The Hummus Rap
Several times before I adressed the subject of how the Hummus Culture affect the west. On the one hand, there’s no collision of civilizations here – people from different regions fall in love with hummus just the same, regardless of their beliefs. On the other hand – we all know that hummus is far more than just “food”. I guess we are withnessing a Peaceful Rise, than.
“…Clap your hands really fast
If you think hummus is the best
Now shake sh-shake shake your pita
If you hit the hummus with paprika”
Falafel, from Washington to Shunyi
In a post called Competing Falafel Unbleached Brun, an American blogger, reviews two Middle Eastern restaurants. One is called Old City Cafe of Jerusalem. The other’s name is Amsterdamm Falafelshop. Both are places making falafel in the US capital, the guy’s hometown.
Judging from the pictures (you should certainly visit brun), both places make decent foods – and that’s includes the hummus, that looks like something I would try to eat. Brun was more detailed about their falafel offering, which sounds reasonable – pretty much what every falafel joint in Israel has to offer, more or less.
The man who named his son Hummus
Is it really possible that someone would call his son after a legume, and what does that have to do with ancient Roman Philosophers.
Found this amusing story in Bintel Blog, a part of Forward’s online version. The writer, took a cab to Ta’ami Hummus in the Jerusalem and was surprised to find out the name of the cab driver was “Abu Hummus”. You should check it out – there’s also a picture. Read more
New Guinness Recored: Largest Hummus Plate ever
Over a 1000 tones of hummus were eaten last week, during Israelis Independance Day (“Yom Haatzmaut”). 400kg (881 pounds) of which in a Jerusalem event, out of a single Guiness-Record size plate.
It was last year when the American Sabra hummus manufacturer set the first Guinness Record for eating hummus in a New-York event. They served their hummus in a plate with a diameter of 3.5 meter (3.8 yards).
Last week a new the record was set in Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem: Hummus Tzabar, an Israeli hummus manufacturer, served some 400kg (881 pounds) of hummus in a 4 meter (4.35 yard) plate. This incredible hummus feast was documented of course, to verify the Guinness Record commitee it really happened. Here’s one of the pictures:
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