.