Did you know there was a Hummus War?

One thing I gatherd from reading this, is if you buy premade grocery store Hummus, it is frowned on by Hummus devotees.

Enough chat, here's the story.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/stor...-who-invented-hummus

The only thing I need to know about hummus is that I gagged when I tried it.

I now live in a hummus free world.

Watch and you'll see the hummus connection.

there was once a beaver war too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Wars

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One thing I gatherd from reading this, is if you buy premade grocery store Hummus, it is frowned on by Hummus devotees.

I eat it occasionally, but it tastes like whatever you put on or in it.

MMmmmmmm...Love me some homemade hummus with roasted garlic and loads of olive oil and pita chips.

Yum.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
MMmmmmmm...Love me some homemade hummus with roasted garlic and loads of olive oil and pita chips.

Yum.

Hippie

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Originally posted by egregore:
I eat it occasionally, but it tastes like whatever you put on or in it.

It tastes like whatever you put in it?

Like chickpeas, garlic, olive oil, and tahini?

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Originally posted by mbinky:
Hippie

I was wearing a gun while enjoying it last!

There's really no comparison with homemade and store bought when it's done right. Part of the success is starting with dried beans and not the canned stuff. The number one selling store brand uses soybean oil, not olive oil.
I can make for about fifty cents what people are paying five bucks for at the store.

Looks like one is eating baby food. Not a fan.

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I can make for about fifty cents what people are paying five bucks for at the store.

Cool! How about posting a sure-fire tasty recipe for us, then?

Every recipe I try has some issue: Too hard to make, too much tahini, no taste.

I’m partial to the Garlic Lovers and Roasted Red Pepper flavors from the store.

only shitty hummus is boring and tasteless.

Thanks! This thread just reminded me of how much I love Hummus!
But I hate garlic, and all the commercial hummus has garlic, so I am forced to make it myself. Since I am also lazy, I rarely make it. But it is dead nuts easy, so I have no excuses.

Garbanzo beans, Olive Oil. Salt, a little sesame seed and/or tahini, lemon or lime, and any other flavor, such as red peppers...maybe that's not traditional, but I just throw it into a blender without even bothering to actually measure out anything. Luckily, I like the taste of simply garbanzo beans, so even my "shitty hummus" tastes good to me.

I eat store-bought hummus. The best I've found, by far, is the "Haig's" brand. It's made in the Bay Area. I can get it here in San Diego, but I don't know how widely distributed it is.

For those that make their own hummus, I recommend Pepperwood tahini (Amazon). It tastes great, has no gooey clots, and (uniquely) has no pool of oil at the top that must be stirred in.