Wednesday, June 22, 2011

French Fry Diary 237: Trader Joe's Hash Browns

It's always great when a normal everyday purchase turns into something unexpected and fun. That's what happened with Trader Joe's Hash Browns.

These are just regular hash browns, polygon flat chunks of processed potatoes, pre-fried, frozen and just waiting to be heated up and devoured for breakfast or a late night snack. What makes them different is the packaging.

Simple but whimsical, it caught my attention after I had first opened the package. The witty sayings, "When I grow up I want to be Trader Joe's Hash Browns" and "Bacon & eggs really dig Trader Joe's Hash Browns."

The one that really got me was on the bottom by the UPC code. It was a tiny image of a fork and plate with a fried egg, and an arrow pointing to the plate saying "insert hashbrown here." Cute.

I baked my hash browns, although they can also be fried or nuked in the microwave. I just like 'em that way best. If you break them a few times when it's time to turn them, you can get very crisp edges. Mmmm...

Trader Joe's Hash Browns, get 'em for the packaging, get 'em for the hash browniness. Mmmm...

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2 comments:

Sarah said...

Ahhhh, these hash browns are simple and delicious. They're my favorite TJ product.

Sarah said...

Ahhhh, these hash browns are simple and delicious. They're my favorite TJ product.