"j*ni p." > wrote in message
...
> I've seen a few hummus recipes in rfc and have always wanted to
> try it. Unfortunately, I'm too chicken to make something myself
> if I have no idea what it will taste like (I don't recall ever
> eating a chickpea). So today at the stupidmarket, I bought
> something called "Athenos Hummus & Pita", and gave it a try.
>
> The first thing I noticed was the smell of cumin. No problem, I
> like cumin. Then I tasted the hummus -- it was good, but it seemed
> to have a bitter and/or sour after taste that I didn't care for.
> Is that normal, or is it perhaps a product of all the various gunk
> that one finds in store bought stuff?
>
> Here's a list of the ingredients:
>
> Chickpeas, water, olive oil, tahini (sesame), garlic, lemon juice
> concentrate, salt, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 0.5%
> of spice, sorbic acid and sodium benzoate as preservatives, phosphoric
> acid, natural flavors.
>
> Comments? Thanks in advance... :-)


If there are any Mid-Eastern restaurants near you, try to get a hummus
sampling from there. Then you can compare it with the commercial product you
bought. Being freshly made without those industrial food additives should
give a better representation of what good hummus should taste like.