My friend Trader Joe is the corn dog king. He did
Veggie Corn Dogs right. He even did some kick-butt
Shrimp Corn Dogs. And slightly less weird than Shrimp Corn Dogs—he went and made some scrump-dilly Turkey Corn Dogs, too.
TJ's is batting a thousand with corn dogs if you ask me. My scores have been slightly higher than Sonia's, but she's more or less in agreement. She was never a fan of corn dogs before Trader Joe showed up on the scene. I've always liked corn dogs—even the kind from the scary, greasy lunch trucks that don't publish their ingredients and are more than likely made at least partially of pig snouts, hooves, and other kinds of scrapple-type stuff. I know it's not necessarily your forté, Trader Joe, but I certainly wouldn't mind an all-beef corn dog. I'm not much of a pig-eater anymore, but if you made an oldschool pork corn dog, I'd totally try it.
But, ah, the good people reading this post would like to know about these Turkey Corn Dogs. I think these could be the best TJ's corn dogs yet - the best TJ's food I've eaten in a while. No complaints. Had 'em with ketchup, but they were more than fine just plain. Perfect balance of cornbread outside and yummy turkey poultry meatiness inside. And it didn't taste like regular turkey...it totally tasted like a
turkey dog. Not that regular turkey would have been a bad taste—just kind of strange, maybe? There's a certain consistency to a good turkey dog that just rocks when served within a cornbread shell. And the wooden stick never hurts. I don't know what it is, but food always tastes better on a stick: think lollipops, cotton candy, shish kabobs, and that corn-on-the-cob that Latinos eat with butter, mayo, chili powder, and lime. Mmmm.
Sonia gives these a 4. That's a really good score for Sonia for a corn dog. And...I...think...I'm totally gonna go out on a limb and give these the first perfect score I've given anything in a long time. 5. Boom. There it is.
Bottom line: 9 out of 10.
I agree completely. Additionally, these are really really really good with the sweet-hot mustard, that has finally come back. You should review that as well.
ReplyDeleteOooh. Sweet hot mustard does sound like a must-review. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHave you tried the shrimp corn dogs? I'm both repulsed and intrigued by them!
ReplyDeleteThe Latino corn cobs you buy on the street are called Elotes and I wish Trader Joe's somehow offered them in the freezer section.
ReplyDeleteIt says an ingredient of the corn dogs is "spices", sometimes this is a catch all for msg. Might want to dig deeper if you like them.
ReplyDelete@No Gods: For what it's worth, the latest flyer from TJs says these have NO MSG.
ReplyDeleteCan you buy these online?
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