On 1/15/2011 7:06 PM, Serene Vannoy wrote:
> 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
>
Amen, it is Sunday after all.