• @[email protected]
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    5911 months ago

    Hummus is made from chickpeas which are, like beans, a legume. Therefore, Hummus with Pita falls under the “Beans on Toast” family of foods. (So do PBJs by the way)

      • Cadenza
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        411 months ago

        I… I read it all. It’s beautiful.

        • @[email protected]
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          411 months ago

          I have, actually, read it 2 or 3 times by now. It has truly changed my life. For example, my GP now does not lecture me on my diet choices, because I can, honestly, tell them that I, mostly, eat different salads. I can feel my cholesterol dropping.

      • @ashok36
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        611 months ago

        Beans are legumes.

        It just depends on if all legumes are beans. I’d say no.

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  • @[email protected]
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    1911 months ago

    Who knew that the only possible way to get more mileage out of pita bread was to add the onion? :-P

  • DessertStorms
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    1611 months ago

    The supermarket I shop at has shit pitta, but pretty decent hummus, so I’ve started buying garlic-coriander naans to have with it instead - I highly recommend it! They’re also usually much bigger, so problem solved lol

  • JoYo
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    1211 months ago

    i think my lab will need to replicate this.

    • chaogomu
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      1711 months ago

      I once sponsored a similar study, but my results were that when you finally added enough pita, you suddenly had a lack of hummus. I’ve attempted to offset the surfeit of pita with additional accoutrements, but testing is still ongoing.

      Additional funding may be needed, especially when attempting to factor in the effect of additional diners participating in the appetizer event.

  • @[email protected]
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    711 months ago

    Can the data generated be applied to making nachos with the perfect ratio of toppings to chips?

  • @RampantParanoia2365
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    611 months ago

    I am interested in this Burrito Accelerator experiment they speak of.

    • kreekybonez
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      411 months ago

      I have begun preliminary work on my own burrito acceleration, starting with a traditional low-speed methodology, utilising my body’s internal food-moving mechanisms.

      The contents of burrito, when multiple units collide in the gut, appears to be well-distributed at the body’s egress, which is a promising result.

      • @RampantParanoia2365
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        211 months ago

        I hope you’re sealing your tortilla closed with cheese for these experiments.

        • kreekybonez
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          211 months ago

          if by “tortilla” you mean “colon”, then yes, I am sealing it with cheese

  • @NightAuthor
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    511 months ago

    I think the idea might be that you’re spose to use the pita as a vehicle for the hummus, not use the hummus as an excuse for the pita.

    • @MsPenguinette
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      2411 months ago

      I think the idea is that you need to mind your business

      • @NightAuthor
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        511 months ago

        lol, I’m not judging. It’s just a thought I had when I kept running out of pita and simultaneously gaining weight.

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      It’s blended beans, people treat it like caviar even though the bread is the expensive part. You should be loading your bread up to capacity

      • hobbicus
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        811 months ago

        It’s not just beans. Good hummus should also have a solid amount of good olive oil, tahini, and fresh garlic and lemon. Pita is flour, yeast, and water which are like the cheapest ingredients.

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          I’m aware, I’m just saying that if you make $5 worth of hummus you are going to be spending about the same amount (if not more) on pita. Compared to, e.g. a baked brie, where you need $3 worth of dipping instruments to consume $10-15 worth of dip

      • @NightAuthor
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        611 months ago

        As a former broke person, I have a habit of doing this with all dips. Dips, fancy cheese, creams, etc often felt like caviar

  • @[email protected]
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    411 months ago

    Haha! My favorite (the only) middle eastern food place near where I live used to give too much pita with everything. It was glorious.

    Like just about everywhere, COVID hit them and now you get barely enough. Sigh.

  • @[email protected]
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    411 months ago

    I am skeptical. If there is more pita, you know you can take more hummus with each dip, so you will still run out of hummus first. I seems scientifically impossible. At least until we find the actual hummus to pita capacity, and I doubt they could have.

  • @niktemadur
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    311 months ago

    Cue pasty white guy with labcoat and clipboard mumbling something about “uncanny” and “eerie” while attempting to describe the results.

  • _NoName_
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    111 months ago

    I didn’t see anywhere in the article how much is the right amount of pita bread. It’s a metric fuckton, right?