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On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:57:45 -0400, "James Silverton"
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> Goomba wrote on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:24:01 -0400:
>
>>> And I have duly stored the ones that sounded good. Thanks for
>>> them! I have yet to try making hummus, but I eat very few
>>> grain dishes at the moment....

>
>>When did hummus get grains in to it???

>
>Well, Indian Gram Flour is made from chickpeas but, according to the
>label, a serving of canned chickpeas contains only 7% of your daily
>carbohydrate requirement. However, it also contains 20% of your fiber
>requirement.


Chickpeas are not a grain.