On 7/13/2015 2:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:41:40 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-07-13 12:47 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>>> I will say I hate chickpeas/garbanzos/cici beans
>>>> unconditionally when they are whole and I can say that because I've
>>>> eaten them both canned and reconstituted dry.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> They were a foreign food to me for a long time, but then I discovered
>> then at salad bars. A salad light on lettuce with some tomato,
>> cucumber, onion, chick peas and croutons with bacon bits and blue cheese
>> dressing is really good.... IMO.
>>
>>
>>> That was my feeling too. Until yesterday. I ate some drained and
>>> rinsed, right out of the can. They are really very decent. I don't
>>> get hummus. I think it would be really good without the tahini. The
>>> tahini tastes metallic to me and ruins the humus.
>>
>> I tried hummus a number of times and never saw the attraction. I once
>> had a sample in the grocery store and thought they would be wise not to
>> let people sample it because they would be better off if people just
>> bought it once and never got it again rather than trying it and not
>> buying it at all. Then I had hummus as a middle eastern restaurant and
>> I was wowed by the hummus. I started making my own. It is really easy
>> to make and you can adjust it to your taste. FWIW... the tahini is an
>> important component.
>>
> Yeah, I get the importance of tahini. What is it that you liked about
> the restaurant hummus and your hummus? What do you do to make it
> special?
> Janet US
>


I send my tahini gift boxes from Dan's Chocolates.

It doesn't make it special, it just makes it FEEL special.

;-)