This looks like what Chris Kimball was talking about.
I buy the Sabra brand occasionally. It’s one of those things that I can’t get enough of until suddenly, I’ve had enough. I dip it with Stacey’s Pita Chips.
I’m pretty sure this is the brand I saw (“Sabra Salads”), a subsidiary of Osem, a subsidiary of Nestle, maybe with some additional corporate layers in between. The ones in your link look similar as far as the packaging, but I can’t be 100% sure it’s the same one.
This brand (Achla, owned by Strauss) was another Israeli supermarket brand, but Wikipedia lists Sabra Dipping Company, LLC as owned by Strauss, so I remain confused as to which is which and which company is owned by whom, or maybe it doesn’t matter because they are all made in the same giant hummus factory and the difference is only in the packaging. I defer to the Israelis in this thread on this one.
Why not just eat Fix-All?
Not enough garlic.
ETA: My wife makes awesome hummus, and she made some recently and said “I think I made a mistake - I added an extra clove of garlic, and I think it might be too much.”
I said: “There’s no such thing as ‘too much garlic’”
It was delicious…
The main problem I have with hummus is that it tastes just like it sounds.
You can find hummus like this in restaurants these days. If you are ever in Chicago Ema is one place that serves it like this and it is delicious. I’ve seen it like this a few other places too (also in Chicago) but I cannot remember them right now.
Have you had hummus like this in Israel? – Nope
Do you like hummus? – Yep
Do you make your own from scratch? – Nope
Did you grow up with it? – Nope (Actually tried it years ago after a girlfriend turned me on to Baba Ganoush)
How do you eat it? Straight up, as a dip/spread, as a sandwich filling? – as a dip and as a spread/filling; I make a roll-up with a generous dollop in a warm tortilla with some Trader Joe’s Hot ‘n’ Sweet Jalapenos.
blondebear, you’re in the area, have you tried Falafel’s Drive In on Stevens Creek near 17 & Valley Fair? Their hummus is good, and so is their baba ghanoush.
Likewise.
Depends on the store. One grocer might have it with the nut butters while another might have it with the imported food.
I’ve found cashew butter to be an acceptable substitute if no tahini can be found.
:eek: Gotta get me some of that!! Today.
I go to a grocery store where they bring in tamales from this Mexican woman, and the hummus this Palestinian woman makes is SO delicious… It’s worth the extra quarter. I never buy brand-name stuff, especially since one is always Listeria monocytogenes and regular recalls (starts with an ‘S’)
I usually eat it with pita bread, but if I run out, or want a snack, I’ll get these homemade nachos and scoop it up. Delicious and so healthy.
Yeah, I had a “Dessert Hummus” that was vanilla-something. I prefer savory hummus, myself.
Homemade hummus is very easy to make, especially if you use canned garbanzo beans (chick peas). Tahini can be hard to find, but Skywatcher reported upthread that cashew butter can be an acceptable substitute. A word of caution: use a good food processor. Blenders aren’t as strong and can be burned out.
Don’t ask me how I know this. 
Have you had hummus like this in Israel? – I haven’t been there yet.
Do you like hummus? – Very much so!
Do you make your own from scratch? – My dad made it when I was growing up.
Did you grow up with it? – Yes, see above.
How do you eat it? With some pita bread to dip into it.
Sabra brand, while not quite as good as my dad’s, is a good approximation if you top it with paprika.
I’ve had no problem with a ~500 Watt blender. The trick is to only blend one can of garbanzos at a time.
Never been to Israel
Yes. I don’t love it, but I enjoy hummus, so long as it hasn’t been adulterated with nasty stuff like peppers. I taste a little bit, first, if I’m not sure.
I did once. I used canned chick peas, a jar of tahini, and some garlic, lemon juice, whatever else the recipe called for. It was good. It was very much like supermarket hummus, though, so I never bothered doing that again.
Depends what you mean, I guess. I’m pretty sure I had it as a teen, but maybe not as a child. It was a “guest” food, not a “resident” food, though. That is, it wasn’t in the regular rotation
I mostly eat it as a dip/spread, but I’m not above finishing it up by “dipping” my finger into it after I run out of chips.
My husband now eats it every day as part of his weight-loss diet. He’s supposed to have scheduled snacks with some protein and fat, and he usually has hummus with raw carrots. So we go through a lot of it.
I like Tribe brand more than “Sabra”.
If I made it myself I would add more lemon juice than the commercial stuff, and maybe a little more tahini. But it’s not worth the effort.
I’ve been there for falafel and gyro sandwiches but I had never tried the hummus…until a few minutes ago. I just finished an order and I have to say, it’s pretty tasty! 
Best of both worlds? Regarding texture, one tasty thing I have tried (not from a supermarket) was smooth-blended, though not runny, hummus, topped with a decent amount of whole chickpeas.
Btw one thing I like about Arab- and Middle Eastern-style restaurants is the experience of being served a variety of small dishes. So you are not faced with merely a giant bowl of hummus, there is also moutabel, falafel, tabbouleh, ful, tahini, labaneh, olives, muhammara, kibbeh, …-- you get the idea. I think one is missing out on the full appetizer experience if you don’t try it sometime.
yeah, I have to be careful with their roasted pine nut hummus. I can power through a whole container if I don’t check myself.