On 2016-01-09 7:00 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 6:06:19 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 10:35:53 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, I ate some of the hummus on a cracker to be polite. I am not a
>>> fan. Chickpeas yes, hummus, not really.
>>
>> I'm the opposite. Hummus is fine. Whole garbanzo beans, no way.
>
> I'm somewhere in the middle. Hummus is great, prefer whole garbanzo
> beans not overcooked.
>
> I saw Bobby Flay make chunky hummus on one of his shows. I was
> intrigued. Basically he made hummus, but reserved some of the
> cooked chickpeas and mashed them coarsely, then added them back
> to the smooth hummus.
>

Meanwhile, Jamie Oliver insides of processing it in a blender or FP
until it is creamy smooth. I had had several unpleasant experiences
with hummus until I had it in a local middle eastern restaurant where is
was smooth and almost runny, and it changed my mind about hummus.