Twenty 49

I wonder how many plants humans dried and smoked before they decided tobacco was the one to go with.

A local pharmacist is always wearing one when I see her at work. I might too if I was interacting with sick people all day.

Young white woman who has been an usher at Municipal Auditorium for several years always wears one at work, and she wears it correctly. Never seen her take it off.

Milk Street went to Tel Aviv years ago and visited several restaurants and home cooks in search of great hummus. The locals ate it warm, for breakfast, maybe scooped with a piece of pita or raw onion, or maybe just a spoon.

Keys to texture was processing the hell out of warm chickpeas, like 3 minutes in the food processor (did better than a blender). People who say theirs isn't creamy can often solve it by letting the processor run (much) longer on warm chickpeas.

They specified Whole Foods 365 chickpeas, which are smaller than some. "Larger chickpeas make grainy hummus. We agreed. We tested conventional chickpeas against smaller varieties, such as the Whole Foods Market 365 Everyday Value brand, and overwhelmingly preferred the latter."

Tahini: "A toasted, thin (i.e., pours easily) tahini is needed to get the creamy consistency and rich, savory flavor we wanted. It was also essential to stir the tahini very well; some brands separate and clump. We liked the Kevala brand, but Soom and Aleppo brands also worked. We did not like Joyva, which was dark, thick and tasted bitter, almost burned."

Here is their recipe, with some of my notes and mods thrown in after making it for several years. It's a very good recipe.

Hummus
Milk Street
Ingredients

Whole Foods 365 brand chickpeas
Tahini (Soom or other premium brand)
3 ½ tablespoons of fresh-squeezed lemon juice
½ teaspoon of baking soda
salt

Soak and Cook Chickpeas

Soak 8 oz. (half a bag) of Whole Foods 365 brand chickpeas in 8 cups cold water with 2 Tbsp of salt, room temperature for at least 12 hours.

Bring 10 cups water and ½ teaspoon of baking soda (which helps soften the chickpeas) to boil.

Drain the soaking chickpeas and add to pot. Return to simmer, then reduce heat to medium and cook 45 to 50 minutes, until skins are falling off and peas are very tender.

Reserve 3/4 cup of the chickpea cooking water.

Drain the chickpeas in colander and let sit a minute to drain well.

Processing

Add warm chickpeas and 1 tsp salt to food processor. Run 3 minutes, scraping sides as needed.

Add 3/4 cup tahini (Soom or other premium brand). Process 1 minute, scraping if needed.

Add 3 ½ tablespoons lemon juice to the 3/4 cup of the chickpea cooking water

With machine running, add water/juice mix and process until combined.

Taste and season with salt. Spread hummus in pie plate for serving.

Optional: Top with drizzle of olive oil and sprinkles of cumin, paprika, and parsley.

I was excited to see it and went to the theater with high expectations.

Left very disappointed and have never watched it again. I guess I was naive enough to not expect Hollywood to try to turn it into a chick/romance thing.

Same was true of The Perfect Storm. Loved the book, couldn’t wait to see the movie, hated it, mainly due to too much BS about the wives and girlfriends, and never watched it again. Maybe one day I’ll rewatch but skip the first 30 minutes or so.

Need to include York, Clark’s slave.

He was the first African American to cross the continent to the Pacific Ocean.

Suarez may get a trophy if he does the right rain dance.

I have a Roku stick plugged in my AV receiver.

I’ve thought the pic on Amazon tonight looks better than the races I watch on YouTubeTV.

I like their graphic for running order. That font for driver names is clear and pops.

Skipped F1. Have never been into it.

Started as a NASCAR fan and got into IndyCar after going to a race at Texas in 2005. It’s now my favorite series.

Slowly stopped watching NASCAR for a time, but I still watch the big races or catch the highlight package on YouTube.

Trevor Bayne is doing a good job as pit reporter. I’d never have predicted that.

When Rosenqvist got side by side with the other car, I thought Malukas was home free. Pretty amazing that Ro pulled that off.

What a lap!

All that Eagle Rare on display in a Walmart is impressive. I just stumbled on a few bottles at a Thrifty in Shreveport and was excited to add one to my stash of two other bottles.

I also grabbed the last Old Fitzgerald bottled in bond 7 year old. Look forward to trying it for the first time.