I think I have some canned chickpeas in my basement. What's the address of his location?
Cans are ok in a pinch-----but the fact is it turns out to be easier to store
your beans and lentils in jars--------for use soak in simple cold water---
after washing in several waters------after half a day or a
day-----drain----add a little more water and simmer on
very low flame-----for a long time -----I am lucky ---I have one
gas jet on my stove with a VERY VERY low flame------
a slow cooker is good too. I always throw in a bay leaf.
For a samir suppy of Choumous----
and a bit to share with family-----I would use two cups of
dry chick peas----cooked quite long to very tender. That
makes a large pot of peas-----3-4 cloves of garlic---very lightly.
Beyond the garlic use your imagination. Just about anything
works. Assuming you have a food processor or a blender---
when you whirl the chick peas you can add all sorts of things--
some lightly fried onions, roasted red peppers from jar
or your own. ----chili peppers etc etc You must use
Tahinni ----sesame seed paste---available from your
friendly christian Lebanese grocer. I find grinding my own
sesame seeds a bit tedious and a regular food processor
just does not do the job. ---anyone---some people think
you have to add liquids to the Tahinni and emulsify
the mess before adding to the ground up chicks----I do
not see the point
Pack up the resulting pate' like stuff.
Include a container of olives----and a few packs
of Pita--- make sure the whole picnic is kept in
a cooler -----and get it to him quick---for two reason
1) Prepared choumus sours quickly
2) samer is dying
oh SHEEESH I forgot to tell you----a small dash
of cumin -----not too much ---that stuff can be
overpowering ----I grind the seeds up and
use about half a teaspoon fresh cumin powder---
it is a must.
add a few lemons and tomatoes to the picnic
basket
together we can save samir
Maybe a bit more garlic----STIMULATE THE APPETITE
The other day I had a hotdog at my house and realized i had no ketchup, so I used spicy Hummus and it was awesome
I wonder if Samer would like some hot dogs? do you think
sending "HEBREW NATIONAL" would be ....sending the wrong
message? Where I shop----there are lots of muslim women---
they often look for kosher dogs ----so I think it would be good.
A very unfortunate fact about starvation----is that the starving
person often does not FEEL HUNGER---it is not clear to me
just how "starving" is samer-----I have no doubt that they are
shoving nutrients into him thru some opening ---therefore he
should have an appetite for some nice choumous and a few
dogs KETCHUP????? you put ketchup on hot dogs?
well-----ok its not an actual 'crime'