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[Orang Utan]

You're easily bored.

By food, yes

 

[Blagsta]

By food, yes

How's your sense of smell?

 

[Orang Utan]

How's your sense of smell?

Not great

 

[Citizen66]

Just a very dreary, bland flavour. Hard to get excited about.

Horses for courses and all that but I don't see it as bland at all. Chips are bland. Hummus isn't.

 

[Blagsta]

Not great

That might explain why you're easily bored by food.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's the chickpeas innit

 

[Orang Utan]

That might explain why you're easily bored by food.

How? I'm easily bored by bland food, that's all

 

[Citizen66]

I actually think it's quite the opposite of bland.

especially as you can get it with avocado/peppers mixed in to give it even more flavour. But normal hummus is nice too.

 

[Orang Utan]

It doesn't really taste of much

 

[Citizen66]

It does to me and most people I know.

 

[Blagsta]

How? I'm easily bored by bland food, that's all

Most of our enjoyment from food is via our sense of smell. Houmous is anything but bland, unless you can't smell it.

 

[Blagsta]

It doesn't really taste of much

It tastes of garlic, chick peas and tahini.

 

[Citizen66]

It's delicious. Nice as a dip too.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's delicious. Nice as a dip too.

What else do people do with it? I have only ever eaten it at parties with pitta bread

 

[Citizen66]

What else do people do with it? I have only ever eaten it at parties with pitta bread

Have it as a dip or in a pitta bread on its own or with other stuff in it as well. I haven't used it for anything else.

 

[equationgirl]

They're not cheap, they use quality ingredients. You can get em in some supermarkets now. IMMENSE pies.

Yes immense pies usually with some sort of booze in, which means they're off the menu for me, sadly.

 

[IC3D]

hummus is bland, it needs lemon juice and cayennne pepper, and ideally more garlic than the supermarket puts in it.

 

[Citizen66]

hummus is bland, it needs lemon juice and cayennne pepper, and ideally more garlic than the supermarket puts in it.

Maybe the problem is where you buy it from then?

Most of the local convenience shops around here are Turkish owned and their hummus is delicious.

 

[IC3D]

What else do people do with it? I have only ever eaten it at parties with pitta bread

you never had falafel, your loss mate.

 

[IC3D]

Maybe the problem is where you buy it from then?

Most of the local convenience shops around here are Turkish owned and their hummus is delicious.

I need heat in my food its entirely relative

Maybe the problem is where you buy it from then?

Most of the local convenience shops around here are Turkish owned and their hummus is delicious.

you've been to Turkish restaurants then and seen how they serve it, eating out of the tub is pretty gauche mr.

 

[Citizen66]

you've been to Turkish restaurants then and seen how they serve it, eating out of the tub is pretty gauche mr.

It changes the flavour how?

 

[fogbat]

What else do people do with it? I have only ever eaten it at parties with pitta bread

It's good with cheese in a toasted sandwich.

 

[IC3D]

It changes the flavour how?

cos they serve it with lemon juice, pepper and olive oil with fresh bread

 

[killer b]

pretty much any food is better in a sandwich.

this has probably already been said, but i got bored after the first page.

 

[Citizen66]

cos they serve it with lemon juice, pepper and olive oil with fresh bread

The hummus they sell around here contains all those ingredients (minus the black pepper and fresh bread). Serve it how you like at home and add what you want. What's the issue?

 

[IC3D]

any rice, pasta, bread and hummus recipe suggestions?

 

[IC3D]

The hummus they sell around here contains all those ingredients (minus the black pepper and fresh bread). Serve it how you like at home and add what you want. What's the issue?

Its a bit bland

 

[Citizen66]

Its a bit bland

Horses for courses. Chips are bland. As is dry bread.

 

[Orang Utan]

you never had falafel, your loss mate.

I never said that!
I love falafel, but have to say I like the taste of the trimmings more, esp pickled turnips. Falafel is more of a texture/ballast thing.

 

[Part 2]

My mate was once doing some cooking with a bunch of youths. One who was living in a hostel went shopping with him to buy stuff. So they're walking round Kwik Save and my mate picks up a big bag of pasta and says "Howabout we cook some pasta, that's easy". "Okay" says the kid, and they carry on looking round the shop. "What shall we have with it?" says my mate, thinking the kid will opt for the easy bolgnese or a jar of Ragu. "Mash" says the kid. "You don't have mash with pasta" says my mate.

Kid says, "We do at the hostel".