The other day I was talking with a friend of mine, he was telling me how he never likes to see food thrown out. Not like a regular person mind you but to such an extreme he will eat expired dairy products as long as they don’t smell. I on the other understand that the expiration date on dairy products is unflinchingly rigid. After our conversation I was feeling a bit wasteful so this post is for you John!
Last week I attempted to make hummus. It’s really not that hard chick peas, tahini, garlic, olive oil, cumin and what ever else you want to put in. I took stock of my ingredients and realize I didn’t have any cumin, I know it’s critical but I decided to march on. In lieu of cumin I opted to double the garlic… yes, I know that is not a substitute but it was Saturday afternoon and I guess I had cracked open the beer a little early.
I went through al the steps and it looked really good, nice color, great texture. The only problem was after a few dips my mouth was on fire with garlic. This taught me two things 1.) there IS such thing as too much garlic and 2.) my wife laughing at me when I ask for a kiss is not fun.
I put what I’ve dubbed Xtreme Garlic Hummus in the fridge and didn’t think about it until the next night when I was making my lunch for work on Monday. Instead of mayo and mustard I used hummus. The overwhelming garlic flavor actually played very well on my sandwich. For the last two weeks hummus is the only thing I’ve used and I’m planning on mixing up another batch this weekend.
I had a huge garlic mess in my hands but I made it work!
