On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:17:27 -0400, George >
wrote:

> On 9/3/2011 6:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 03/09/2011 6:12 PM, sf wrote:
> >> On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:23:36 -0500, Janet Wilder
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> My Israeli cousin told me to rinse the canned chickpeas then bring them
> >>> to a boil in fresh water. Drain, cool and make hummas as usual. I gave
> >>> it a try and it really does give it a better flavor. Much more like I
> >>> had soaked and cooked the chickpeas myself.
> >>
> >> Good to know, thanks! I have a can of garbanzos in the cupboard and
> >> the intent of making hummus with them.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Go for it. Get up right now and make a batch. It shouldn't take much
> > more than a minute. It's like mayonnaise. It will take longer to clean
> > the food processor than it did to make it.
> >
>
> I have been using a good stick blender for a while. I put everything
> into the container that will be going into the fridge and process with
> the blender. It is a lot easier to clean.

I don't know what people do to take so long to clean a regular FP.
It's very easy for me to clean and not worth the time and bother of
getting out, cleaning a separate bowl plus stick blender and then
putting them away again.

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