"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:35:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:43:47 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>>>On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:00:42 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:07:40 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>>>> >> ...
>>>>> >> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 01:40:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>> >> > > wrote:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >>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!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 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
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you can get them soon. They are really good.
>>>>
>>>>Not even close to those prices here!
>>>
>>> I can get it on sale for $0.97 Canadian at the local NoFrills grocery
>>> store. I always stock up at that price.
>>
>>It's not that cheap here. More like $2-3 depending on the size of the
>>tube.
>
> Pasata doesn't come in a tube. It comes in a tall jar, or sometimes a
> tetra-pac box.
>
> http://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-tom...and-how-156321

We were talking of tomato paste in a tube.