Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uflorida!mthvax!recipes
From: latornel@unixg.ubc.ca (Doug Latornell)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: REQUEST: Hummus
Summary: orig. subject: REQUEST: Homous (Humous?)
Keywords: recipe REQUEST
Message-ID: <1991May07.180841.16947@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 5 May 91 03:14:00 GMT
Followup-To: rec.food.recipes
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Lines: 16
Approved: aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu


I'm looking for a recipe for hummus, a spread that I've had in Greek
(and pseudo-Greek :-) restaurants.  It's normally served with pita
bread as an appetiser.  It definitely contains garlic and I've been
told that the main ingredient is mashed (or pureed) chick peas.

I tried mashing some cooked chick peas, adding a couple of cloves of
minced garlic and thinning the result with olive oil and water to the
right consistency but there is something missing.  Am I even on the
right track...?

Doug Latornell

[yes, you are. Hummus has appeared in rec.food.recipes digests 79, 94,
and 95 in several different recipes. Basically you're missing tahini
(sesame butter) and lemon juice. And forget the water.  -aem]