"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Sheldon wrote:
>> On Nov 21, 4:41?pm, Kate Connally > wrote:
>>> So, this year I decided to have lima beans for Tday instead
>>> of my usual peas. ?Come to find out no one in town carries
>>> the good old-fashioned Birds Eye frozen Fordhooks anymore.
>>> Come to find out further that they don't make them anymore.
>>> Called Birds Eye and let them have what for. ?The very idea!
>>>
>>> It seems Giant Eagle has their own store brand of frozen Fordhooks
>>> but I'm very skeptical that they will be satisfactory. ?It has been
>>> my experience in the past that store brands and other lesser brands
>>> of frozen veggies pretty much suck. ?Therefore I only buy Birds Eye.
>>> Green Giant is okay, but they just don't make anything I like. ?As
>>> for limas they only have the baby limas in "butter" sauce. ?I *hate*
>>> baby limas.
>>>
>>> So, now what am I going to do???? ?What a revoltin' development
>>> this is!
>>
>> Fordhook lima beans are the nomal large lima bean. Baby lima beans
>> are a separate variety, they are not a immature Fordhook.
>>
>> I can't imagine any brand of frozen fordhooks being any differnt from
>> another. Essentially the biggest affect on frozen veggie quality is
>> how well does a store keep them frozen. Lima beans are not a popular
>> veggie to begin with, let alone the large fordhook, probably why Birds
>> Eye dropped them, but there are many other brands.
>>
>> http://www.pictsweet.com/premdetail.shtml#family
>
>
> Yep. I think the last time I bought Fordhook's (love 'em, they've got
> such a bad rep) it was Pictsweet brand. But the store brand is no
> different. I think they're pretty much all processed in the same place(s)
> and simply get different brands/labels slapped on them. I love Fordhook
> lima beans. It's not like they've fallen off the face of the earth
>
> Jill

That's exactly true. I used to work for a major vegetable producer, so I
know. After we'd frozen or canned the major label, we'd package for private
labels out of the same batch. That being said, there are some private
labels that use lower grade veggies than the premium A grade quality. I
found that most of the lower grade private labels were packed for southern
state grocery chains or for overseas, or so it seemed. It's been a long
time, so I can't remember which brands were the same as the A grade and
which were B grade, unfortunately. On the plus side, although B grade was
never substituted when A was in short supply, we would substitute A grade
product for B grade labels when necessary.

Jinx