"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2015-12-29 20:58, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>> Realizing how good they can be, I looked up some recipes and was all set
>>> to give them a try. I was planning to use a recipe that called for a
>>> pound of bacon. Today I had to go to a store to get some things for a
>>> pot luck family thing tomorrow and planned to get some bacon and some
>>> beans. I was surprised to find they did not have navy beans. They had
>>> pinto beans, kidney beans, black eye peas, yellow peas, green peas,
>>> several varieties of lentils, but no navy beans.
>>
>> They must've had Great Northerns, or Small Whites... look for the Goya
>> display, usually it's separate, even in a different aisle.
>>
> They were several varieties of legumes from Goya, but no navy beans and no
> Great Northern. I know that I have seen them lots of times when I was
> looking for split peas and lentils, but the one time in decades that I
> wanted to buy them... they did not have them.

I don't know why they are so hard to find now but they sure are. I have to
plan in advance if I want to make baked beans now because I can go to two or
three different stores and come up empty. Then when I do find them, I can
never remember where it was that I found them.