REVIEW: Trader Joe's Grecian Style Eggplant with Tomatoes & Onions
 

This is a new product. The ingredients sounded
a lot like a long-forgotten product, Progresso's
Caponata. I think that was something like $1.69
for a small can* about 10 or 15 years ago. This
stuff is $2.49 for a can about twice as big --
9.9 oz, was there some crazy reason not to bump
it up by 1% and make it an even 10 oz? I imagine
there was some executive at TJ's saying "I don't
think I could eat 10 oz". Idiot. Probably the
same guy who said "We can't call it caponata.
Nobody knows what that is".

How's it taste? It is really close to Progresso's
Caponata. I think it has a wee bit more oil and
juice. Also, the eggplant is cut into much larger
chunks. But it has a lot of familiar flavors.
If you've been wistfully nostalgic for Progresso's
Caponata, you need a can of this stuff. Right away
before TJ's drops it.

(* There were two sizes, but they were both small
and I don't remember exactly how big they were.
I think the larger of the two was about 5 oz.)

REVIEW: Trader Joe's Grecian Style Eggplant with Tomatoes & Onions
 

On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:58:07 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

> This is a new product. The ingredients sounded
> a lot like a long-forgotten product, Progresso's
> Caponata. I think that was something like $1.69
> for a small can* about 10 or 15 years ago. This
> stuff is $2.49 for a can about twice as big --
> 9.9 oz, was there some crazy reason not to bump
> it up by 1% and make it an even 10 oz? I imagine
> there was some executive at TJ's saying "I don't
> think I could eat 10 oz". Idiot. Probably the
> same guy who said "We can't call it caponata.
> Nobody knows what that is".
>
> How's it taste? It is really close to Progresso's
> Caponata. I think it has a wee bit more oil and
> juice. Also, the eggplant is cut into much larger
> chunks. But it has a lot of familiar flavors.
> If you've been wistfully nostalgic for Progresso's
> Caponata, you need a can of this stuff. Right away
> before TJ's drops it.
>
> (* There were two sizes, but they were both small
> and I don't remember exactly how big they were.
> I think the larger of the two was about 5 oz.)

I saw that the other day, but I don't buy premade items like that very
often (or ever). If I was single, I certainly would - but having
someone else to cook for changes the game.

I've never seen or heard of Progresso Caponata until this thread.

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