Hummus

[lumberjim]

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=19259

looks nasty, but I like it.

[glatt]

hummus is yummy. There's a Lebanese place near here that makes the best hummus I've ever had. Very smooth and creamy and an amazing taste.

[TheMercenary]

Three pepper spice hummus is the best, on triskets.

[Juniper]

I agree with Merc! Wheat thins, too.

[Aliantha]

We make our own hummus at our place.

Very yummy. And incredibly healthy as a snack on toast or low salt/fat crackers.

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

We make our own hummus at our place.

Very wise. I've been in a Brisbane kebab shop whose menu indcates that you can have "humus" on your food.

hu⋅mus
   /ˈhyuməs or, often, ˈyu-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [hyoo-muhs or, often, yoo-] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.

Tasty!

[Sundae]

I make my own too.
And falafel (oven baked not fried).

In fact I bought chickpeas when I moved in, in order to make these two favourites... They're still in the cupboard two months later. I'm just not in a chickpea state of mind.

[DanaC]

I go through an occasional hummus phase (over here it's more usually spelled humous, but both are current).

*laughs* I remember when you could only buy humous in little deli shops down in immigrant communities. There was a Polish shop near us that sold everything from everywhere. Which was handy...because otherwise I wouldn't have had tinned lychees for dessert on Sundays. Couldn't get garamasala or ghee anywhere but those little deli shops.

1970s Bolton was not a culinary adventure in the main... mind you, the whole country was very, very different back then. Olive Oil was not something for cooking with...it was something bought at a chemist (pharmacy), packged under British Pharmaceuticals(BP); in little bottles. Totally pure. Generally sold for use in baths, or for pouring warmed into the ear to combat ear ache (now the one thing they tell you not to do).

Hey Sundae, you ever had roasted, spiced chick peas? My dad used to roast them when I was a kid. He'd dry roast them in a large, deep bottomed frying pan, with a mix of spices (paprika or cayenne featured heavily). The whole house would fill with the smell of roasted spice. Beautiful. I used to love sitting in the kitchen watching him do that. And the sound of crackling, sizzling and popping. Dad shaking the pan to create a flurry of sounds and smells. Tasted wonderful too. Really crisped and crunchy.


[eta] that just sent me on a few moments reverie. Haven't thought about those memories for a while. Dad was brilliant for stuff like that. When he talked through what he was doing, he pronounced all the spice names with a slight hindi flick, and it would inevitably lead into tales of his childhood in India. God I've missed that. He can't stand long enough to cook now. His appetite is so low, he couldn't eat it anyway. Shit. All of a sudden I'm fighting tears. No that's a lie. I'm not fighting them at all.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by DanaC

[eta] that just sent me on a few moments reverie. Haven't thought about those memories for a while. Dad was brilliant for stuff like that. When he talked through what he was doing, he pronounced all the spice names with a slight hindi flick, and it would inevitably lead into tales of his childhood in India. God I've missed that. He can't stand long enough to cook now. His appetite is so low, he couldn't eat it anyway. Shit. All of a sudden I'm fighting tears. No that's a lie. I'm not fighting them at all.

Never had them roasted, but am tempted to look for a recipe now. Mum hates most pulses (baked beans is about as far as she will go) but is open to new experiences and loves anything roasted - so far anyway.

Sorry that your memories of your Dad's cooking make you cry. But you have the memories, even though time has moved both of you on. Smells and their memory will always trigger those times for you - which is a good thing, even if slightly bitter-sweet. And you still have your Dad, even if he is diminished by time. Age takes away the people we love - if I was spiritual I'd suggest it was to prepare us for death. But I'm not, and I mourn the passing of your Dad's cookery for your sake.

Pie - I've never put sesame paste in Hummus (as Dana says, the most common spelling here is Houmous). But then I started with a low fat recie and tweaked it from there, so that might explain the omission. And I'm not a big sesame fan, so I mighta taken it myself I mostly make it off the cuff now (nothing up my sleeves).

Griff, you're a love. But WTF is a pumpkin torte? I'm not sure I've eaten pumpkin in my life - although the power of the written word tempts me to find pumpkin juice as they drink it like Coke in Harry Potter books... I fear Rowling lies to us there. I associate torte with Austira - chocolate and hazelnut and cream and... well, you get the idea.

I'll get round to my lovely savoury feast sometime. It might just take the right mood.

[Elspode]

Hummus is pretty much my favorite snack food these past few years. Hummus with tahini and a dash of roast peppers on some nice warm pita.

[jinx]

That's a good healthy snack elspode... I haven't made hummus for a long time, I should do that again soon.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Griff, you're a love. But WTF is a pumpkin torte? I'm not sure I've eaten pumpkin in my life - although the power of the written word tempts me to find pumpkin juice as they drink it like Coke in Harry Potter books... I fear Rowling lies to us there. I associate torte with Austira - chocolate and hazelnut and cream and... well, you get the idea.

In the states, we eat a lot of pumpkin pie, the torte is a take on that. Pumpkin is pretty sweet compared to the other squashes. It's yummy, I'll post a recipe sometime the Steelers are not about to start.

[wolf]

I love the stuff, haven't had the courage for the do it yourself version, but the possibility may present itself ...

I love the Tribe of Two Sheiks brand (which has recently been renamed just "Tribe," I suspect CAIR was involved), which has a delightful Twelve Spice version. No idea what the twelve spices are, but they range from subtle to exotic to slightly hot.

[Perry Winkle]

Hummus is the best food on earth aside from a nice chickpea curry. Some warm, fresh pita or naan and something chickpea based makes me a happy man.

[Griff]

We do our own hummus as. It isn't difficult.

Pete makes a high protein pumpkin tort with chickpeas if you want to get them off your shelf.