#hummuschat recap

So last night Ashley and I hosted our official #hummuschat on Twitter, and it was such a blast!

Follow our #hummuschat hashtag and both of us (@KitchenOperas & @ashleydtl ). We’ll be tweeting questions for the next 30-45 mins

— Ashley Gibson (@ashleydtl) September 20, 2013

Neither of us really knew what to expect, so we were REALLY pleasantly surprised by the turnout and the frenzied fun that ensued.

Thanks to everyone who joined us — we loved discovering that there were people out there who love hummus as much as we do, and who even love to talk about hummus as much as we do.

We asked a bunch of hummus-related questions, and everyone shared their hummus experiences with us!

We learned how frequently people tend to make hummus:

Seems like many people make it a couple times a month, others have it as a staple in their fridges #hummuschat

— Ashley Gibson (@ashleydtl) September 20, 2013

We learned what stands in the way of making hummus at home:

Convenience, time, cleaning that gosh darn food processor and all the flavor choices stand in the way of making hummus #hummuschat

— Ashley Gibson (@ashleydtl) September 20, 2013

We learned about Lisa‘s prize-winning hummus:

We learned about spicy hummus from Jason:

We learned that everyone has hummus rules, like “don’t add avocado to hummus” (we totally broke that rule with our Huacamole):

You guys I’ve heard some people add avo to their hummus. NO. STOP. not for hummus. #hummuschat

— KristinEff (@KristinEff) September 20, 2013

And I shared my favourite restaurant hummus (from Tabülè Middle Eastern Cuisine), lots of Toronto folks agreed:

Ohhh my favourite restaurant hummus in town is @TabuleToronto — AND they make divine #glutenfree pita to go with it!!!! #hummuschat

— Lindsay Isaac (@KitchenOperas) September 20, 2013

And by the end of the night we even got #hummuschat trending on Twitter!!

I think we have run into a hummus problem, where we have only so many more days left in hummus month and sooooooo many more dream hümmi that we’d love to make… we are keeping track of all our hummus wishes on our “all the hummus” board on Pinterest.  The main lesson we learned last night?  There are more hümmi than we can ever create, but we will keep making (and eating!) hummus in our quest for veg-friendly deliciousness.

As Lisa says, “hummus is a food group”. We totally agree.

A7 I love the fun flavour combinations…lots book marked to try. I’m vegan so…hummus is already a food group for me #hummuschat

— Lisa P (@theveganlisa) September 20, 2013