Maybe y’all got some magical equipment, or the stuff I had was shit. Aside from the fact I cooked my chickpeas myself, which ofc took 20 minutes cooking (and whole night of soaking), it took me so much time and effort to blend it properly, I swear. It was worth it, but that’s one of the reasons I did it only once
Unless you’re using canned or pre-prepared chickpeas, you’re spending between 1 and 5 hours waiting for them to cook through. Otherwise, like 20 minutes from start to finish.
Canned chickpeas, and some additives: a few minutes.
Soak chickpeas overnight: 2 minutes (labour). Cook in pressure cooker for about an hour: 10 minutes. Cool and blend: 3 minutes over about half an hour.
Terrible analogy. Preparing chickpeas is simple but time consuming, butchering a chicken by hand is both time consuming and difficult (and disgusting - Ive seen it, by pure luck am the only one in my household to never do it).
If you cook them yourself, you can ensure it bit more bite in the texture, if that is your thing. But for a quick hummus there is absolutely nothing wrong with using canned chickpeas.
in theory, but it’s cheaper for me to get canned chickpeas from Costco than dried chickpeas. I couldn’t find dry ones anywhere that are cheaper than canned Costco.
i make a few kg per week and I’m really trying to find the cheapest way to make it
I’m just highlighting the differences in perception and time. Boxed cake vs mixing the ingredients yourself. Freezing brownie mix for later vs baking immediately. Though you do get much smoother, less metallic hummus from cooking the beans yourself. You’ve mistaken information for an argument
My remark was at the original commenter about it not being quick. Complaining it’s slow because you need to boil and cook beans is like saying it takes a long time to prep chicken breast, because you have a whole chicken instead of the assumed breasts.
And I finished my comment by pointing out that it could take as little as 20 minutes, including cleanup, affirming your comment.
If I cared to write a novel detailing every nuance of the human experience in regards to food, writing recipes, and clarifying myself indefinitely, I’d be a food blogger. I can see how you’d interpret what I’d written as something else, but in the end, you can just pull the relevant information from an internet person and move on.
There’s no social hierarchy here that you’d need to care about. Except food bloggers. They’re at the bottom.
Okay…? Why are you bloviating and thinking I’m arguing with you because I asked a couple questions? Nothing I said was aggressive or was even directed at you, do you think every comment is a slight against you? You started commenting to me, not the other way around for the record.
I know hummus takes a few minutes or couple hours, but it’s weird for someone to complain it’s not quick. Because they’re choosing a harder way for no reason. So maybe there was some valid reason that makes it better, but as you said there isn’t. Maybe there was a secret that wasn’t readily available online. But no… just snarky commentators.
As you said a premixed cake is quick. So if someone were to complain that no it isn’t, because you need to weigh stuff or some other secret…. That’s friggen strange dude, so maybe there’s a secret, so that’s why people ask and have a conversation. And then someone like you thinks they’re arguing? Give your head a shake dude.
? Blending chickpeas and a few other things doesn’t take long at all. Is there something I’m missing?
First you have to grow the chickpeas, of course.
Maybe y’all got some magical equipment, or the stuff I had was shit. Aside from the fact I cooked my chickpeas myself, which ofc took 20 minutes cooking (and whole night of soaking), it took me so much time and effort to blend it properly, I swear. It was worth it, but that’s one of the reasons I did it only once
Electric pressure cooker (like an Instant Pot) cooks dried legumes in 30-40 minutes without soaking.
I am not a restaurant, buying that kind of equipment to use it twice a year is a complete waste
Unless you’re using canned or pre-prepared chickpeas, you’re spending between 1 and 5 hours waiting for them to cook through. Otherwise, like 20 minutes from start to finish.
Canned chickpeas, and some additives: a few minutes.
Soak chickpeas overnight: 2 minutes (labour). Cook in pressure cooker for about an hour: 10 minutes. Cool and blend: 3 minutes over about half an hour.
Cleanup: more than you think.
It’s always the clean up that gets you. I’d be making hummus a lot more often otherwise.
Is there a benefit? That feels like complaining you need to butcher a chicken for the breasts, instead of just buying the breasts.
Terrible analogy. Preparing chickpeas is simple but time consuming, butchering a chicken by hand is both time consuming and difficult (and disgusting - Ive seen it, by pure luck am the only one in my household to never do it).
If you cook them yourself, you can ensure it bit more bite in the texture, if that is your thing. But for a quick hummus there is absolutely nothing wrong with using canned chickpeas.
But for hummus you want to overcook the chickpeas
Yeah that’s what I figured. Weird someone would say it’s not quick. But here we are.
Way cheaper to buy bulk chickpeas though
in theory, but it’s cheaper for me to get canned chickpeas from Costco than dried chickpeas. I couldn’t find dry ones anywhere that are cheaper than canned Costco.
i make a few kg per week and I’m really trying to find the cheapest way to make it
Yep, glad my local Aldi started stocking them now
I’m just highlighting the differences in perception and time. Boxed cake vs mixing the ingredients yourself. Freezing brownie mix for later vs baking immediately. Though you do get much smoother, less metallic hummus from cooking the beans yourself. You’ve mistaken information for an argument
My remark was at the original commenter about it not being quick. Complaining it’s slow because you need to boil and cook beans is like saying it takes a long time to prep chicken breast, because you have a whole chicken instead of the assumed breasts.
And I finished my comment by pointing out that it could take as little as 20 minutes, including cleanup, affirming your comment.
If I cared to write a novel detailing every nuance of the human experience in regards to food, writing recipes, and clarifying myself indefinitely, I’d be a food blogger. I can see how you’d interpret what I’d written as something else, but in the end, you can just pull the relevant information from an internet person and move on.
There’s no social hierarchy here that you’d need to care about. Except food bloggers. They’re at the bottom.
Okay…? Why are you bloviating and thinking I’m arguing with you because I asked a couple questions? Nothing I said was aggressive or was even directed at you, do you think every comment is a slight against you? You started commenting to me, not the other way around for the record.
I know hummus takes a few minutes or couple hours, but it’s weird for someone to complain it’s not quick. Because they’re choosing a harder way for no reason. So maybe there was some valid reason that makes it better, but as you said there isn’t. Maybe there was a secret that wasn’t readily available online. But no… just snarky commentators.
As you said a premixed cake is quick. So if someone were to complain that no it isn’t, because you need to weigh stuff or some other secret…. That’s friggen strange dude, so maybe there’s a secret, so that’s why people ask and have a conversation. And then someone like you thinks they’re arguing? Give your head a shake dude.
Ah, I misinterpreted the direction of your frustration there. I didn’t get much sleep, pay me no mind
Respect, reap what you sow. Cheers.
REAL americans use REAL chickpeas for hummus, not canned chickpeas like communist.