Harlescott Orange

[caddyman]

All in all, if at this moment in time I was informed authoritatively that should I never encounter another carrot stick, or tub of houmous, I would take it with the greatest of equanimity.

Tomorrow I shall have myself a lard sandwich and hang the consequences.

That is all.

Comments

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that I am not a great fan of the bean family, unless they be of the baked variety, but then I haven't tried an Indian recipe, so I wouldn't mind having a go.

What have I got to lose? :-D

*looks at belly*

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

Well, after Googling around and doing various calculations, I’ve come to the conclusion that most* of my bean recipes are indeed somewhat fattier than most hummus recipes (around 25% more), but in some cases about equivalent if they also add olive oil to the hummus (many just have tahini). And it looks like all of my bean recipes call for at least 1 tablespoon of oil or ghee per ½ C dried beans, so maybe it’s a bad idea to go lower than that. BUT if you go down to maybe 1 ½ tablespoons per full cup, you’re about equivalent to the tahini in most hummus recipes there. Maybe worth a try? See comments to my entry about this if you’re concerned about your ticker as well as your waistline. (I’m hopelessly confused about the various kinds of fats myself.)

I feel ooky about posting recipes from books that are still in copyright online, but if you’d send me your email address (my email address is in my profile), I’ll send you a couple.

*My super-best bean recipe calls for about that much oil or ghee, but also 2 tablespoons of cream and 1 tablespoon of butter just dumped in (which is probably why it's super-best) so I think we’ll leave that one aside ... it’s more trouble to make than the others anyway.