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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 59 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Hummus is made from chickpeas which are, like beans, a legume. Therefore, Hummus with Pita falls under the "Beans on Toast" family of foods. (So do PBJs by the way)

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Whatever the case here, we can safely conclude that all of the aforementioned are, in fact, salads

[–] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I... I read it all. It's beautiful.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have, actually, read it 2 or 3 times by now. It has truly changed my life. For example, my GP now does not lecture me on my diet choices, because I can, honestly, tell them that I, mostly, eat different salads. I can feel my cholesterol dropping.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

You put six commas in a single sentence. That's a lot of commas.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Peanut is a legume but it's most certainly not a kind of bean...

[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Beans are legumes.

It just depends on if all legumes are beans. I'd say no.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 20 points 10 months ago

Who knew that the only possible way to get more mileage out of pita bread was to add the onion? :-P

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

i think my lab will need to replicate this.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

Can the data generated be applied to making nachos with the perfect ratio of toppings to chips?

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There can never be enough pita bread. It’s scientifically impossible.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I'm skeptical until the results are independently replicated.

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think the idea might be that you’re spose to use the pita as a vehicle for the hummus, not use the hummus as an excuse for the pita.

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think the idea is that you need to mind your business

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

lol, I’m not judging. It’s just a thought I had when I kept running out of pita and simultaneously gaining weight.

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

It's blended beans, people treat it like caviar even though the bread is the expensive part. You should be loading your bread up to capacity

[–] hobbicus@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s not just beans. Good hummus should also have a solid amount of good olive oil, tahini, and fresh garlic and lemon. Pita is flour, yeast, and water which are like the cheapest ingredients.

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca -2 points 10 months ago

I'm aware, I'm just saying that if you make $5 worth of hummus you are going to be spending about the same amount (if not more) on pita. Compared to, e.g. a baked brie, where you need $3 worth of dipping instruments to consume $10-15 worth of dip

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

As a former broke person, I have a habit of doing this with all dips. Dips, fancy cheese, creams, etc often felt like caviar

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am interested in this Burrito Accelerator experiment they speak of.

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have begun preliminary work on my own burrito acceleration, starting with a traditional low-speed methodology, utilising my body's internal food-moving mechanisms.

The contents of burrito, when multiple units collide in the gut, appears to be well-distributed at the body's egress, which is a promising result.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hope you're sealing your tortilla closed with cheese for these experiments.

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

if by "tortilla" you mean "colon", then yes, I am sealing it with cheese

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I am skeptical. If there is more pita, you know you can take more hummus with each dip, so you will still run out of hummus first. I seems scientifically impossible. At least until we find the actual hummus to pita capacity, and I doubt they could have.

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Haha! My favorite (the only) middle eastern food place near where I live used to give too much pita with everything. It was glorious.

Like just about everywhere, COVID hit them and now you get barely enough. Sigh.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Cue pasty white guy with labcoat and clipboard mumbling something about "uncanny" and "eerie" while attempting to describe the results.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I didn't see anywhere in the article how much is the right amount of pita bread. It's a metric fuckton, right?