"j*ni p." a écrit :

> 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... :-)

That would be the Tahini. No wonder I don't like it. I make the Rumanian
version of hummus, without tahini, just chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic,
salt, pepper, olive oil and a little water.

Nathalie in Switzerland