On 01/15/2011 04:31 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:17:20 -0600, George Shirley wrote:
>
>> On 1/15/2011 5:40 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:
>>> Here lately I have been missing Leila, so I made hummus this afternoon.
>>> I should spell it hummous, like she did.
>>>
>>> http://bedouina.typepad.com/doves_ey...s_chickpe.html
>>
>> Her recipe seems to be the standard Arabic speaking world one for
>> hummous. It's exactly the same as in the recipe we received from the
>> Women' s Club, which included Saudi women, and the one in my Arabic
>> cookbook, written by a Swiss woman married to an Egyptian man.
>
> I don't use lemon juice. It tastes much better to me that way.
>
> Instead I use 1/3rd cup of olive oil and 1/3-1/2 cup tahini. Why not
> add more of the better ingredients and make it taste better?

To some of us, the chickpeas and lemon juice are some of the better
ingredients. To each her own.

Serene

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