Talk:Hummus

Spelling and Pronunciation
Why is the Hebrew spelling not included with the Arabic spelling? It is an Israeli food as well.

"חומוס" Mikhaelnachman (talk) 02:26, 26 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I am not against this proposal, but maybe it is not included because it's etymologically an Arabic word...? --Vanlister (talk) 11:13, 19 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I would support adding the Hebrew in addition to the Arabic, because the dish is a staple in Israel (even outside the Arab Palestinian community) and the Modern Hebrew word for chickpea is חומוס (ḥumus).newmila (talk) 23:52, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's eaten across the entire world, that isnt a reason to include an unrelated language.  nableezy  - 00:07, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Its an arabic word, the name has no connection to hebrew. Doesn't belong in the article. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 10:43, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Hummus is not served warm.
It is served room temp or cold. Check the sources. M hesham7 (talk) 20:26, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Apparently it's a thing. Arp242 (talk) 16:25, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Im sure mustard ice cream is a thing but its not the primary way to do it. M hesham7 (talk) 12:49, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It being a thing doesn't warrant it being referred to as "often served as a warm dish", since it's an edge case. I agree with modifying this part. Laslas19 (talk) 10:51, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @M hesham7 hummus is definitely served warm in the Middle East. It's quite common at lunch restaurants in isreal where it will be freshly made hence warm. Miszt (talk) 08:08, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * In arab restaurants, it is served cold or room temperature, similar to how tahini or baba ganoush is served. I believe arab restaurants should hold more weight to this classification than israeli restaurants as there are obviously way more arab restaurants that serve hummus than israeli. It does not seem just to list the israeli version as the default. M hesham7 (talk) 10:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

The oldest evidence of Hummus
A new study found that Syria is the most likely place for the origin of humus

“the earliest mention in the fascinating world of medieval Middle Eastern cookbooks of hummus is a 13th-century work attributed to the Aleppo historian Ibn al-Adeem (but that may alternatively have been written by an Ayyubid prince).

The strongest evidence now points to Syria as the origin of hummus.

This discovery was part of a fascinating essaywritten by Mahmoud Habboush, a Palestinian author and journalist (and food aficionado) based in the U.K. The essay was published in the first print edition of New Lines earlier this year — its imagery is just as succulent as the text and the recipes that came with it. “

https://newlinesmag.com/newsletter/the-true-origins-of-hummus/

we should update the history section

Whatsupkarren (talk) 16:36, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2024
Hummas is not an isreali dish. Hummas was invented in Syria — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.26.215.195 (talk) 00:44, 18 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @108.26.215.195 doesn't neglect that it's a Israeli dish. The origin of a dish doesn't limits it's significance to other cultures or places. Pasta was invented in Asia, still it's an Italien dish. Hummus is a staple in Israel, Egypt and many more places Miszt (talk) 08:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Hommus spelling most common in Australia
Perhaps there should be a sentence similar to the one about Houmous being most common in Britain based on how supermarkets sell it, but about Australia. Woolworths, Coles, and Aldi are our most popular supermarkets and nearly all the brands they sell spell it Hommus. From my experience, Hommus seems the most popular spelling in Australia - recipes, restaurants etc favour that one. 118.208.139.96 (talk) 08:04, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Checking sources
So after lazily aceepting at face value all four sources (Shalev 2020; Grosglik 2015; Nussbaum 2021; Carlin 2018) cited for the claim that ḥummuṣ was mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, particularly Book of Ruth 2:14, I decide to check them out: Erminwin (talk) 03:15, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Carlin, Na'ama. (2018). Chickpeas and peace in the middle east. Eureka Street, 28(12), 21–23.
 * I cannot access the article with this link https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.727256258748605 ; Eureka Street's link ( https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/chickpeas-and-peace-in-the-middle-east ) is paywalled; however, LaCroix International hosts it ( link: https://international.la-croix.com/news/politics/chickpeas-and-peace-in-the-middle-east/7943 ). Carlin merely writes: ; she does not cite any source; more importantly, she does not explicitly endorse the claim's veracity. So Carlin (2018) cannot be used as a source.
 * Shalev, Meir. My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden. Schocken, 2020
 * No page number given.
 * While this book can be found on google books, using the search tool provided by google books, I found no result for "hummus" ( https://books.google.com/books?id=F8mfDwAAQBAJ&q=hummus#v=onepage&q=hummus&f=false )
 * I pirated the book and found absolutely no mention of hummus in it. As for the Book of Ruth, this is what Shalev writes on page 189:
 * So Shalev (2020) cannot be used as a source.
 * Grosglik, R. (2015). Hummus and the Organic Food Trend in Israel: Cosmopolitanizing a National Dish. Ethnologie française, 45, 257-267.
 * The link https://doi.org/10.3917/ethn.152.0257 works; I will also give the English version's link ( https://www.cairn-int.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=E_ETHN_152_0257 )
 * Grosglik indeed writes: . However, he cautiously uses the word "" and does not explicitly affirm that the claim is true. Elsewhere he writes:
 * So Grosglik (2015) cannot be used as a source.
 * Last but not least, Nussbaum, Harriet. Hummus: A Global History. Reaktion Books, 2021.
 * The link ( https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/H/bo130702920.html ) leads to a paywalled book
 * So I pirated the book & I found out that Nussbaum does not endorse the claim that ḥummuṣ is found in Ruth 2:14. In fact, she criticizes Meir Shalev for claiming so
 * So Nussbaum (2021) can not be used as a source. Shalev's 2007 article, which Nussbaum cites and criticizes, should be.
 * The link ( https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/H/bo130702920.html ) leads to a paywalled book
 * So I pirated the book & I found out that Nussbaum does not endorse the claim that ḥummuṣ is found in Ruth 2:14. In fact, she criticizes Meir Shalev for claiming so
 * So Nussbaum (2021) can not be used as a source. Shalev's 2007 article, which Nussbaum cites and criticizes, should be.
 * So Nussbaum (2021) can not be used as a source. Shalev's 2007 article, which Nussbaum cites and criticizes, should be.