{"id":24896,"date":"2016-04-06T03:58:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T03:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=24896"},"modified":"2016-04-06T13:41:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T13:41:27","slug":"putting-mmm-humus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/putting-mmm-humus\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the \u2018mmm\u2019 into Humus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you spell it hummus, houmous \u2013 or like we do, humus \u2013 it\u2019s still the world\u2019s dippiest dip. Made from cooked chickpeas and blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic, humus\u2019s origins are debatable.\u00a0Some claim it\u2019s from Israel, others say because the Arabian word \u201chummus\u201d translates as chickpeas, it\u2019s an Arab dish. It\u2019s been linked to 12th century Sultan Saladin, recorded in 13th century Egyptian cookbooks and mentioned in the Talmud and the Bible. Wherever it\u2019s from, humus is at the heart of a shared food culture transcending nationality and politics.\u00a0Today, it\u2019s an industry worth millions. In Britain, 12 000 tons of humus (or as the Brits call it, <em>houmous<\/em>) is sold annually. In South Africa, it is becoming as much a part of our cuisine as a braai.<\/p>\n<p>As for the missing \u2018m,\u2019 South Africans like to add original flavour. When we dropped the extra \u2018m\u2019 from the Arabic spelling, we gave you free reign to add your own lip-smacking \u2018mmm\u2019. Enjoy humus as a dip with bread, crackers and crudit\u00e9s, or to replace mayo in chicken salads and sandwiches. We have also now added 3 new delicious flavours -Peri Peri Humus, Smoked Humus, and Roasted Seed Humus. Give them a try the next time you&#8217;re in need a humus fix!<\/p>\n<p>Recognisably Mediterranean, yet proudly South African. 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Made from cooked chickpeas and blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic, humus\u2019s origins are debatable.\u00a0Some claim it\u2019s from Israel, others say because the Arabian word \u201chummus\u201d translates as chickpeas, it\u2019s an Arab dish. It\u2019s been linked to 12th century Sultan Saladin, recorded in 13th century Egyptian cookbooks and mentioned in the Talmud and the Bible. Wherever it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3717,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}