Israel Bests Lebanon In War Fought With Chickpeas
Israel has taken the upper hand in a new kind of Mideast conflict, one in which bullets are replaced by chickpeas.
Using a satellite dish [pictured above] on loan from a nearby broadcast station, cooks in an Arab town near Jerusalem whipped up more than four metric tons of hummus, the chickpea paste that is a staple - and a near-religious obsession - for many in the Middle East.
The cooks doubled the previous record for the world's biggest serving of hummus, set in October by cooks in Lebanon. That record broke an earlier Israeli record and briefly put Lebanon ahead.
Hundreds of jubilant Israelis, a mix of Arabs and Jews, gathered around the giant dish in the town of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem, many of them dancing.
[A] newscaster on Israel's Army Radio referred to the hummus clash as the "third Lebanon war."
[Associated Press]
[Hat Tip: DavidG]
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Israel has taken the upper hand in a new kind of Mideast conflict, one in which bullets are replaced by chickpeas.
Using a satellite dish [pictured above] on loan from a nearby broadcast station, cooks in an Arab town near Jerusalem whipped up more than four metric tons of hummus, the chickpea paste that is a staple - and a near-religious obsession - for many in the Middle East.
The cooks doubled the previous record for the world's biggest serving of hummus, set in October by cooks in Lebanon. That record broke an earlier Israeli record and briefly put Lebanon ahead.
Hundreds of jubilant Israelis, a mix of Arabs and Jews, gathered around the giant dish in the town of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem, many of them dancing.
[A] newscaster on Israel's Army Radio referred to the hummus clash as the "third Lebanon war."
[Associated Press]
[Hat Tip: DavidG]
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4 comments:
Abu Ghosh has the best Hummus in Israel. Glad to read that the event happened there! And in this moment, I'm really missing the taste of that Hummus!
I like Sabra brand, but it's made in the USA [though owned by Israelis].
I'd love to sample Abu Ghosh Hummus.
02-11
It's so wonderful to read some GOOD news from the mideast! Peace through peas!!!!!!!!!
Tina Q
Indeed, this is a charming [pea] story. If Hummus can make peace, perhaps babaganush can make nirvana!
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