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The Lebanon war of hummus
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Published: 24.10.09, 18:32
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1. I guess we'll just have to stick to winning Nobel Prizes....
The Dude   (10.24.09)
2. now we just need the world biggest pita,and we're good.
Idan ,   Haifa,israel.   (10.24.09)
3. Go ahead and send that big bowl of
David ,   USA / ISRAEL   (10.24.09)
humus to your starving brothers in Gaza so they can flex their muscles at their strong man show and get the EU to pay for it so you can feed your children while you are seating on your asses building missiles
4. haha.
Abides ,   NJ   (10.24.09)
5. hoummus is not kosher food
ali babashvilli ,   golders green,london   (10.24.09)
HASHASH KRI !!! ZE TOV ZE OSEM
6. Good, let's compete with houmus
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (10.25.09)
and not rockets If all your brothers will follow your example there will be no more wars and the Middle East will become peaceful what are the chance that this will happen? nil
7. Lebanon should take a lesson from Kuwait
Richard ,   Des Moines, US   (10.25.09)
Lebanon should take a lesson from Kuwait. When U.S. comedian/actor Kathy Griffin traveled to Kuwait, she stated that everywhere she visited in Kuwait smelled like fart. If the Lebanese people eat too much of this hummus, they will turn their country from a terrorist supporting nation to the fart capital in the Arab world. Maybe this is their plan? Maybe their trying to go for the Guinness record for this most farts in an hour. Maybe.
8. Let's take the Record Back!!!!
Shuki ,   NYC   (10.25.09)
Let's make a hummus dish twice as large as the Lebanese now to make get us the record back! Forget the Cold War, this is the Hummus War!
9. They also hold record for biggest plate of sectarian warfare
Dude Shemesh ,   Yahrusholahyim   (10.25.09)
1975-1990 anybody?
10. #3 How can Lebanon do that...
Jerry ,   Canada   (10.25.09)
when Israel imposes a blockade on Gaza? Btw, ignore a previous submission I made(if it shows up). I pressed the enter key too fast by accident.
11. Lebanon's contribution: a plate of beans
Ilan ,   Ariel   (10.25.09)
Not. Lebanon's contribution to the world doesn't even amount to a plate of beans. Hummous has a longer history than Lebanon which only came into existence in the 1910's
12. just don't smok after ward
ghostq   (10.25.09)
release gaz after ward going to be lethal. :P
13. congrats to lebanon!
jerusalem   (10.25.09)
very good food! thanks for reclaiming the title for us arabs
14. aw darn #9, we lost;
jerusalem   (10.25.09)
dont be uch a sore loser. i mean atleast you beat them in something. 1948-present day? you beat them in the dust!
15. I am proud to be the first American to boycott israeli humus
Yaakov Sullivan ,   NYC   (10.25.09)
They don't know how to do hummus. I buy onli Lubnani hummus that cost $3.79 for a 12 oz instead of israeli $ 4.29. This is a ripp off!
16. #15
(10.25.09)
Good for you! Because I'm sure you have nothing else to be proud of.
17. Hmmus War
Ashkinari ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (10.25.09)
I think that we have been beaten in another kind of war. Hummus war. in 2006 they shaved our asses and now they got the record!congrats to lebanon!
18. World Bigget PITA...
Mark ,   Cocoa, USA   (10.25.09)
You're not going to get this one. The US has the top 6 Biggest PITAs - Osama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Holder, and Napolitano. You did mean "Pain In The Butt", didn't you?
19. 100%LEBANESE
100%LEBANESE ,   BEIRUT-LEBANON   (10.25.09)
2000 the resistance liberated the south and the captives 2006 the resistance kicked some israeli asses 2008 brothers in ghazza beat israel with their fascinating tenacity 2009 we're showing the world that no one can steal our gourmet cuisine !! and guess what , IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING !
20. #11
ernestocabal ,   panama   (10.27.09)
you know nothing about lebanon's history .We are the descendents of canaanites later called phoenicians by greeks. You wouldn't be writing this comment without the alphabet which we invented. You have no history at all proof: you're still digging under a mosque to find a clue about your so called temple all you did and all you'll ever do is steal from others and claim it as your own. jews were once a bunch of bedouins wandering in the desert much like the arabs you hate much
21. #19
Intelligence   (11.08.09)
You guys also get the record for most lies ever said in year... You also get the award for biggest delusions in the middle east, though, there is still controversy as to which phoney country is the real winner since it's so close.
22. NICE
mahmud ,   Yafa   (11.13.09)
I liked it,,I wish I can taste it
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