Has anyone else tried the Kirkland chicken broth and chicken stock? I usually buy the broth (green box), but on a whim tried the stock (orange box). The stock is awful-- tastes like something I would whip up in microbiology lab, with strong tastes of salt and yeast extract (which is not an ingredient). I find the broth quite serviceable when I am out of my homemade chicken stock, or for applications where I don't want to waste the good stuff. The stock, blech. I'm deciding between trying to return the box with 5/6 packs unused and just using it up in recipes were it is heavily camouflaged.

Jen

Return it. They'll take it and refund you, and the # of returns will factor in to reformulation/supplier change/etc.

We're really sad to see that they discontinued the herb focaccia flats from Turano. We've never seen them sold anywhere else. They were so versatile.

My stepdaughter had a party in our backyard about a month ago and she shops at Costco from time to time. She brought with her these spciy chicken sausages that we threw on the grill and were quite amazing. I never saw the package so I don't recall what brand these were. I don't shop at Costco (We're Sam's Club members) and I have not been there in years but this thread and those sausages make me want to consider joining. Some yummy treats await.

KajmacJohnson wrote:My stepdaughter had a party in our backyard about a month ago and she shops at Costco from time to time. She brought with her these spciy chicken sausages that we threw on the grill and were quite amazing. I never saw the package so I don't recall what brand these were. I don't shop at Costco (We're Sam's Club members) and I have not been there in years but this thread and those sausages make me want to consider joining. Some yummy treats await.

It's was probably Amy's (now AmyLu's?) sausage. They make a Chicken Andouille sausage I've had that's pretty good.

Bought a gallon of superb Seedling Cider for $5 at the Niles location over the weekend.

I didn't know that Seedling produced enough to sell to Costco. Good for them.

Ronna

Yes, I got the Seedling cider at the Clybourn Ave Costco.

Beer update: Costco is now carrying the winter seasonal cases from Sam Adams and Two Brothers. Plenty of darker beers in both selections.

Oh, and as always they've been selling X-Mas decorations for a few weeks already in case you want to celebrate it early.

The Costco in Niles no longer has the coffee grinders in the store. I am not sure about the Glenview store. This stinks. I really like their Guatemala whole bean coffee but don't have a grinder at home.

The good news is that they are again stocking the rack of pork which is really delicious.

Hi- You can get an electric coffee grinder for $15. There are probably some coffee purists here that will tell you that you need a $100 grinder, but your coffee is going to taste much better if it is freshly ground even with a cheap grinder. Hope this helps, Nancy

I agree with NFriday. Coffee ideology led me to buy an expensive Italian burr grinder. One sad day I decided to single-blind taste it against my erstwhile cheapo grinder. Could NOT tell the difference.


Of course YMMV-- maybe I'm just not discriminating enough with coffee...

Geo

Hi- Seedling actually supplied Whole Foods with cider maybe 2-3 years ago this time of year, and from what I heard it was a bad experience. I forget exactly what happened, but their partnership only lasted one season.

$5 is really cheap for their cider. They sell it for $7 a gallon at the Evanston farmer's market. Their cider is much better than any of the pasteurized crap you get at Dominick's or Jewel such as Motts and Indian Summer, but my sister that took over our farm after my father died, has the worlds best cider. She uses the same recipe that my father used, and she used to make a bunch of it in the late fall and freeze it to sell at her farm market in Michigan the following summer, but it got to be too expensive to pay for freezer space. Now she just makes it fresh once a week in the fall, and sells it that way. Besides using the same blend of apples all the time, she tests the apples for their sugar content. BTW she just closed her fruit stand on October 30, and no she does not sell her cider anywhere else other than her fruit stand.

I suspect that maybe Seedlings is maybe purchasing juice apples from other growers to supplement their apple crop, but I could be wrong. Hope this helps, Nancy

Chanterelles are back at the Glenview store.

NFriday wrote:Hi- You can get an electric coffee grinder for $15. There are probably some coffee purists here that will tell you that you need a $100 grinder, but your coffee is going to taste much better if it is freshly ground even with a cheap grinder. Hope this helps, Nancy

I have had many grinders over the years and I really hate cleaning them out-they always get gunked up with the coffee oil/grinds and then have to be taken apart and cleaned. Yep, I'm lazy like that! Better that Costco cleans their machines than me!

Attrill wrote:Beer update: Costco is now carrying the winter seasonal cases from Sam Adams and Two Brothers. Plenty of darker beers in both selections.

Oh, and as always they've been selling X-Mas decorations for a few weeks already in case you want to celebrate it early.

Yea! love me some 2 bros winter seasonal selections

Diane wrote:The Costco in Niles no longer has the coffee grinders in the store. I am not sure about the Glenview store. This stinks. I really like their Guatemala whole bean coffee but don't have a grinder at home.

The good news is that they are again stocking the rack of pork which is really delicious.

I believe someone told me a while back that the rack of pork appears only around the holidays. I welcome its arrival!

mhill95149 wrote:

Attrill wrote:Beer update: Costco is now carrying the winter seasonal cases from Sam Adams and Two Brothers. Plenty of darker beers in both selections.

Oh, and as always they've been selling X-Mas decorations for a few weeks already in case you want to celebrate it early.

Yea! love me some 2 bros winter seasonal selections

As noted above (or maybe in a separate 2 Brothers thread somewhere), be careful to check your mixed case for signs of having been opened (or open and check your case before leaving). I saw a couple of cases at Costco on Clybourn with 3 or 4 six packs of Domain Dupage, where some idiot had apparently thought he/she could just mix and match six packs and walk away with a case of the Northwind Stout or Cane and Ebel or some combo. Not sure where people get the sense that this is acceptable, but it really pisses me off (even though I have never been the victim of this -- in fact I once got a case with an extra six pack of something I preferred and something I do not much care for missing).

Perhaps they have had this in years past as well, but Costco also has cases of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale for the reasonable price of $23.99. I had not seen that in years past.

Chanterelles are also available at the Orland Store.

We have also been the victims of beer swapping in the Two Brothers cases -- my husband was very disappointed when this happens and now checks to make sure the cases are sealed before he takes them off the shelf.

Suzy

I haven't been the victim of the Two Brothers shopping, but one time I got home and thought the case was all Northwind. Unfortunately just the 6 pack holders were Northwind, the beers were all correct.

Oh - and the Chicago Clybourn Costco had the Chanterelles today as well

Geo wrote:I agree with NFriday. Coffee ideology led me to buy an expensive Italian burr grinder. One sad day I decided to single-blind taste it against my erstwhile cheapo grinder. Could NOT tell the difference.


Of course YMMV-- maybe I'm just not discriminating enough with coffee...

Geo

We've been roasting our own coffee at home for about a year now. Mrpairs4life swears, and I think I notice a difference, that our coffee tastes better since he got his Burr Grinder for his birthday last month.

There I was thinking I would take our old grinder, use some rice and now have a nice spice grinder, but alas the old grinder is now to be used for coffee grinding during travel.

Stopped by the Costco in Niles today looking for chanterelles, which they had. Also in stock were vanilla beans ($11.99 for 10) and Swanson chicken broth ($7.99 for 12 cans). Last time I bought vanilla beans at Costco they were of excellent quality, hopefully these will live up to that experience.

Anyone have feedback on the Kirkland Signature stainless steel cookware? My mom probably hasn't replaced any of the stuff she got when she got married in 1966, and I'm thinking of getting her a set for Hanukah.

Tri Tip is back at the Lincoln Park Costco!

Eva Luna wrote:Anyone have feedback on the Kirkland Signature stainless steel cookware? My mom probably hasn't replaced any of the stuff she got when she got married in 1966, and I'm thinking of getting her a set for Hanukah.

good thing it is an eight piece set!

Eva Luna wrote:Anyone have feedback on the Kirkland Signature stainless steel cookware? My mom probably hasn't replaced any of the stuff she got when she got married in 1966, and I'm thinking of getting her a set for Hanukah.

We bought a set a few years ago and have been very happy with them. Excellent product!

HonestMan wrote:

Eva Luna wrote:Anyone have feedback on the Kirkland Signature stainless steel cookware? My mom probably hasn't replaced any of the stuff she got when she got married in 1966, and I'm thinking of getting her a set for Hanukah.

We bought a set a few years ago and have been very happy with them. Excellent product!

Thanks! I think I will check this weekend to see whether they have any in-store.

Has anyone here tried Costco Waygu?

I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as ... _-9-_-Item

Aging it for a couple of weeks, and then roasting it for the holidays.

Has anyone seen the Kirkland Port in the wine section? Mount Prospect doesn't have it, SueF is intrigued and wants to try it, it's supposed to be a limited-time product.

pacent wrote:Has anyone here tried Costco Waygu?

I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as ... _-9-_-Item

Aging it for a couple of weeks, and then roasting it for the holidays.

I haven't, but here's a chart so you know what BMS 8 is (not sure why it's labeled BMI 8..)

I have been having bad luck with the walnuts at Costco. I bought a bag and then returned them the day after I bought them because they were rancid. I gave them a second chance and bought another bag a couple of weeks later. They are also rancid. I can't return this second batch because I took them out of the bag and rebagged them into many ziplock bags (to put into the freezer).