mrbarolo wrote:I seem to recall that Gary posted the recipe for a personal variation at one time. It looked a trifle elaborate, involving the pan toasting of various spices, but it also looked very, very appealing. I'm too busy to do a search right now, but I wanted to recall it to communal memory in this context.

Hummus: A Love Story It is a very good recipe, but I cut the tahini back to about 1/4 of what is called for.

spinynorman99 wrote:

I am surprised folks actually buy hummus and dont make their own.

Not everyone has 30 seconds to spare. Okay, maybe 90 seconds if you count the time to wash out the food processor bowl.

Not everybody has a food processor.

mrbarolo wrote:You eat weird stuff and we both know it. As if I had a deformity that he knew I was OK talking about.

Nominated for banner quote of the week.

My brother won't eat hummus unless you call it bean dip. He is nearly 40 years old. My 18 month old daughter, OTOH, inhales it like she's never been fed. I like to tell him his niece has a broader palate than he does.

And I like making hummus, but no matter how hard I try, I can never, ever make it as good as the stuff one of my coworkers (who was from Jordan) used to make. she used to bring it on the weekends and the entire nurse's station would reeeeeek of garlic. those were the days.

Katie wrote:

spinynorman99 wrote:

I am surprised folks actually buy hummus and dont make their own.

Not everyone has 30 seconds to spare. Okay, maybe 90 seconds if you count the time to wash out the food processor bowl.

Not everybody has a food processor.

Or blender. I use my blender. Though I suppose you could use a mortar and pestle, too.

Katie wrote:

spinynorman99 wrote:

I am surprised folks actually buy hummus and dont make their own.

Not everyone has 30 seconds to spare. Okay, maybe 90 seconds if you count the time to wash out the food processor bowl.

Not everybody has a food processor.

Don't have a food processor or blender, I'm lazy & I'd rather buy it from the different stores/restaurants in Albany Park on my periodic stops up there, where its probably better than anything I can ever make myself.

Mhays wrote:

Katie wrote:

spinynorman99 wrote:Not everyone has 30 seconds to spare. Okay, maybe 90 seconds if you count the time to wash out the food processor bowl.

Not everybody has a food processor.

Or blender. I use my blender. Though I suppose you could use a mortar and pestle, too.

My wife regularly makes hummus magic happen with our trusty little stick blender.

Hmm...I've got a similar immersion blender that I use for more liquidy things. I'll have to now try it for hummus. Thanks for the tip!

When I lived in Cairo and had access to neither blender nor food processor (and nary a prepared hummus to be found outside of the fancy Lebanese restaurants - Egypt is ful country), I often used a fork to mash well boiled and peeled chickpeas with tahina, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.

A bit chunky and rustic perhaps, but very satisfying. Especially after living on ful for months.