Comments on: Hummus nutritional value: dried vs. canned chickpeas

By: Aleatha

Aleatha — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:18:17 +0000

I was looking for information on the best canned garbanzo beans to buy to make hummus, and came across this. Now I’ll just use dried. Thank you so much!

By: ZD

ZD — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:03:22 +0000

So where is the recipe? My garbanzos are soaking…

By: Dimitri Cados

Dimitri Cados — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:05:53 +0000

I am also a hummus lover but i resist enjoying it as much as I would love to because of the high oil (fat) content. Is there a way to make low fat hummus without sacrificing the rich delicious taste?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:00:54 +0000

Did Lea ever offer to help? I provide English proofreading and correction services at a very reasonable price.

(This site is no worse than many sites written by folks whose native language is English, but I thought I’d offer…)

By: Charley

Charley — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:20:05 +0000

Lea you’re a douchebag!
Someone actually has the decency to share recipes from their culture and you comment on their spelling. Is your life really that sad you need to insult people doing you a favor?

On another note : Thanks so much for posting this blog!!!!! I’ve only made hummus once and the chickpeas were from a can, but I bought dried ones and am excited to try them out for a more authentic taste!!!
Thank you!!!!!!

By: Hummus it taking over the world at Cuak!Cuak!Cuak! | Cuak!

Hummus it taking over the world at Cuak!Cuak!Cuak! | Cuak! — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:01:35 +0000

[...] all, and it is devastating to both flavor and nutritional value. I devoted a special post for that canned chickpeas thing. Read [...]

By: Yaffa

Yaffa — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:34:44 +0000

LOVING your blog. I just found it. A blog devoted to one of the best, healthiest, most nutritious foods around… the chickpea. I always think back to when I lived in Israel and how much healthier I was then… must be that amazing middle eastern diet full of chickpeas, tehina, garlic, cilantro and all that GOOD stuff! keep up the good work!! B’Shalom- Yaffa

By: T McSee

T McSee — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:50:23 +0000

Greetings loser who commented on language and syntax up top. This is a blog. The internet is the only forum left for free speech (unless you’re in the land of the reds) and blogs are civilian platforms. I don’t plan to further qualify that statement.

This site is wicked. Great source for information – thank you for your work.

Toodles~

By: Trevor Graham

Trevor Graham — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:04:59 +0000

The Hummus War makes its way downunder.The following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald 6/12/10

WITH HUMUS WARS

NOT Hamas, but hummus is once again at the centre of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Students at Princeton and DePaul universities in the US tried to ban an Israeli company’s brand of the chickpea dip from campus cafeterias-or at least to provide “an alternative brand… to Sabra”, The New York Times reported. Palestinian students and their supporters say the hummus maker Strauss Group helps finance a branch of the Israeli military with a questionable human rights record. But chickpeas, oil, garlic and politics don’t mix at Princeton: its hummus referendum failed. DePaul, a Catholic university in Chicago, removed Sabra products, only to reinstate them pending a review. Those familiar with the geopolitics of hummus would know this to be only the latest time it has been caught between nations, rather than in a pide pocket. In what is becoming the “hummuswars”, Lebanon reclaimed the dish as its own while setting the Guinness world record for the largest batch-10,452 kilograms – in May. This came after Israel claimed the dish with 4090 kilograms in January. Attempts to register the dish’s nationality with the Euro -
pean Union have failed-making it a potential pavlovian trigger for disputes (in the trans-Tasman meringue dessert provenance sense) for years to come.

By: misia

misia — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 07:38:35 +0000

Hey,
This website is very interesting. I am looking forward to try Hummus for the first time. I wanted to make my own out of the canned peas, but you did change my mind. Keep up the good work!
hugs,
misia

By: Joanne Proctor

Joanne Proctor — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:39:49 +0000

Hey Shooky, I believe you are the author of this site. Nice job, the information was perfectly what I needed today. Don’t listen to those uptight bores telling you that your English and Grammar is unprofessional. I AM English and I had no trouble at all understanding your information. Thank you for taking the time to put it out there …. warm regards, jojo

By: jessica

jessica — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:28:35 +0000

Has anyone just ground the dried chickpeas and made hummus from the flour? Does that work? Are there any recommendations?

Thanks,
Jessica

By: James

James — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:16:20 +0000

Just needed to tell you that there are 20 amino acids that make up protein, 9 of which humans can not synthesize. Those 9 that we can not synthesize are the essential amino acids that we must consume in our diets. There are not, however, 18 essential amino acids as you say. You might want to check your sources to make sure that they are reliable.

By: Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:41:00 +0000

Shooky,

I just want to thank you so much for presenting this information, especially because I understand the additional time and effort that it must take to bring it to people like me in English (I do not speak Hebrew). The information here has been very helpful, and I can’t thank you enough.

Eric

By: Angelina

Angelina — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:23:34 +0000

I use dried chickpeas because cans are lined with plastic containing bisphenol A (BPA) which is VERY detrimental to one’s health.