Soccer Dad reports on the latest chapter of the Hummus Wars. Good grief! This has gone beyond the pale.
Does the Arab world really think their battle for
global supremacy depends upon who gets credit for hummus? And even if it did ... that
the ability to produce it in record volume would in any way reflect upon the
bona fides of its origin?
Hey. I can, with relatively little effort, produce innumerable tons (or tonnes) of intellectual bullshit. But that hardly entitles me to claim authorship of the medium.
I am, as anyone who knows me can attest, a hummous afficianado. An addict. A massive consumer. Personally, I couldn't care less who invented it, who markets it or who manufactures it, as long as it tastes like the real thing (as opposed to the bland, nauseating "health food" version that spread across the US of A in the 70s and 80s). If it turns out that the Arab world has given Israel a tremendously popular snack that's healthy and delicious, well, it's the least they can do to repay their debt. Without Israel to distract their hapless populations' discontent, all of those obscenely wealthy sheikhs would have been beheaded and eviscerated decades ago.
And speaking of hummus, I really should add this link to my blogroll. It's a great website, full of interesting information. Yes, it's long overdue.
Hey. I can, with relatively little effort, produce innumerable tons (or tonnes) of intellectual bullshit. But that hardly entitles me to claim authorship of the medium.
I am, as anyone who knows me can attest, a hummous afficianado. An addict. A massive consumer. Personally, I couldn't care less who invented it, who markets it or who manufactures it, as long as it tastes like the real thing (as opposed to the bland, nauseating "health food" version that spread across the US of A in the 70s and 80s). If it turns out that the Arab world has given Israel a tremendously popular snack that's healthy and delicious, well, it's the least they can do to repay their debt. Without Israel to distract their hapless populations' discontent, all of those obscenely wealthy sheikhs would have been beheaded and eviscerated decades ago.
And speaking of hummus, I really should add this link to my blogroll. It's a great website, full of interesting information. Yes, it's long overdue.
