"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:00:42 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:07:40 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>> >> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>>> >> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 01:40:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> >> > > wrote:
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>>> >> >>I used 6 caramelized Vidalia's and
>>> >> >>two raw white onions. Also a goodly handful of bacon strips, cooked
>>> >> >>and
>>> >> >>chopped into small pieces. A good amount of ketchup, a little
>>> >> >>mustard
>>> >> >>powder, salt, tons of freshly ground black pepper and small amounts
>>> >> >>of
>>> >> >>brown
>>> >> >>sugar and molasses. After tasting, I decided to add a little tomato
>>> >> >>paste.
>>> >> >>I
>>> >> >>also added some of the bean cooking water and will stash some more
>>> >> >>in
>>> >> >>the
>>> >> >>fridge in case I need to add more later.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > That's pretty much exactly how I make baked beans, except I prefer
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > use passata rather than ketchup.
>>> >>
>>> >> That sounds good! I often use passata instead of ketchup!
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>>> > Passata is a virtual unknown where I live. I did buy it from an
>>> > Italian deli, but it was $5 for a small jar... gah. Haven't worked up
>>> > the nerve to try it yet, mainly because of the expense. Whatever it's
>>> > used in has to be spectacular or else I'll wonder why I wasted my time
>>> > finding it.
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>>> Gosh! That is a surprise. Look here, these are common:
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>>> https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl...tesco&tbm=shop
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>>> I hope you can get them soon. They are really good.
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>> Not even close to those prices here!
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>> Just an FYI - Trader Joe's finally sells tomato paste in a tube at a
>> *very* reasonable price. Others will follow, but I'm not looking
>> anywhere else. If a tube jumps off the shelf and introduces itself to
>> me elsewhere, I might buy it - but I have Trader Joe's for now.
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> Are you saying you can get them but they are very expensive???

She hasn't looked. I did post of this and recently. The tubes were very
expensive. I did buy them once in a while, usually added to a mail order to
bump up the total to get free shipping.

But recently, Big Lots started carrying them for cheap. I thought I just got
lucky and bought several. But since then, the price has come way down,
everywhere. Not sure why.