Score one for hummus

We've been trying to cook as much as possible with food from the market here in Dezam, but this week we used four imported ingredients (tahini, olive oil, cracked wheat, and celery) to make a Middle Eastern feast. Hummus! Tabbouleh! Baba ghanoush! Yum.

The next evening, we took the leftovers from the MCC fridge for round two of deliciousness. Jean was still in the office, so we offered him a taste. "Sure, I'm used to foreign food." Brave man.

Halfway through his plate, we checked in. "What do you think?"

He pointed to the hummus. "This is really good. This is the first time I have ever understood how you could have tasty food without meat. These other things are good, but this is amazing."

Now if we can just get a crop of olives, sesame, celery, and wheat to thrive on our roof...