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  1. I made a chickpea dip yesterday, because I opened up a unlabeled can
    yesterday, thinking it might be black beans. Has this ever happened to
    anyone? ๐Ÿ™‚

    made the rice and beans tonight, with dried tomatoes and mushrooms and
    onions n' garlic. mmmmm! especially with a splash of vinegar.
    --

    saerah

    "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
    disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
    -Baruch Spinoza

    "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
    what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
    and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
    is another theory which states that this has already happened."
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  2. "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    I made a chickpea dip yesterday, because I opened up a unlabeled can
    yesterday, thinking it might be black beans. Has this ever happened to
    anyone? ๐Ÿ™‚

    made the rice and beans tonight, with dried tomatoes and mushrooms and
    onions n' garlic. mmmmm! especially with a splash of vinegar.
    --

    saerah


    i know of someone that thought he was so clever and bought a whole lot of
    wholesale stuff from a cannery. Prob was, no labels and he got it all mixed
    up. Each time he opened a can, could have been tinned fruit, or baked beans
    or anything!

    what else did you put in your chick pea dip? mine always turn out dry and
    bland. I guess EVOO is the answer, but i was tyring to keep the fat content
    down

    chris

  3. Mamma Mia said:

    "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I made a chickpea dip yesterday, because I opened up a unlabeled can
    yesterday, thinking it might be black beans. Has this ever happened to
    anyone? ๐Ÿ™‚

    made the rice and beans tonight, with dried tomatoes and mushrooms and
    onions n' garlic. mmmmm! especially with a splash of vinegar.
    --

    saerah

    i know of someone that thought he was so clever and bought a whole lot of
    wholesale stuff from a cannery. Prob was, no labels and he got it all mixed
    up. Each time he opened a can, could have been tinned fruit, or baked beans
    or anything!

    what else did you put in your chick pea dip? mine always turn out dry and
    bland. I guess EVOO is the answer, but i was tyring to keep the fat content
    down

    chris

    This can was from last year when I worked as a grocery stock clerk and
    we were allowed to take unsaleable merchandise home, if we went through
    the proper channels. Great arrangement for a foodie like me, especially
    since this was a place that has quality products. I mean, if you are the
    one who accidentally sliced open a package of pasta, you know how long
    it has sat opened ๐Ÿ™‚ I also used to take like, a gallon of dated-that
    day yogurt to make yogurt cheese and starter for pickled things every
    few weeks. Once, the freezer broke down in the seafood case, and
    everyone took home bags of stuff. ah, memories...but I digress.

    I'm out of olive oil. I rinsed the chickpeas, mashed them up with two
    big minced garlic cloves, a few splashes of (soybean, I think) oil,
    lemon juice, hot sauce and salt and pepper. I ran out of leftover
    hamburger buns to eat it with, so I sprinkled on some black sesame seeds
    and ate the rest out of the bowl ๐Ÿ™‚ I only used maybe a few tsp. of oil
    (if that. I wasn't really measuring though) for one 15 oz can of
    chickpeas. I let it mellow in the fridge for an hour so it would have
    extra garlicky goodness.
    (I am sure that at this point, I am permenantly safe from vampire
    attack. All hail allium sativum!)

    --

    saerah

    "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
    disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
    -Baruch Spinoza

    "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
    what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
    and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
    is another theory which states that this has already happened."
    -Douglas Adams

  4. Mamma Mia said:

    "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I made a chickpea dip yesterday, because I opened up a unlabeled can
    yesterday, thinking it might be black beans. Has this ever happened to
    anyone? ๐Ÿ™‚

    made the rice and beans tonight, with dried tomatoes and mushrooms and
    onions n' garlic. mmmmm! especially with a splash of vinegar.
    --

    saerah

    i know of someone that thought he was so clever and bought a whole lot of
    wholesale stuff from a cannery. Prob was, no labels and he got it all mixed
    up. Each time he opened a can, could have been tinned fruit, or baked beans
    or anything!

    what else did you put in your chick pea dip? mine always turn out dry and
    bland. I guess EVOO is the answer, but i was tyring to keep the fat content
    down

    chris

    Add tahini or peanut butter (or grind in some sunflower seeds or brazil
    nuts). They are high in fat, but a lot lower fat than olive oil. It
    doesn't take a lot.

    Bob

  5. "sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I made a chickpea dip yesterday, because I opened up a unlabeled can
    yesterday, thinking it might be black beans. Has this ever happened to
    anyone? ๐Ÿ™‚

    made the rice and beans tonight, with dried tomatoes and mushrooms and
    onions n' garlic. mmmmm! especially with a splash of vinegar.

    Heheheh, has it ever! When I was about 12 y/o we as a family were broke
    after the co. my father worked for went under. A friend of his worked for
    Campbell's - he used to send lots of dented tins of their products our way,
    a lot of them without labels. Often what we hoped was French onion soup, or
    mushroom and garlic, turned out to be their 'meat balls' (*disgusting*
    things). No good for a quick gravy or sauce base, but we did have a cat at
    the time... for a while...

    Shaun aRe

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    what else did you put in your chick pea dip? mine always turn out dry and
    bland. I guess EVOO is the answer, but i was tyring to keep the fat


    content

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    A little light cream perhaps?

    Shaun aRe

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    "Mamma Mia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    what else did you put in your chick pea dip? mine always turn out dry


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    bland. I guess EVOO is the answer, but i was tyring to keep the fat


    content

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    A little light cream perhaps?


    I use fat free plain yogurt.

    Anita

  8. Mamma Mia said:

    what else did you put in your chick pea dip? mine always turn out dry and
    bland. I guess EVOO is the answer, but i was tyring to keep the fat content
    down

    chris

    lemon juice, then more lemon juice. Then some more.

    NT

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