>Canned beans, frozen vegetables when the locals aren't in season.<
Sticky, by canned beans do you mean instead of dried/soaked? I hope so. Can't imagine using canned green beans, when the frozen are so much better.
In fact, I feel that way about most veggies. The canned versions always seem to have a tinny taste (could be the preservatives?), whereas flash frozen is the next best thing to fresh.
For those of us who live more than 50 miles from an ocean, FAS fish is actually fresher than fresh fish.
We don't have a Trader Joes anywhere near (nor a Penzy's, for that matter) so I have no feel for their products. Wild Oats used to be nice, until Whole Foods took them over. Now they've gone rapidly downhill, so I see no reason to pay a premium when I can get the same---or even better---quality at the supermarket.
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