Brits have an unhealthy obsession with hummus

[insoectorgina]

It seems to be the only chilled product where a third of an aisle is taken up with a mind boggeling array of versions. Most people think its some king of health food, when actually its filled with generic vegetable oil and has far far more than a packet of crisps.

Its also uber easy to make your own in less than one minute that is vastly superior.

I just dont get it.

I don't like it. Gag.

Most people I know just like the taste! I don't know a single person who thinks it's the King of health food!

My office is full of people on a diet eating carrot sticks and it....

No other country goes so mad on the stuff

I prefer sainbury's or even better tescos than my home made hummus

its not that hard to understand that some people cba to make it or prefer shop bought

Are you familiar with this treatise on hummus? m.youtube.com/watch?v=cLGUFaizAHs

The anti hummus threads seem to be a thing at the moment.
Well done on your cooking skills?

Horrible stuff. But then so is tzatiki and taramarsolata. It's a texture thing for me.

who said its the king of health food. I just thought it was delicious, especially the sweet chilli one, with falafels and pitta

I don't like my home made hummus much. Must be the lack of oil and salt!

The few times I've tried to make it it's gone horribly horribly wrong.

So are Americans. Hummus, pita bread, quinoa, and kale are all the rage here.

OP his many countries have you actually lived in and which ones weren't feeling the hummus love?

I love hummus with caramelised red onion and a banana.

It is delicious.

Sorry, how many countries!

Don't be silly. Avacado is the health food - extraordinarily calorific fatty demon- of the linnet. Hummous went out a year ago.

Yet I still eat both in quantity as they're f- ing delicious

Beige food is top in the UK.

Chicken, chips, hummus, pitta and tea for that beige feeling.

I luffs hummus myself but yes lol at the idea it's a health food.

Linnet? LINNET?!? Moment! Autocorrect crap

Hummus is delicious, but I had no idea it's thought of as particularly healthy. Tbh the fact that I love it is fairly good indicator that it's not

I have a real problem with hummus. Seriously, I do. I HAVE to have it daily with Pommbears and Kettle Chips dipped in and (preferably) a glass of wine. It's probably me that's keeping the UK hummus market in business......

I don't think I know anyone who eats hummus...

But Miss do you mistakenly believe it's the fucking King of health food?

What is so unhealthy about it? Isn't it just chickpeas and garlic which are pretty good for you.

I'm not keen on regular hummus but I tried peanut butter hummus once which I quite liked.

I love hummus. And yes, it's dead easy to make but then you have to wash up the blender which I hate doing.

Toads- it's chi kpeas garlic, lemon juice, tahini (sesame seed paste) and a ton of oil, olive oil in the quality stuff, generic vegetable oil in the supermarket stuff.