# Can we get a ban on canned hummus at restaurants? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150 "2012-04-08T04:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/1 "2012-04-08T04:18:40Z")
I like REAL hummus, probably one of my fav snack foods. However there is an evil out there, which is canned hummus…shudder…it can be identified instantly because it has a gross taste and it uses citric acid instead of lemon juice and no olive oil. I am instantly dissapointed when it crosses my path, and it is showing up more and more as these vaguely middle eastern places are popping up everywhere that mostly serve gyros and kebabs. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/2 "2012-04-08T04:24:30Z")
hummus…yuck ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/3 "2012-04-08T05:14:02Z")
It’s not as if hummus is particularly difficult or time consuming to make. Man, now I want hummus. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/4 "2012-04-08T05:23:45Z")
I am so lucky to live in a Middle Eastern neighborhood in Chicago. I am quite confident that there is not a single can of hummus in a several mile radius. **grude** , where do you live where such evil abides? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/5 "2012-04-08T13:03:48Z")
A quick search for “canned hummus” brought me to [this site](http://www.gomideast.com/articles/recipes/hummus.htm), which says > [@](#): > > The best canned hummus, if you are going to be lazy about it, is Cortas Is it all canned hummus that’s bad, or just low quality canned hummus that uses citric acid and no olive oil? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/6 "2012-04-08T20:51:08Z")
I initially thought the thread title said “canned humans”… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/7 "2012-04-08T20:57:37Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I initially thought the thread title said “canned humans”… “Soylent tahini is _peeeople_…” ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/8 "2012-04-08T20:58:04Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I initially thought the thread title said “canned humans”… While we are at it we should ban that also. Edit: ninja’d by Biffy. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-ban-on-canned-hummus-at-restaurants/618150/9 "2012-04-09T02:42:34Z")
I don’t even like store-bought hummus in the plastic tubs very much. Fresh-made hummus is way better. Salsa (pico de gallo) from a jar is also totally unacceptable. It always pisses me off when a restaurant serves me that crap instead of real salsa.