cshenk wrote:
>> cshenk wrote:
>> ...hummus...
>> > I don't use chickpeas for it, never have.
....
>> what do you normally use for making hummus?
>
> Sorry, I think I forgot to answer. Black beans or white beans tend to
> be used most often.

i don't normally eat plain navy beans or great northern beans
or cook them here as i grew up eating them almost exclusively
(they are grown in this region). i liked them ok, but since i've
found so many other beans, textures and flavors are different so
i've enjoyed growing and cooking them instead.

to me what you describe is what i would call a bean dip,
which i suppose hummus can be fitted into that but i use it
so many ways that i don't think of it as a dip as much as
i would a black bean dip or refried beans kinds of dishes.

i used to make a lot of various bean mashes and dips for
putting on pizza crusts. making a thick corn bread like
pizza crust and then putting a bean dip on it and covering
that with cheese was a good meal for me quite a few times
a year when i could eat that much at one time. now i can't.


songbird