"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 15:39:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 04:20:17 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>> > On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 04:02:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > > wrote:
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>>>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>> >> > On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 05:44:53 -0400, Nancy Young
>>>> >> > > wrote:
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>>>> >> >> On 6/3/2015 12:34 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> >> >> > On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:44:51 -0400, Nancy Young
>>>> >> >> > > wrote:
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >> Don't you know we got there and Ron announced he forgot
>>>> >> >> >> the oranges. Too bad, so sad. Guess my brother will live
>>>> >> >> >> another day without those darned killer navels.
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > HA!
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> The funny part is that I made him killer three bean salad.
>>>> >> >> He's one of those people with so many food issues I can't
>>>> >> >> keep up. Turns out garbanzo beans would send him to the
>>>> >> >> emergency room. Ooops.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> > My granddaughter can't eat garbanzo beans either. What is it with
>>>> >> > those things?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Me either. I can have all other beans. Bummer because at least in
>>>> >> this
>>>> >> area, many restaurants were putting hummus on the menu.
>>>> >
>>>> > I've seen recipes for hummus made with beans other than garbanzo.
>>>> > Maybe that's why.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. But the restaurants almost always have the garbanzo bean kind.
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>>> Fortunately for me, I can eat garbanzo beans - but of all the beans
>>> available, that one is my least favorite. I hate the texture of whole
>>> garbanzo beans and avoid them like the plague. I think they're fine
>>> ground up in hummus, but it's probably because I like the tahini.
>>> Can't say I've ever eaten hummus in a restaurant (haven't seen it on a
>>> menu either), but I always spice it up with a goodly amount of harissa
>>> at home. In any case, it's probably another one of those menu items
>>> (like nachos and guacamole) where they charge way too much for
>>> something that's so easy to make at home (or buy) for pennies and I
>>> wouldn't order it anyway.
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>>Agree. They are good in a hummus but otherwise too hard to eat because
>>they
>>roll around and you can't stab them with your fork. And they really
>>haven't
>>got a lot of flavor.
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> Hard to eat because they roll around? I beg to differ. I put chickpeas
> in salad all the time, and we have no trouble getting them in our
> mouths.
>
> You don't have to stab them. You just have to get them on the flat
> part of your fork.
>
> (And I like their flavor.)
>
> Doris

You probably eat salad dressing and perhaps that makes them stick to your
fork. I just know that any time I have gotten them from a salad bar, they
remained in the bottom of my container or on my plate because they wouldn't
go on or stay on the fork. And the few times I chose those as our dinner
vegetable when I was a kid, I had trouble eating them.