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Janet

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> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 12:49:19 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Gosh, I was unaware that Jamie Oliver was The God Of Cooking.

Not a god; but his recipes taste great, are very easy to follow, and
they always work.

Janet UK