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I’m grumpy. Why? Because I got an untried product out of my freezer today that I’d recently purchased from Trader Joe’s and I feel really cheated.

I’d spotted a nice fat box in the freezer – two crustless Bacon & Feta quiches. Sounds great, right? Two of them. Perfect for a nice lunch for me and my guy.

Wrong!

Imagine my dismay when I unpacked the voluminous-looking 5 by 5 by 2 & ¼ inch deep box to extract two microscopic little quiches, each 3 ½ inches (round) by barely an inch deep!
That’s a teaspoon next to them in the photo, by the way, to give you an idea of scale.

Pathetic. Major disappointment.

Of course, I really should write them a letter. I will. I just wanted to vent about it here, and ask you guys out there in foodie land if any of you have had similar experiences?

Actually, I’ve been meaning to write to Trader Joe’s about their less-than-adequate frozen puff pastry.

It’s a decent product. It’s made with butter. It does the job – barely. I mean, it doesn’t even fully line my 9 inch quiche dish. Meaning the small dish I use when making quiche. Forget about the larger one I have.

Okay, it’s not the end of the world if the pastry doesn’t come all the way up the sides, and there are two sheets in there, so I guess I could use 1 & ½ sheets and use the other half sheet for something else. I guess…

But I resent the false advertising. The box for that pastry is a good 2 inches bigger than the product within.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Of course, I know this now, but – again – it was very disappointing the first time I opened that box.

Much like today.

Your thoughts?

By MaxMillion (see more of her posts). Max Million is the nom de 'net of Pauline Adamek. Born in Sydney, Australia, Pauline has lived in Los Angeles for the past thirteen years and finds it agrees with her. She has been reviewing films and filing celebrity-based interview articles since 1991, and has filed stories from various international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. She completed a family cookbook and has also written novels for 8-12 year olds. She is the creator and host of ArtsBeatLA.