Four New Things in the Refrigerator

In no particular order -

Hormel Pepperoni Jalapenos - available at most supermarkets.  This is a good snack -six or eight slices with a stick of string cheese - crackers optional. 

Trader Joe's Tunisian (pickled) Lemon Slices.  For literally years, I've been seeing recipes for pickling lemon slices but, as usual, thought "That sounds interesting ..." and promptly done nothing other than have the thought.

If they sound appealing to you, pay a visit to epicurious.com for about 30 recipes that call for them.  I so far have opened the jar and eaten one.   Oddly enough the peels of the thin slices of whole lemon are tender; the pith tough.  Might want to run them through a mini-Cuisinart and then use them.

Trader Joe's Thai Green Curry simmer sauce..  This is one of those items that sounds good - coconut, lemongrass, serrano pickles and ginger puree - and yet somehow remains "bland."  I did simmer some shrimp in it and it turned "watery."  Or maybe the shrimp leaked.

Trader Joe's Sambal  Mutah  is billed as Indonesian salsa and the label urges the eater to use tortilla chips, or Fritos - whatever you can dip with..  Ingredients are peppers, lemongrass, garlic and shallots.  But the first thing you have to do on opening the jar is discount the half-inch of sun flower oil.  It is one oily mess!  And sunflower oil is really, really slippery.  I'll never buy more of it, that's for sure.