I Will Never and Could Never
EAT… Hummus Hummus. I mean look at it. It looks like mashed potatoes, and I don't like mashed potatoes, but that is a story for another day. There are great reasons I hate it. 1) I have tried it before. 2) I have tried 4 times and hated it all 4 times! Hummus is the worst! I've heard that there is a HUMMUS tasting store where you try different types of HUMMUS, and if you like one, you can $buy$ it and eat it at your house! I mean, what a waste of $money$! Here is some of the research I found online about hummus. “Did you know that traditionally, hummus is served on a large plate, usually drizzled with olive oil and herbs and accompanied by fresh pita, tomato, onion, cucumber salad, and maybe some falafel. You can find it doled out this way at restaurants all over Israel, a template chef Michael Solomonov is using at his new casual eatery Dizengoff, opened in 2014 in Philadelphia. Adding that in Philly there is nothing akin to his new hummusia. Like in the Holy Land, the Israeli-born chef will make his hummus fresh each day, so it doesn’t wan in the refrigerator. He’ll top it with seasonal vegetable garnishes, warm chickpeas or foul (fava beans) and meats like braised oxtail and lamb. Meat on hummus? Well, that’s just one of a handful of unique facts about this dish that may surprise you. Hummus Is Made All Over The World It’s not just in Israel where people argue over the best hummus, Palestinians, Egyptian Arabs, Greeks and other Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries also claim hummus as their dish. As to where it truly comes from, no one can say for certain, though the earliest mention of the spread dates back to Egypt during the 13th century. The truth is, hummus has been made all over these areas for hundreds of years, a dish likely imported west from the chickpea-growing Arab countries to Greece. The only major difference between hummuses lies in how much cumin and tahini, or sesame paste, is used. Turkish hummus substitutes butter for olive oil. And sometimes small amounts of Greek yogurt and hot peppers can be added. But hummus is almost always the marriage of chickpeas, sesame paste, lemon juice and garlic. According to chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, scuffles can occur in Israel when it comes to which hummusia makes the best hummus. Ottolenghi, who shares his hummus recipe with us below, writes about the hummus wars in his book Jerusalem: A Cookbook.” All of my research shows you why I will never lay a finger on hummus again!
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