On Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:02:31 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>songbird wrote:
>
>> 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
>
>Thats ok, to me the Tahini, fresh garlic and olive oil make it Hummus.
>I guess that is because they sell versions of it here that use other
>than chickpeas.

Without chickpeas it's not hummus. Hummus actually means... drum
roll... wait for it... chickpeas!