A Friendly Introduction

  I am thrilled and pleased to write of another "first": the introduction of a new hummus by a friend. 

I call her Babs, and now she will be called Babsalicious because of her thoughtful foray into my world of garbanzo goodness (though the First Dunk picture will have to be excused since this was at her house). 

When she learned I was coming over last Friday she went out and bought this for me, for which I was ever so grateful:

Deep in the bush, down under, the little Publix elves were churning the chickpeas and testing the Tahini with this little number. 

While there's something to say about Sabra's technique in clustering their flavor in the center, this Publix Deli Roasted Red Pepper concoction was damn good. 

If you could peek through that plastic right up there, you can kind of see the little bits of chickpea ground up, which is fantastic when it's not perfectly smooth. 

I like a little texture, 

a little something something to break down in my mouth. 

It had the chunk and for that, I was pleased. 

The only sour note about the texture what that it was a little too fluffy, kind of a whipped substance-type of dip, and I like something more thick to scoop and swirl onto my dipper-of-choice (DOC). 

In this case, I brought a ziplock baggie of pretzels 

that were quickly replaced by some sweet-potato chips,

which were DE-LIC-IOUS. 

Thank. 

You. 

Babs!

The taste was up to par as far Roasted Red pepper goes, though the only thing about those already mixed hummus dips is that there's actually no pieces of pepper to be found, which is a bit of a disappointment, but at least you know what you're getting when you buy it. Overall, a successful Roasted Red Pepper mixture, but I'd sooner move on to try another one than rebuy or retry.

~ Nema the Nosher

NYH's 1st Tradition and Tuscan Herbness

I am declaring a new tradition on this blog: 

the First Dip. 

From hereon out every new tub of hummus' first dip will be memorialized in the pages of this blog.

This moment took place on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 12:05 am. Happy 4th of July by the way!!!

I've been wanting to try the garden hummus - there was Tuscan Herb and Southwest available, obviously you know which I picked.

This tastes somewhat herby and has a mild but pleasant and apparent vegetable taste, 

something like spinach, tomato, and 

a tinge of something herby that 

I can't quite put a finger on. 

That uniquely hummus taste however 

is not overpowered by it, 

which is what I like best about this one. 

I always want to know that I'm eating hummus. 

I'm assuming the Southwestern one 

will be kind of overpowering, 

I'm sort of not looking forward to trying it - but a gal's gotta do what gal;s gotta do!

In this case this gal's gotta take one for the team and try the dangum Southwest hummus next

...well, maybe soon instead of next, 

it depends how I feelwhen I'm standing there 

in front of them all.

I think I'll go through the Sabras Hummus choices first, since they are the easiest to get a hold of. 

I don't know if I can make it 

through the Athenos brand, 

I wasn't too thrilled with the one I tried.

But I am thrilled with this new find 

which has found it's way into my top 5.

 

And here is a funkilicious way to eat it:

 Candlelight is not necessary ;) But it always adds a little flava'...

Peace out and enjoy, 

~ Nema the Nosher