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>>>I love humus. However in restaraunts the quality always varies, some
>>>great, some nasty.
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>> Do you mean hummus? Because I think humus is some sort of moss. Or a
>> fungus.
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> Humus is rotted vegetation.
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>> You need chickpeas, canned or boiled from dry or fresh, garlic, vinegar,
>> roasted red peppers, salt, black pepper, and lemon juice. A food
>> processor is not necessary but makes the process easier.
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> Mine instead is cooked chick peas (garbanzos, ceci) lemon juice, garlic,
> sesame tahini and salt. All is to taste as some like it very strongly
> garlicky and some prefer it very beany.
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> My Italian neighbors make what they call crema di ceci which is eaten the
> same way. It is pulverized ceci with only a touch of garlic, mayonnaise
> and some of the ceci cooking water. I was surprised that I liked that,
> too. I think I just like chick peas.

I use chick peas, canned or cooked by me*, good olive oil, sesame tahini,
ground cumin, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. And some warm water. (It's the
Silver Palate recipe. Best I've ever had.)

*The flavor of chick peas is much enhanced by adding a couple of bay leaves
and a couple cloves of garlic when boiling them.