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> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:17:51 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:00:42 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:07:40 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>> >> > wrote:
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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.
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>> >> >> > 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!
>> >> >
>> >> > 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.
>> >>
>> >> Gosh! That is a surprise. Look here, these are common:
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > Not even close to those prices here!
>> >
>> > 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???
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> Yes, as bad as the passata. This price isn't too far off (same brand,
> smaller tube).
> https://smile.amazon.com/Amore-Tomat...e+tomato+paste
> I didn't look (or care) for a long time and then noticed that Trader
> Joe's has it for around $2 a tube. That's as good as it gets.

Look around you. The price is now down everywhere.