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Default Secret to making great humus?
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(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Miche > wrote:
>
> > "James Silverton" > wrote:
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> >> The recipe is made in a food processor
> >> and involves a tablespoon of olive oil but that is not necessary and
> >> some of the liquid from a can of garbanzos ( never use fresh)
>
> >I've seen "never use fresh" a couple of times now. Why not? I've made
> >fabulous hummus with cooked-from-fresh chickpeas.
>
> Do you mean cooked-from-fresh or cooked-from-dried?

Dried.

> Fresh garbanzos right out of the pod are green and I associate
> them with Mexican rather than Mediterranean cuisine. They could
> be used to make a dip, maybe a very good dip, but it would not
> resemble hummus.

Ah, so that's what "never use fresh" means -- it made me wonder what
humans did for thousands of years before the invention of the can.

Miche

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