What is Humous (sp?)

[elsmommy]

Don't even know how to spell it!!!!!
I ate it and didn't like it!! What is it?

It's chickpeas, olive oil, garlic and sesame seeds.

chick peas basically

Well personally I think its the deposit of ones child onto ones plate!

No wonder I didn't like it!!!
I'm not going to a french place again I'll stick to pubs

Thanks guys!!!

it is delicious we live on it!pureed chick peas garlic olive oil lemon and tahini kids really like it and its good for you

yummy yummy yummy that's what it is!
What did you eat it with?

I wouldn't worry about avoiding french restaurants as it's a greek/middle eastern dish!

And I have to agree with the yummy vote, especially with some nice hot toasted pitta

I LOVE humous. It is delicious. Don't forget the tahini in it as well...

It was on a baguette with some salad and stuff!!
I ate it though cos it cost 8 quid

I had it in a french place - cafe rouge

YUMMY humous! As a dip with toasted pittas. On a roll with green, leafy salad and onions. Delicious.

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it's a fave here too, ds loves it spread on bread or pitta then covered in grated cheese and popped under the grill...mmm now I'm feeling hungry

hmmmm you lot are making me hungry!
Ooh I fancy a fresh hot baguette and a BIG tub of the stuff to dip in

Yum! Had hot pitta with houmous for lunch today. Dd keeps trying it with her pitta but she's not very sure. All the more for me!
Is it particularly fattening? I like to think of it as healthy but am worried I may be misleading myself...

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are you mad?

hummous has SO much oil in it - its very good for you though

and very delicious - a firm favourite in the house of mud

it has quite a high fat content - lots of oil but who cares

The tahini in it is enormously fattening. But very good for you in other ways. It's delicious, and a firm favourite with everyone in the Inferiority Complex. DD1 likes it on toast for breakfast.

It does seem to be quite high in calories - I am hoping it has a certain amount of 'goodness' to outweigh it

ds calls it thomas...

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just to add that M&S have started doing some with sundried tomatoes in a little circle in the middle of the top. I got it the other day for dd and me(dh wondered what on earth I had put in it at first but then found it was really quite nice:-)
It yummy! There is another variety thats new there as well but I cannot think what it was.Myself and dd(19mths) love dipping falafel in it, yummmy yummy yummy....
I have also spread it on rice cakes for her since she was tiny, messy but great fun.

humous has a reasonable amount of protein in it, and is also a good source of iron, I think. It's not a low-fat food, but I'd only worry about it if you're polishing off a pot on your own.

Oh heaven.................Elsmommy try it again with hot pitta or tortilla chips.........