When it comes to food, all white people are either allergic to/or have stopped eating everything you consider delicious. It’s a good idea to come to grips with the concept, because it will save you a lot of headaches.
But when white people come to your house, you are forced to deal with the problem in a very real, very immediate sense. You will be trapped with their dietary restrictions and they will be trapped with the contents of your kitchen. You can mediate this situation by stocking your pantry with dozens of complicated and expensive snacks. Or you could take the easy way out and just buy a tub of hummus.
All white people like hummus. In fact, if you find a white person who does not like hummus then they probably just haven’t tasted it or they are the wrong kind of white person. In either case, they are probably not someone that you want to know.
Putting out a plate of hummus and pita makes white people very comfortable. It reminds them of home since at any given time a white person has hummus in their fridge. Even the most barren white refrigerator will have a package of the stuff next to an empty Brita filter.
White people are also relieved when they see hummus because they recognize the contents immediately.
Though you would never be able to guess it by their actions, white people are very concerned with perceived as “annoying” or “that guy” who has to ask about the ingredients of everything they eat. However great their concern over this, they are still more afraid of being “that guy” that eats High Fructose Corn Syrup or pork.
Familiarize yourself with this information as it will play itself out every time you try to pick a restaurant with a white person.
You: “Let’s get Chinese food”
White Person #1: “Um, yeah, last time I was there I tried to ask the waitress if they used any pork stock in the preparation of the vegetables and she didn’t really give me a response that makes me comfortable eating there again.”
By providing your guests with a plate of hummus, you can guarantee that you won’t have to have this infuriating conversation in your own home. But that doesn’t mean you are safe. To cover all your bases, it is always a good idea keep some Gluten free crackers in your pantry.
That way if you bring out a plate of hummus and pita and discover that one of the white people cannot eat gluten, then you are ready to pull off a truly incredible move.
First, pretend not to understand why the person cannot eat wheat. Then go back to the kitchen and return with the gluten-free crackers. Everyone will be impressed by your ability to psych out people with food allergies.
Wait one week and relive the story with different white people, it will make them laugh and secretly wish to be invited to your next hummus eating party.
Love your site, but I gotta call you out on this one. Hummus is loved by hundreds of millions of “brown” people all over the middle east.
If you want to make the differentiation of what white people like, you have to emphasize that KH-OO-MOOSE is what we eat in the middle east, while HUH-MISS is what white people eat with their gluten-free crackers.
Crap, just realized I’m out of hummus.
Time to head to the co-op for more!
lol
“concerned with BEING perceived”
Just a small typo, sorry to nitpick. also some issues with singular-plural agreement. but very entertaining.
You’re wrong, this site is 100% fact.
Only white people like hummus.
Living as I do in a small town up in the mountains in the Basque Country I am devastated to discover that I cannot buy hummus. Apparently this particular white person preference has not made it here yet.. Actually, come to think of it I can’t buy sun-dried tomatoes here either, which was a very big white person thing back in Sydney in the late 90s.
Yes, but the lack of hummus and sundried tomatoes can be the subject of a post in your inevitable “I’m an Aussie living in the Basque region” blog.
Amazing….an actual post, not just adverts for your tour. Had forgotten why I bothered subscribing…the hummous came just in the nick of time.
i FINALLY know what to have in my fridge now!!! i’ve never had so much trouble with having people over for dinner, i’ve nearly stopped all together. or i only have people over for pad-thai. #1 fave thai food for white ppl. #2 is green chicken curry.
i don’t like either.
Very hommu-rus!
I apologise for the attempted and afflicted pun. 😦
eotw, “khoomoos” is what Israelis (the white people of the Middle East) eat. It’s hummus (with emphatic H and S) in Arabic and humus in Turkish. But you’re right that hundreds of billions of brown Middle Easterners eat it.
Years ago I served hummus to a white friend at my house; she had never had it before and thought it was “exotic.” I guess she was the wrong kind of white person.
Hundreds of MILLIONS, rather…
eotw, “khoomoos” is what Israelis (the white people of the Middle East) eat. It’s hummus (with emphatic H and S) in Arabic and humus in Turkish. But you’re right that hundreds of millions of brown Middle Easterners eat it.
Years ago I served hummus to a white friend at my house; she had never had it before and thought it was “exotic.” I guess she was the wrong kind of white person.
Hummus is packed with calories, dingbat! Try tzatziki instead. No wonder Yanks are the fattest people on earth.
PS: Unless, of course, you puke it up after eating. Great weight loss technique that!
Hummus is so icky. I prefer onion dip!
No god-fearing white person should eat any terrorist-loving muslim food like hummus.
Hummus: a marketing name, used to induce the Right Kind of White People to eat bean dip.
I eagerly await the upcoming post on polenta, which in no way resembles grits.
I eagerly await my next plate of hummus
Oddly, the ‘won’t eat anything’ paradigm is in conflict with several other ‘stuff’s, for example farmers markets, sushi, and breakfast restaurants. Consider also celebrity chefs and Food Network (although food porn, like any porn, can be seen as a proxy indulgence in the forbidden or unattainable.)
Of course, as I am very white I know that I could if pressed under this contradiction invoke the Whittman defense.
Hummus is awesome!
It is best when organic and purchased from Whole Foods or a co-op, of course;)
well, clearly you’re referring to the “wrong” kind of white person!
Check out http://www.e2oh.com for a great mix of Enterprise 2.0 and gorging on hummus.
Ooooh. Guilty.
But I *swear* I am not that picky about dumplings.
I didn’t know white people were so careful to eat strictly halal.
i am allergic to hummus (chickpeas). its a sad sad world for me.
TRKOWP is very complex.
Uh … that’s ‘kosher’, but only in a playfully ironic sense.
Hummus sucks. Try spicy bean paste of Korea!
I knew I was the wrong kind of white person and now I have proof.
Thanks for the grammar policing, white Ryan…
Oh, hummus. What a popular choice you are in Vermont. Hippies love their hummus.
I’m with Chip. Your first entry can be about how you can’t get hummus or sun-dried tomatoes in Basque country. Your second entry can rhapsodize about the local cuisine and how you’ve integrated so much into the culture that you’re practically a native. Good luck!
Grace, the problem with Pad Thai is that it has peanuts in it, which apparently 50% of the white population is allergic to. And forget using wheat noodles – that evil gluten…
Molly, try the almost-as-good baba ganouj (made from eggplant) to retain your white person status.
Im the wrong kind of white person. but white people are anoying
I’m a white person, and not only do I love Hummus, I’ve taken it one step further–I’m married to an Arab! I get to be offended when McCain implies that Arabs are not decent people!
http://www.juancole.com/2008/10/mccain-obama-decent-no-arab.html
I am sooo white!
White people generally react as though I am some sort of hillbilly when I inform them that I’m not a big fan of Hummus. “YOU DON’T LIKE HUMMUS? I bet you don’t even like Feist!”
I may be the wrong kind of white person, but I think hummus isn’t half bad. Gluten allergies, on the other hand, are for sissies.
White Person #1? I think you might be describing my girlfriend.
IF I had only known when I had your Dad and Chris over for dinner………..I could have saved myself all the work of an entire dinner and just served HUMMUS.
BTW, thanks for the autographed book, and don’t tell “him” I said so, but YES your blog is better then Gangs of San Miguel!
Bonus white person points if you make your own hummus. It’s tastier, more fun and less expensive than buying it at Whole Foods or your local Co-op.
Basic recipe:
-1 16oz can garbanzo beans (chick peas), DRAINED
-1/4 cup olive oil (white people insist on EVOO)
-1/4 cup water
-1 heaping tbsp sesame tahini
-1/2 to 1 lemon’s worth of lemon juice (white people know this is the make-or-break ingredient make sure you get it right)
-1 or more cloves of fresh garlic
You need to find another woman. INEXCUSABLE behavior.
You are definitely the wrong kind of white person. Hummus is delicious. It’s good on everything. Hell, even I know that!
You wipe your ass with your own hand, I’m sure.
There is room for both in this world. This is, perhaps, what White People truly do not understand.
Pork dumplings taste so goddamned good that I want to cream myself.
The funny thing about it is: Organic products are full of freaking BUGS, which is animal protein, which these fucking ASSHOLE vegans swear they won’t touch.
God, this world is so lousy rotten that it makes me want to take a hammer to the whole damn mess and pound it flat. EATING, SHITTING, SCREWING, and DYING. That is what we are made to do. If you would like to read more into it, then please keep it to yourself.
Nice…
As a white hummus-lover, I have been nailed.
Well, ASSHOLE, we have to call it SOMETHING. “Hot Dog” is a made up name. “Potato” is a made up name. “Mike Anderson” is a made up name. Jesus. Think before you write, you jackass.
You are a fuck-face. Die. Die. Die.
Never tasted it. Never even seen it before, as far as I know.
You must be a BIG FUCKING FAT ENGLISHMAN. With BROWN, ROTTING TEETH. And PASTY SKIN.
Good catch.
Agreed.
Wow, Ryan. Do you have to break a new hole in your ass every time you shit? Is that how tight it is up there?
Is it just me or has the quality of posting on this site gone why down since the writer put out his book. the last few posts have not really been that funny and not up to par when compared to earlier postings. it seems like he is having a hard time coming up with ideas.
You must live under a rock on Mars.
I love hummus, in fact I want nothing more right now than some good pita and hummus. Going to school in upstate NY, I really miss Trader Joe’s and their wide selection of hummus…
My boyfriend is white, he loves hummus. Something I’ll never get, but then again I’m Asian. This site is made for us.
I agree. I am at the point of eliminating it from my Blog Roll because most of the new posts deal with where a signing will be. In fact, I had sworn that if this new post was another book signing notice, I was going to do just that. Guess I’ll hang on for a while, though. I used to think this was the most spot on blog I’d ever seen. Now, not so much.
I always love these “AM I THE ONLY ONE???” posts.
Idle threats + guilt-tripping!
I agree, the quality of posts has gone down dramatically since the book was published. I think he’s running out of material.
I do agree on the hummus post, in the sense that white people love hummus. But they’re also confused about hummus. They mix any type of beans and call it a hummus. I’m sick of it! There’s no 3 bean hummus, there’s no white bean hummus, it’s not a hummus with olives or roasted red pepper. Sigh…
At the risk of really out-whiting myself…
My best friend is allergic to gluten, so lately I’ve gotten pretty creative with pita alternatives. Hummus is mysteriously delicious on apples!
I can identify with at least 80/112. I am not white. What does that mean for me? I can’t give up my love for Whole Foods, I just can’t.
I may have eaten hummus once in my life…I’m really a meat and potatoes kind of girl, to the point that I studied meat science in college and now work in the meat industry. But I have Celiac Sprue, the autoimmune disease that requires me to be on a gluten-free diet…so no wheat, rye, barley, or oats. For me, eating gluten-free is not a choice, it isn’t a fad, it is literally a life or death issue.
I understand that most Asian chicks think white guys are too nice. Do you think that too?
So fine. Why do you bring us all down with this shit? Talk about a kill-joy.
I don’t really think it was a dig against celiacs…being married to one, I kind of love that gluten-free crackers were even mentioned.
And, if white people think being gluten-free is trendy then it just means more stuff available at Whole Foods market for all the celiacs out there! (cuz we all know how much white people love Whole Foods right)
I personally loathe hummus. When I have people over they eat what I cook or go home hungry.
I’m white and I love hummus. It’s ethnic enough to make us honkies feel enlightened and multicultural, but not too threatening.
I’m so one of the “those” people: vegan, don’t eat Chinese food or anything that might be remotely tainted with MSG.
But overall, I agree that this blog isn’t as funny as it used to be.
Seth, you’ve got Wegman’s, so no whining. I mean it.
Nice the allergy conversation exchange reminded me of my girlfriend.
what the fuck is hummus? and i am white for reference. what the fuck is it?
I love hummus, and am apparently even whiter than all this.
In authentic joints, wheres they don’t bastardize it by spelling it “hummus”, you don’t get pitas with it. What do you get? Effin’ spoons.
As such, I don’t serve mine with pitas. Pitas are for poseurs.
You are currently on the internet. Could you think of no better way to find out?
Not just for white people anymore. Yellow folks like it too.
Homer Simpson: “Mmmmmm….hummus.”
100% on point, Christian – by the way, I went to your full list of stuff white people like page, hit command-f (not ctrl-f, you squares) and was distressed to have firefox yell at me when my search string got to “dive ” – I didn’t even get to type the ‘b’! What gives, man?
Lame. Who doesn’t like hummus?
I’m vegan and I daily explain that I sustain life because, “I eat a lot of hummus” … if my mom starts to question my nutritional balance as a veeg, I also respond with, “it’s cool, I eat a lot of hummus”
good call Christian.
Actually, this blog should be called: “Stuff White US-AMERICAN People Like” – In Europe, nobody even really knows hummus, except for those who like to remember their time in the States. 😉 (I’m from Germany, by the way)
This can relate to study abroad trips. I first learned about Hummus while living in northern Jordan doing archaeology and studying abroad. 🙂
This can relate to study abroad trips. I first learned about Hummus while living in northern Jordan doing archaeology and studying abroad. 🙂
This is the main course served at book club meetings throughout the land. Good call.
I prefer my hummus with butter, bacon and cheese. Wash it down with a High Life and you have yourself some redneck hummus!
Just don’t forget where it come’s from : hummus (hommos in fact) is a lebanese cuisine aling with KEBAB sandwich, Mezze meat, mete coffee they brought to south america, falafel and others.
each one can make a post , by itself.
Well, it was worth the wait. Once again you guys have skewered us white folks mercilessly with a simple observation. I wish we weren’t so damn predictable but, hey, if the shoe fits…I’d be a rich man if i had a nickle for every time i’ve heard a chorus of oohs and ahhs and mmms from my (white) friends when some hummus is brought out. It’s all the more hilarious because it had to be one of the blandest foods available. Oh well…
wow , angelina, are you kidding? what about all those lebanese restaurants in paris , london, stockholm … who serve hommos, those stores selling middle east food ? and for those who visited Israel , hommos is a national plate !
i often substitute hummus for mayo on turkey sandwiches.
hommos! not hummus
Reminds me of going to my boss’s house. Everytime I’m there he’s got regular hummus, black bean hummus, and micro brews and maybe some shiraz or something. Damnit, why do you have to be so spot on.
Hummus is traditionally middle eastern and has been served with pita since before your last name even existed.
Hummus is the food of the gods! Well at least you know what my fridge’s content looks like… now if you will excuse me, I have to refill my Brita!
Love the site, loved the book. Keep it up!
Very dangerous. many restaurants mix hummus into their baba ganouj to get it into the right dipping consistency.
Make sure it’s baba ganouj that looks like eggplant without any white pastiness.
Dead on.
Remember: hummus, not Hummers!
Hey Martha-
I’ll tell you what, I’ll come over to your house and eat a bunch of gluten, then have explosive diarrhea all over your pillows. Celiac’s a fucking autoimmune disease, it’s not picky eating. I hope you get tit cancer, so I can mock your whining.
I am white, I have never had hummus, but you better believe that now I will go by the local grocery and pick some up. Haha!
“… refrigerator will have a package of the stuff next to an empty Brita filter.”
Okay, who’s spying on me?
*giggles with hand covering mouth*
White people also like hummus because it’s ethnic enough without being too ethnic. By eating hummus they can say they appreciate middle-eastern culture unlike their non-liberal cousins who shun ethnic foods for mall burgers.
I also know white people who would eat green Thai curry at a fancy hippie joint run by other bleeding heart liberals BUT will not eat curry at a restaurant run by Asians (who we know exploit people)
Just don’t tell these liberal white people they are the (post-)colonial sin of exoticism.
Gretchen: Will you still have no love for McCain when your husband runs back to Arabland and takes your children with him?
Up the garlic and back off the lemon juice when you make hummus.
Pat Chan: Maybe they don’t like the cat that the Asians are using in the curry.
I would choose roast pork any day over this bleeding heart liberal food!
Try Natto beans!
I always wondered if Vancouver, the world’s second most WHITE city, will allow these yellow and brown people to eat dogs and cats because the law has to respect multicultural values.
chan ? chinese name, then non white, yellow…
middle eastern are white, eating hummus is just eating another white NON-AMERICAN cuisine.
BTW, middle easterners don’t eat dogs and cats asian DO!!!
the “trendy” restaurants in beijing have such a “lavish” meal , i cheked it !!
Not the case in cairo, beyrouth, damascus, amman and tel aviv
Your opinion CHAN DOG CAT?
BTW , i ‘m ralph nader , runing as an independant for white house, i’m of middle eastern ancestry and (google me) i’m white
AND I EAT HUMMUS!!!
I love Hummus. Of course, I’m Iraqi and grew up on the stuff, but still, it’s awesome. Unless non-Arabs make it, then the stuff is pasty and has no taste.
“All white people like hummus. In fact, if you find a white person who does not like hummus then they probably just haven’t tasted it or they are the wrong kind of white person.”
I was out of the country when the hummus craze hit. One of the very first things my family did when I returned was sit me down with a tub of the stuff.
“But I don’t like hummus,” I protested.
“Just try it!” my family implored.
DELICIOUS!
I could bathe in hummus
Trader Joe’s makes a damn fine hummus. Or whatever company they outsource their hummus production to does.
Clander said (in an interview) that he liked being corrected. It was like we were free copy editors.
Tzatziki is pure milkfat! Unhealthy! Impossible for white people with lactose issues to eat! Duh!
(but incredibly delicious)
HA!
Props on spelling “poseurs” correctly.
(like, no sarcasm inlcuded.)
Agreed!
Their med. hummus is so damn good. I eat it everyday for lunch.
bet u got a lot of hummus on the book tour….
It doesn’t excuse your tight asses, BECCA.
hahahaha! i know 3 white people who do not eat gluten! it’s true, all of us have some sort of stupid dietary restrictions.
Hey Charles, I like your style.
Apology not accepted.
Angelina, nobody asked you, you freaking Nazi scum.
Crazy. That might be good, with tomatoes.
I don’t like hummus, and I don’t know anyone who goes out of their way to get/eat hummus.
I’ve tried it several times, and will continue to try it, as I hear that most batches of Hummus taste different.
The gluten thing however, I know 2 white people and no others that can’t eat it.
white people love cotton:
http://journalofthieves.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/the-origin-of-cotton/
I’m the wrong kind of white person, but I love hummus. I’ll have to give it a whirl with the gluten-free crackers.
well i hate it.actually, it should be included on http://whatpeoplehate.wordpress.com
Pendel (is THAT a made-up name?):
Jackass, huh? from the looks of it, that’s the nicest thing you’ve said to anyone all day. Thanks.
Hey, guys!
Pendel likes me! Well, as much as he likes anyone.
I used to make if from scratch… does that make me extra white?
i love this stuff! my wife makes it in our kitchen, like all white women worth a damn do.
I love hummus! There is this special place I go to in Canoga park that makes the best hummas.
I actually have a tub of hummas in my fridge right now….but i havent eaten it in like 2 weeks..i bet its still good.
One problem with hummas tho…it can get too bitter, then you have a bit of a problem..because you just bought some hummas thinking it would be great, and its bitter, you should always try a sample of it before you buy it at a deli.
You are so white! And when you tell your second husband (who will be white) that your first husband was arab, you will gain mega white points, to the extent that you could at at KFC everday for a year and still be whiter then half the people posting comments.
I LOVE hummus! And I am white so everything about this article fits; I would go as far as to say MOST white or urban people love mediterainian food in general! Funny Ha Ha!
-J & A
I guess white people arent as diverse as I once thought, who knew we only like around 110 things? I could have sworn I liked more stuff then that….
Yes, Mediteranian food is probably number one in food white people not only love to mention that they love, but actually love to eat it too. Everything about it evokes the classical roman times of prosperity. Fetta=YUM
Guilty. I swear I had just finished whipping up a big batch when I read this post.
Oh ya, I also stuck it in the fridge next to the nearly empty Brita. I’m scared for myself.
I want to find this funny. Because I’m sure it is. But, sadly, food allergies are very real and even deadly. And I’m not laughing here.
You also have about as much chance of being president as Amy Winehouse, and shes a crack head whore who isnt even american (thank god).
White people LOVE Selma Blair. Especially in the latest John Waters film.
Props on studying abroad. How very white of you.
It is very very good, also put Ocean Spray Cranberry sauce on it, it makes it very delicious, and gives a white person the sense of being unique and with the poor of America when they eat the overprocessed Ocean Spray cranberry sauce, in a can.
White people like Bamboo Fabric….more then organic cotton.
LMAO!!!!!! IM DYING! PUT A FORK IN ME, IM DONE!, GOD JUST TAKE ME NOW!…I HAVE LIVED A FULL LIFE!
The gluten-free thing is kind of a white thing – at least, celiac disease is a genetic flaw that tends to run through the European population.
How about this one: White people like faux food allergies. Being someone who actually has celiac disease, I can’t tell you how annoying it is to hear someone without it prattle on about their self-imposed, self-important restricted diet. Having a food allergy sucks, I don’t get why people who don’t have them pretend they do.
The eggplant dish with “white pastiness” is motabal, not baba ganoush.
Ouch.
MEAT IS MURDER! haha just kidding
It’s so true! Thanks for telling me to just accept this fact since I always struggle with it.. Why do I have to go out of my way to make my food less delicious for my white friends?
a new post FINALLY!
not bad .better than a B but not as good as a B+. Somewhere just under a B+.
OMG!!!! I have the best new recipie for festive pumpkin hummus (it was given to me by my mother-who I hate by the way). Anywho, the addition of organic natural peanut butter (I prefer to use the crunchy) really makes this dish.
recipe:
a can of pumpkin
a tablespoon of sesame oil (CAUTION: Dr. Weil says to keep it refridgerated)
a shit ton of garlic
cumin to taste
salt to taste
whatever misc. ganga or shrooms you have lying around
caynne pepper to taste
3 tbs. p.b. and Hungarian smoked paprika to make it extra special, all whipped up in your Black n Decker mini pro.
chill and enjoy!
Use of the word “issues” in lieu of stating or describing something being discussed needs to be added to the list of SWPL.
haha…oh god…get white people started on who has the “best”, “most authentic”, or “most creative” hummus recipe and shit REALLY hits the fan…especially vegan white people. ohhh boy
That’s what I don’t get. It’s SO bland, and people are so crazy about it. It’s almost baby food.
I heart you!
HA! I have a container of hummus next to an empty Brita pitcher in my fridge right now.
There’s a mediterranean restaurant in my town which white people praise to the heavens and flock to in droves. However, the food is frigging incredible, and there are plenty of non-whites and wrong kinds of white folk who rave about it too.
I knew that if I waited long enough, you’d deliver again. Awesome!
For all ye who feel like Christian is excluding you, he isn’t. Just because he says, “White people like x,” it doesn’t mean that ONLY White people like it. Just recognize that your culture and his White culture have certain things in common and be happy ^_^
I’m white and love hummus, but I’m also Jewish and grew up eating it. I didn’t realize it had a following with hipsters and the whole foods crowd. Makes sense though.
No gluten, no sugar, no fun. Welcome to life in the Bay Area. If I have to take my kid to another birthday party with gluten-free, icing-less cupcakes I think I might cry.
What about quinoa and Kambucha? Let’s take it up a notch.
Another great way to score social points is to bring homemade hummus to a party. Bonus if you bring along mini pitas.
wrong on this one pal…yuck
I know I shouldn’t be feeding the trolls, but…
Pendal, can you shut the FUCK up?
I’m not white, but always have fresh hummus from the farmers market in my fridge.
This is isn’t that funny. Hlaf of these entries are really funny and half just real dull. However, after seeing the author interviewed on television it all made sense. He’s a smug, fixed gear, indie twat.
This is very true. I love hummus. I think it happens to be popular because it’s good and good for you.
but I don’t have it in the fridge, since I eat mostly Japanese food.
story of my life….
ive totally been there asking when buying pizza by the slice, if it had been made with half pepperoni and cheese…..because i cannot eat pork…
but i have been eating hummus my entire life…and ive never gotten tired of it..=]
What an angry defensive little man. (nice mouth)
“I’m not white, but …”
You’re in denial Jazzy.
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?p=5935026
Default From the Fringe : Israel and modern-day slavery
“She joined a group of women and girls who were promised jobs as waitresses in Israel. Unfortunately, Tankova’s group won’t be found dishing up hummus on Tel Aviv beach. They were trafficked to Israel via Egypt by Bedouins to be sold as sex slaves. ”
[…]
If only someone could grind up all these irritating, palefaced, urban bourgeois bohemians into a slightly gritty, garlicky paste and export it to the Middle East …
I know, I know, dare to dream.
My friend Steph eats hummus. She’s hot tough, so it’s ok. I like Tribe hummus with Kalamata by the way. Steph plays kickball too…so white!
First time i heard of the stuff…
Well, hummus IS almost hypoallergenic.
I had hummus at a restaurant with my parents the very night this was posted!
Iz gonna make me some hummus!
LAME. white people do not, in fact, like hummus. you’re an idiot.
cracka
True dat mr. anderson.
I am personally a fan of “communal dining” which in no way resembles a cafeteria.
It’s like that Sloan song:
I think Consolidated’s okay … it’s not the band I hate, it’s the fans.
Ditto for poor Feist
LOL! I declared my love for Hummus to my brother the day this was posted!
total.
Paris is Falafel-city!
tasty.
Yum! Thanks! White people sharing hummus recipes on Stuff White People Like? That’s something white people definitely like!
You, Joe, are the idiot. There’s this little thing called satire — ever hear of it? This post is so spot on I wondered if Christian had been snooping in my fridge or eavesdropping the last time I was somewhere hummus was being served to gluten-free friends.
Guess I’m white!
yup. i loooove hummus! i want some now!
LOL–this was great! I’m truly this person–I’m allergic to gluten and have to be a complete PITA everytime I eat out. Thanks for the blog post–it was fun to laugh at myself 🙂
Crunchy peanut butter, much better.
yes, yes we do like hummus. we like hummus with red peppers, extra olive oil, capers, whatever!
we also like baba ganoush. some of us more than hummus.
clander writes: “All white people like hummus. In fact, if you find a white person who does not like hummus then they probably just haven’t tasted it or they are the wrong kind of white person. In either case, they are probably not someone that you want to know.” You got me, if I don’t like the shit you say I’m supposed to like; then I’m the wrong kind of white person. This is satire? Bullshit. clander is a white person with cranial insertion in the rectal orifice who I don’t want to know.
Another thing, how white is it to be named ‘Christian’? As that isn’t enough, to signature with ‘clander’. No capitals, no space; not cool. I see the publisher of your book wouldn’t let you get away with it. I love you, brother. You’re trying to be white much too hard. With this in mind my doubts about your ethneticy have increased. I’m thinking you’re not white at all but Irish. Is that statement satire?
I’m eating hoummus right now.
He’s right there with you.
Are we sharing the same girlfriend?
I’ll help you out since your search engine must be broke. Hummus is made by feeding your dog as much cheap dog food you can force down it, hang the dog from his nose, then pour a quart of bleach down its gullet. After fifteen minutes beat the dog’s gut with a ball bat for ten minutes; and what the dog shits is hummus. End of story; you asked. It tastes REAL good.
Hey Ralph, don’t people from your part of the world also enjoy the splendid dish made from the chopped off hands of thieves? I have been trying to convince the Chinese government in Beijing to allow that but to no avail. In China they only eat children but not thieves. (Sigh).
By the way Middle-Easterners are not White but caucasian. The term “White” does not so much indicate biological make-up as it indicates cultural make-up. Perhaps before you run for office it’s advisable for you to read up a bit more on theories of race, colonialism and post-colonialism. And, do check your spelling before you post anything, Ralph.
Pat Chan, PhD
Quinoa and kambucha are for advanced students of white culture. This is more of a basic manual for the uninitiated. Good suggestion, though.
You are also not the real Ralph Nader.
Have you read your bible yet today?
Because, Rebecca, then they are special. And can feel morally superior to you as they lecture you about their self-imposed diets. It’s Puritanism, 21st-century style.
Sorry about your celiac disease. I’m trying to imagine my life without wheat…and failing miserably.
Arabs are not white. White is white and Arab is Arab. End of story.
Ooh, I didn’t realize that, Bill. The real baba ganouj is sort of lumpy and oily, isn’t it? (It’s been a while since my last Mediterranean restaurant visit.)
No, just poor.
I always eat my hummus with Gluten free crackers!
Ouch. Given that I was mocking who choose not to eat gluten as opposed to people who actually suffer from celiac disease, your comments are way harsh, Thai. Guess I’ll have to be clearer in future posts.
This is hilarious.
I do love hummus, though.
I buy it just some of the things I have heard people eat with it, well, now THAT is uhhhmmmm…….different.
Can I say that even though all of them were white who mentioned these different things?
The next time that I get invited to a gathering that I saw on meetup.org, or to watch an episode of an HBO series, I’m not bringing the usual bar-b-que pork rinds and PBR. When I go to my book club or theosophy society meeting, I’m not sharing a tart brie or a mellow chardonay. I’m going to Whole Foods and pick up a nice big tub of organic hummus and pita chips. Gee, will I be popular! The only problem is my regular poker game. Even though most of the players are overwhelmingly WP, a bowl of hummus on the snack table in lieu of processed meat products may result in punches or gunfire.
Agreed. But I am clearly the wrong kind of white person. My pea coat is from American Eagle and I only wear it when I’m really drunk 😦
Whenever my sister comes over for lunch, she always suggests we have hummus and pita bread.
Oh, and fresh fruit from the farmer’s market served on the side.
God. I’m so white.
I took hummus to a party in Cincinnati once – wrong move! Cincinnati is really more of a nacho cheese type of place.
Pretty true throughout the midwest–my family lives in Indy. While any of my family members willing to try hummos like it, most of them have never seen it before in their lives!
Oh, it’s so true! As the spouse of a gluten-intolerant person, the other suggestion I have is baby carrots. Your white friends will be so impressed when you anticipate their gluten issues by having those on hand with your hummus!
Mike, I am most unhappy to report that Pendel is my real name insomuch as it’s what my dipshit parents decided to call me. Beyond that, it’s just as made up as ‘sphincter’ or ‘relish’.
Mine is from Burlington Coat factory and I wear it every winter.
Man, this whole time I thought I was Black. I’d like to thank the creators of this webpage for showing me the errors of my ways.
My mom self-diagnosed herself using the internet as having “Celiac.” Crazy bitch. I fed her “gluten-free” noodles one time and guess what? She was fine! loved it and wanted to know where I had bought them.
considering I’d bought regular noodles I had to think fast and told her they were from a speciality store in NYC.
I guess I’m “the wrong-type of white person.”
Don’t talk with your mouth full, ‘lil Buckaroo.
Yes. It told me to throw someone out a window.
You must have an apron with little drawings of farm shit on it.
PBR is the worst kind of SWPL nonsense in the world. You should have your hands cut off for ever touching it.
Leave the man alone. He has given all of us losers someplace to go. Isn’t that enough?
Did you not read the freaking article, you piece of shit? ALLERGIES.
I don’t know why, but this comment sent a shiver down my spine.
Hey Pendall (all the other’s that bitch about dietary restrictions),
Here’s a suggestion for you:
If you can’t eat something, don’t eat it. My wife has Colitis. And you know what? If we go somewhere and the only thing to eat is something she can’t eat, SHE DOESN’T EAT IT! Fucking shocking I know. Amazing that she doesn’t expect other people to cater to her every want and need.
You come to my house, I’ll have food prepared (and will probably tell you what to expect before you come), you can eat it or not it eat it. I don’t give two shits either way.
Then again, I suppose we’re the “wrong type of white people.”
I agree with you about JoeD. WRONG KIND OF WHITE PERSON ALERT.
But you would taste so HORRIBLE…
Your use of the word ‘fresh’ made me want to puke. I’m not sure why.
Before reading this I made plans to bring hummus to my friend’s house tonight. Incidentally, I’m also wearing a peacoat.
Well, STEVEN, you’re like, 100% fucking dull, so I guess clander has YOU beat by a MILE. Drink piss.
Hey, you made me cry.
Hee hee hee.
LOL… Very funny. So good to have you back!
Also so funny that no white people actually no how to properly pronounce ‘hummus’ – it’s not pronounced like it is spelled, people! Number one the ‘h’ is actually a gutteral ‘chhhh’ sound, which I understand is difficult for most white people to produce in their throats, so I get substituting it for the ‘h’. But what’s crazy is that white people pronounce it ‘hUUUMMMAASSSS’, and it is actually pronounced hOOOOMOOOOSSS. There’s no excuse for white people not being able to make an ‘ooo’ sound. To be honest, I’m a little sad/surprised that the author of this blog left out this critical fact in the relationship between white people and their love for HUMOUS.
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That sounds like what looks like what I just shat in the restroom.
I like almost everything on this site…does that make me white? lol
Keep up the good work!
Hummus is delicious. It’s like eating flavorless brown mustard and bread. All the BP I know love it.
I know a white person who eats hummus with pretzels. Weird.
I’ve never met a non-white person with wheat and/or gluten issues. Or any food allergies for that matter.
That being said, you don’t find hummus at Black folks’ houses because we know how to feed visitors. With real food, not chick pea paste that tastes like pureed cardboard.
I’m still waiting for Seinfeld to show up on this list. Is there any white person out there that doesn’t constantly talk about Seinfeld still?
OK ..more than just slightly under a B+ but not too far …like a B+-
In Israel it’s the national food. White Israelis, Black Israelis… all Israelis love chummus. But it’s not like the crappy stuff that they eat in the states. I’m talking about the good stuff.
Seriously? BP? Like BF, but more offensive?
…..So, it didn’t work?
Stuff that White People like…
The Coen Brothers
Mad Men
Jaime Lidell
Zach glaifinakis
Vindicated.
Plus, my name has existed since tiles. Your Iznik-hating ass can shut right back up.
Double white alert! Not only do you always have hummus you buy it at the farmers market. I bet get organic too.
I can’t tell if you’re going for irony or not with the last two sentences. Please advise.
Read this just as I finished my last mouthful of quinoa. I am whiter than I initally though.
you’re hot – let’s make happy time in some hummus – call me
Just two days ago I was telling a friend that this blog was lacking hummus. Thanks for hearing me! My other suggestion: tennis
this blog is lacking humor. and hummus. and humus (the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth)
super tite – that’s why i like it
humus
you lookie nice – let’s party. no nuts though. or gluten .
many times white people like the hippie music. with the Blue Grass too. very nice. no blackpopele at a blue grass fest. no way.
but lots of hacky-sacky, hempe clothese, and smoking the ganja. maybe a frissbee too. very nice.
hippy chcks too – lots of them. nice.
they also enjoy the sacha baren cohen – even though he’s a jew.
irony is still irony, whterh intended or not.
white people LOVE TO QUOTE MOVIE LINES. or lines from t.v. shows. this will happen in almost every single conversation you have with a white person. it’s like they memorize as they watch, for the sole purpose of being able to amuse their friends when they later repeat the line (or entire script) in any semi-related context. except the non-white friends remain unamused, because we don’t get it.
Budro, that’s awesome. It reminds me of the girl I know who’s “allergic to wheat” and then asks me if I want to have some of her spelt health bar. Wtf?
lOl=D
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You forgot cheese!
Love it! (And, I love hummus, but I can eat regular pita; I’d better be sure to get some of those crackers, though.)
I hate hummus (and pita), even though I admit to being white, and I do get a stomach ache from gluten. I don’t have celiac (been tested) but do have “wheat intolerance.” Horrible. I love pork–has no gluten. Also, fortunately, ice cream has no gluten.
Hummus was LITERALLY the only thing that was ever in my mom’s fridge…..
Hummus is kind of gross
I don’t think its “crazy” (but maybe funny) when Chinese people or Mexican people pronounce English words wrong because of the linguistic structure they grew up with. And they never seem to correct it, at least not right away, even if its something “easy” to us white people, like not pronouncing vowels correctly or placing random syllables where they shouldn’t be. But what do I know, I’m just a stupid white person who says “humous” instead of “choomoose”
Oops! forgot to remind you: “hrhCAT” applied for the casting…. discarded! Selma blair WON the casting … refused the role… begged John Waters to hire hr … who finally … fired him! LOl!
Just check ….
BUTTaroo is not white . Ben laden is white and BUTTaroo is ethnic irish…
I’m eating hummus and chips right now. So white. So, so white.
It’s actually disgusting. This whole phase of white people completely changing their eating habits has got to end soon, because as noted, it’s getting harder and harder to find good tasting food at white peoples houses.
Hall Monitor
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what’chyou talkin about Mr D??
WTF I’VE HAD HUMMUS (FORCED TO BY PARENTS). . .THE WORST THINGS I’VE EVER EATIN
STUFF ALL BLACK PEOPLE LIKE=CHITLINS AND GRITS
all i do is eat hummus. i’ll eat it any time of the day. so excited to finally see it on here
There are more varieties of hummus at Trader Joe’s than there are different types of fruit.
from juan Cole of Michigan University
Arabs began immigrating into the United States in the 1880s from Lebanon, and have been an important ethnic group during the past over a century. They provided everything from auto workers to physicians and comedians. There are probably three million self-identified Arab-Americans, and as a group they are slightly wealthier, younger and more educated than Americans in general. (If we counted everyone with at least an 8th Lebanese ancestry as Arab-American, they would be many millions, but most don’t self-identify that way). Arab-Americans are more likely to own a business than the average American. Until very recently, they were slightly more likely to vote Republican than Democrat (they are now trending Democrat). They are potential swing voters in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida.
That confused woman probably did not mean “Arab” but “Muslim.” (She later said she was afraid America would become a Muslim country.)
But Arab is a linguistic identity whereas Muslim is a religious one. Not all Arabs are Muslims. The Copts in Egypt (6% of the population) speak Arabic but are Christians. Likewise the Maronites in Lebanon and many Chaldeans and Assyrians in Iraq. About 7,000 Jews living in Morocco speak Arabic at home.
If not all Arabs are Muslims, only a minority of Muslims is Arab. Iranians (70 million strong) are not Arabs. Turks are not Arabs. Pakistanis are not Arabs. Malaysians and Indonesians are not Arabs. Nigerians and Senegalese are not Arabs. But all these national or ethnic groups are predominantly Muslim.
Worse than the lady’s confusion between Arab and Muslim were her further obvious confusion between Muslim and dangerous.
Mr. McCain, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans are decent, family-oriented citizens. The only thing wrong with calling Obama by either of these modifiers is that it would be incorrect. He is not an Arab ethnically, but rather northern European and Luo (Nilotic). He is not a Muslim but a Christian.
McCain’s insinuation that “Arabs” (whether he and his friend actually meant “Muslims” or not) are not decent and not family-oriented and not citizens is obscene.
Ralph Nader, one of McCain’s rivals for the presidency, is an Arab-American, and McCain owes Mr. Nader and all Arab-Americans, indeed, all Americans, a huge apology.
As with his self-professed “hatred” of “gooks,” McCain’s suddenly revealed attitude toward Arab-Americans is extremely troubling.
Plain hummus? Is the hummus mixed with other delicious ingredients too much for my friends to handle? I need to get this straight because I don’t want to put out some spicy three pepper hummus when everyone is expecting plain. Please advise.
OMG OMG OMG…i literally JUST ATE some hummus before reading this!
You said it. I didn’t.
oh too bad…im sure those lovely egyptian men will treat them with respect…
how many women are sold in to being sex slaves in the US??
You can’t even say whatever it’s obscure traditional name is? You’ll never browbeat the wrong kind of white people at this rate!
Also, Natto ain’t a paste, douchebag.
White people like undervalued tv shows that do not have huge audiences.
White people also like:
30 Rock (but maybe not for long because it might get to popular)
HGTV
Martha Stewart Crafts
Adult Swim
Apple Picking
Telling people how much better Japanese cell phones are
Amy Sedaris
Dakota Fanning
Collecting Their Childhood Toys from Ebay
Mexican Candy
you seriously need help 😉
The hilariousness of this is only multiplied by the fact that I live in Israel and my family eats more humus than is even normal for Middle Easterners.
When we came to Israel the first time in ’99, we’d go to the deli counter and ask for a huge tub of humus. The lady would look at me, assume I was saying the words in Hebrew wrong, hold up a much smaller tub and ask if that’s what I meant. No. The really, really BIG tub. She’d try the next one up.
Finally, she’d get to the biggest tub. Then she’d asked if we’d ever eaten humus. We couldn’t really want that much humus. It just doesn’t make sense. I would explain that I had three children, the youngest a baby who’s first solid food was humus. (He stuffed his fist in my plate at 6 weeks old, and decided from then on that I was only allowed to eat if he had a dollop of humus to suck off his fist.) She’d be seriously horrified at the thought of a baby eating humus, possibly chastise me for it, and then fill the tub.
These days, there are only two of us in the house, so the size of our weekly humus tub is more “normal” looking. 🙂
‘All white people like hummus.’
Minus one. I’m white and…
I just wonder, are you white?
Sincerely,
HM
I’m so tired of hummus!! I live in metro Detroit, home to a large middle eastern population so I’ve been eating excellent hummus since the early 80’s. Now, when anyone has a party or get together, they seem to serve the most tasteless hummus available accompanied by stale grocerystore pita bread pre-cut into wedges to make sure they are extra dry. It makes a mockery of hummus!
Bullseye! I busted out laughing at, “Even the most barren white refrigerator will have a package of the stuff next to an empty Brita filter”. This is one of the top ten entries in my estimation.
All white people eat hummus minus 1 more. I never eat the stuff.
*laughs* I love this site. It’s all so true…
srsly. stop following me and my hummus loving vegetarian self around. it’s freaky.
Yes, seriously! But then again my circle of B.lack P.eople isn’t the same as most people’s circle of BP. It’s only offensive if you think it’s true and lack a sense of humor.
Hummus just got to the hood…
We fucking with it though…Falafels r the jumpoff!!!
http://andthisismyamerica.com/2008/10/30/not-even-getting-hosed-down-can-stop-a-band-of-somalian-pirates/
Probably…not. But I bet you have more than a few white friends. Pay attention to every car, beer, or restaurant commercial. There is always 4 people and at least one is black or non-white person. Now, when you are out with some of your friends pay attention to the breakdown. If you are that one non-white then my statement above is true. God speed, my friend. I don’t know what that means so don’t ask.
Hilarious!
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In addition to serving hummus with pita, many folks in this part of the world seem to always serve it with those wierd, pre-shaped baby carrots. The addition of veggies makes it more of an acceptable meal.
Can’t eat the stuff myself, am now allergic to sesame, therefore tahini-laden hummus is out. Perhaps I’ll be asked to leave the White People camp.
white people love white young gay photographers from NYC
http://journalofthieves.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/ryan-mcginley/
Many common brands of hummus contain high fructose corn syrup…the white man is screwed!
Oscar de la Hoya white people love mexican boxers:
http://journalofthieves.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/daddy-told-me-ive-been-a-good-boy/
Hummus is the adult word for bean dip.
you can always make your own 😉
white people love black children:
http://journalofthieves.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/he-really-took-the-time-and-playt-witht-de-churen/
Also remember to have the hummus recipe on hand, if you made it yourself, because they will certainly ask you for it. It also helps if you made the hummus with your handy new fancy kitchen blender. They’ll also want that.
Yuck! I guess I am the wrong kind of white person.
This stuff is bang on Christian. I’m reveling in your accuracy.
If she ate it and liked it, the “exotic” is a bonus–even white people have firsts. White people are constantly trying to find authentic, exotic things and make them out to be perfectly familiar (“of course I like throut singing!”). This is one of the main motivations of a people deprived of a culture of their own, albeit by choice as they’ve rejected the “errors of their forefathers.”
I thought I wasn’t _that_ white, but I just realized I finished off my last gluten free crackers with organic peanut butter and *gasp* hommus!
You write, “All white people like hummus. In fact, if you find a white person who does not like hummus then they probably just haven’t tasted it or they are the wrong kind of white person. In either case, they are probably not someone that you want to know.”
Actually, I’m a white person who doesn’t like hummus because I’m allergic. So you are like wrong and shit.
I’m white and I love hummus. Mostly because its the hip urban thing to eat with my pita chips. It makes me feel way cooler than other people that don’t know how cool, or what, hummus is.
I love this website AMAZING! I read this entry while I was eating hummus for lunch, so funny and true. The only thing I know how to make is hummus everything else is bought at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, or the farmers market.
The other thing white people like with their hummus is garlic. Make sure it has garlic. And if you really want to ‘shuzz’ it up, sprinkle a little parley on the top. White people love parsley food. Tell them the parsley will neutralize the garlic odor.
The one thing white people love more than Hummus is learning sex secrets 😉
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See what everybody’s talking about!
I really hate hummus. It tastes like old oatmeal mixed with drywall paste. Yuck.
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I just finished making hummus when I read this. How funny and true!
Heh. I’m the kind of white person that is violently allergic to hummus, which I suppose makes me the wrong kind.
mmm delicious hummus, im gonna have to go and had a snack..
Is double dipping still an offense if you dont intend to share your tub of lovely hommus…
F*ck mate. white people are making me krazy. I’m biting my fingernails and hang nails. Where is BRUNCH as one of the things white splurge in????????????
THIS is f-ing brilliant, so very very true and not necessarily restricted to white people.
Hahahahahaha! Oh my. i do love me some hummus. Please invite me to your next hummus-eating party.
LMAO……Hey wait! My family is gluten free and we LOVE hummus. That’s not fair!!
(and we’re NOT white)
Hummus rocks!!
HAHAHAHAHA this article explains perfectly every reason I’ve ever made hummus for my friends.
and by article I meant blog.
This crap is not for me.
So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager
Quit hitting the nail right in the head. I AM SO WHITE!!!
That makes you the Perfect kind!
Oh my goodness. I was introduced to a Hummus by a white person.
Asian here.
Heh heh.. I didn’t know much about middle-eastern food. my german friend ordered so much we couldn’t finish it.
The one thing white people like more than hummus, is checking out cool new stuff: http://coolnewstuffreview.wordpress.com/
… See what everyone’s talking about
i’m so going to the dining hall and eating pita and hummus tonight
This blog is pure gold.
I am white & I don’t like hummus. The texture makes me want to vomit.
Guess what I made for lunch today.
I’ve met plenty of white folks who don’t like or are unwilling to even try hummus.
Now if you were to stereotype with, say, potatoes…
Selma Blair was in A Dirty Shame, possibly one of the best movies this decade. I dont think sex addict Apostles have ever been done before in the movies. Selma had the biggest boobs in that movie, it was hilarious!
No party here is complete with hummus. You can’t not have hummus at a gathering of people here in Turkey, even though most of the people attending the parties I attend are white ex-pats. I guess it’s more recognizable than that eggplant stuff (patlican salata, for any white people who want to know the actual name).
Are you allergic to peanuts? For some reason, some white people make hummus with peanut butter instead of tahini. That is so wrong on so many levels. Or is it just a chick pea allergy?
Then you are someone I don’t want to know.
Astute — but that’s because eating gluten free is required by those who have a disease called celiac disease. It kills people, and while I understand this is a parody site and I’m a fan of it and have been for a long time, it isn’t funny to equate people who have diseases with those who even take up voluntary diets — no matter how faddish to ethical the spectrum runs. Those of us who have this disease talk about it because it is underdiagnosed and people are misinformed — and because people read blogs like this that perpetuate we are picky eaters. We do not WANT to be, we are forced to be. Usually this site is funny, but this post is not.
Yeah, but the problem is so few people who claim to be gluten intolerant are not diagnosed. They are just annoying. And it’s actually a VERY rare disease. I think celiac also causes a major decrease in ability to appreciate humour. “I don’t do gluten or satire…”
Hi , i’m MIKA, i’m lebanese, i like hommos and BIG BEAUTIFUL LADIES .
The decrease in ability also appreciate humor also is found in people with AIDS and Lupus.
1 in 121 (or 200, depending on the source) isn’t that rare.
I have celiac disease, and it does not “kill” people. I thought this article was hilarious. You need to read the post about “being offended”, whitey.
AWESOME! i too have celiac disease, am a super picky eater (mostly as a result) also probably because i’m a Portlander… but it’s true, we do all eat hummus!
and having those gluten-free crackers in your pantry equals instant love from folks like me 🙂
I’m 28 years old, and I’ve gone into renal failure due to malnutrition. For 26 years I had no idea I had CD.
The CD specialists in Boston diagnosed me with one of the most advanced cases of damage they’ve seen, even compared to people in their 50’s who just stopped eating gluten. So yes, Celiac can indeed kill you. Not directly, (organ failure, increased chance of cancer and bleeding ulcers, and the fact that roughly 90% of people diagnosed with CD have considered suicide to name a few) but it does have a profound impact on mortality.
Just because your case is minimal or you are not properly informed doesn’t change things for the rest of us.
See “Being Offended”
OMG! This is so hilariously true……It works even better at work functions/meetings. Admin staff get really excited when they find out I’m celiac. They now have an excuse to legitimately wander around a heal food shop and buy mysterious GF products. Plus a story to tell of their shopping adventure. :P………..The funniest part is when someone else eats my special GF food, then everyone apologizes to me all morning……(chill out guys, It’s not like I’m going to die from one missed morning tea :P)…..ahhh where would we be with out white people 😛
Uuuugh… I hate hummus.
Speak softly sweat thing.
follow your heart is terrible
I am black and had white friends to bring my wife and I hummus as a “welcome to the neighborhood” gift. My wife and I looked at it for five minutes or so, unsure of what it was. After a few google searches it didn’t sound like fun. Desperate for a snack the next day, I tried it. Not terrible but I would never choose to eat it. I can’t figure why someone would purchase it.
http://www.johnsrevenge.com/?id=76faa85b2cb3c470d4ca81e4e88e9114
I’m Arab. I liked hummus before it was cool.
Ahh! Peanut butter? That is the most inappropriate ingredient mix-up I’ve ever heard. I am weeping right now.
Never, never make hummus with peanut butter. It’s vomit inducing and, um, not actually hummus.
Also: gluten-free bread smells like wet dog when toasted. I hate being a celiac.
This is cool . i love ur blog
cool thanks
I hate hummus !
“Bean dip” usually implies kidney beans.
“Hummus” means chickpeas/garbanzo beans, mixed with lemon, garlic, and maybe sesame. Different thing. I wonder if you’ve actually tasted hummus.
I don’t even know what “feist” is.
I grew up in an area with a large Arab population, so I had it long before the “craze” hit, in the last year or so. I don’t mind having it readily available in the supermarket, though.
Ew, Dakota Fanning. Can’t stand her.
I hate pre-sliced pita. Ever went to La Shish? I missed their bread after they went under.
Um, not quite.
I mean, really. Really talking about hummus, I mean hummus. Christ what in the hell would anyone want to talk about hummus, hummus, real hummus. Shit, really, hummus. Naw, you can’t care enough about hummus to have conversations about it. Really, you are talking about hummus. My gawd what the hell is so wonderful about hummus that one word would be written about it, let alone all the bullshit above and below this posting. Like hummus must be better than anything ever before. Hummus is God. Pray to Hummus, bow to Hummus, write books about Hummus, build buildings to gather in to pray about Hummus, take collections of money in these buildings to make more money to build more buildings, and go to the highs hills and scream Hummus is heaven. Move over God there’s a new guy in town and you’re in deep shit. Hummus, Hummus, Hummus I sing thy glory; oh save me, save me and let me ride in our chariot. God damn, hummus, really, what the fuck?
Hummus – schmummus. These comments suck. What happend to the “I pooped my pants” guy?
Yanks are fat becasue they are lazy as fuck.
Kath? Is that short for Kathy, maybe? And you’re an Arab? If so, I am baffled by this! Also exactly when was hummus cool to eat (I missed that one)? I assume we’re talking about actually eating hummus and not just liking it as a concept. Exactly how many years before it was cool did you actually start eating hummus? If you’re Arab, isn’t probably that the reason you started eating it way before it “was cool”? If that’s the case, that’s about as unusual as me having eaten at McDonalds before it “was cool”. I mean, I ate at McDonalds before it was even called McDonalds (don’t get me started…!). Try finding the guy who started eating hummus before it was even called hummus, then you could at least say you know someone real cool, who as far as hummus goes, has got everyone else speechless!
I’m really starting to hate you.
Hey, if you were really hungry and the hummus was fresh and made well with the proper ingredients (I think this is where the lemon, plenty of garlic and expensive olive oil come in), server on fresh Pita, you might like it or at least give it a “not bad”? The words ‘hate’ and ‘hummus’ do not belong together in the same sentence (not including this sentence, of course). It’s just not right!
Signed,
More Than Hummus Tolerant
Speak for yourself specialk. We’ve got a tubs of hummous at our house and regularly have it served at get togethers.
Canned chick peas? You must be the wrong kind of white person. Don’t you know about the BPA in can linings?
(Yes, I really do have dried chick peas soaking right this moment. Later I will boil them, and then blend them into hummus.)
And please add some salt to your hummus recipe! Personally, I prefer mine in the form of veggie broth or Bragg’s Liquid Aminos in place of some of the water, but even just salt from a shaker will really improve the flavor of the recipe above.
aww! I forgot about that bread. Now I’m sad and wish I could go there for dinner right now.
hummus never heard of it and I have a lot of white friends
dinner at their house is usually Italian, soul food, or chinese.
http://www.culturallycool.com
You didn’t mention dining on sushi…make no mistake, your friends are the wrong kind of white people. Good Day To You Sir!
the “empty Brita filter” is so true.
As an excellent example of this kind of white person, I love hummus. An excellent and less expensive way to cater to gluten-intolerant individuals is corn tortilla chips – and you get bonus points for creating a multi-cultural “fusion” cuisine. White++. I eat a box of hummus mix and a bag of chips almost every week to appease both my desire for instant snacky food and bizarre, self-imposed dietary restrictions. Represent!
I am eating hummus while reading this, with a bag of whole wheat pitas from Trader Joes (and baby carrots)
I have five bucks that says you’re eating a Dairy Queen Blizzard.
Gluten-free crackers are loved by white people because white people love the idea that there stomach upset is due to a disease, in this case celiac disease. White people love to get tested for celiac disease, and any other disease. They get tested for many diseases, and eventually they will have a false positive test for one, even though they do not have the disease. They then can assign their vague symptoms (headache, fatigue, diarrhea) to that disease, rather than dealing with the emotional causes of their physical distresses. White people also love to think they have diseases that do not exist, or are actually quite rare like dysbiosis, parasitism, and heavy metal poisoning. White people like alternative treatments for these diseases like chelation therapy, colon cleanings, healing baths, acupuncture, and ofcourse nutritional supplements (white peoples’ favorite). White people like to spend cash on these things. White people think that their doctor is with-holding information or simply does not know something that they know because they read about it online.
This is a gen X thing. If you are under 44
you like this stuff most people older
do not care
This 47 yo has a half-full brita filter, and large tub of hummus…and little else in the fridge atm!
Write rambling diatribes about the inconsequential nature of hummus…
Yes! The fresh garlic, and yummy olive oil are key!
I think it’s yummy and like someone said it’s the perfect snacky snack. It’s all healthy even with all the olive oil, it’s good oil…tasty, nutritious….what’s not to like?!
Ya gotta try good hummus.
Tell them the parsley will neutralize the garlic odor.
Is that true? Cool.
Hummus is good with chocolate (70%) mixed in.
White people like hummus because they think it’s an exotic food and they think it portrays an exotic, sophisticated taste.
White people also like Trader Joe’s for simliar reasons.
Do you have something to say other than stating the obvious?
I mean, god, holy christ, what is it? I’m thinking, what to think, what is it you’re talking about? I mean, huh, you okay?
sorry we dont sit around eating chicken and watermelon and smacking our lips all day
that was just mean dan. you should be ashamed of yourself.
He isn’t, I bet.
Oh my gosh!
Are you stalking me?
I do have hummus that I give to white people if they can’t eat anything. They get excited and say how they love exotic food.
I can see how you wouldn’t – With the “We believe more flavor =s more fat” thing going on…
Nothing to “smack your lips” about with that diet
mmm hummus?
I Straight up hate hummus
I am white. And I LOVE hummus. Almost as much as I love stuffwhitepeoplelike.com…
Well, of course there’s sushi, BUT (with all due respect to entry #42) to complicate things, I’ve had some of my white friends eschew delicious sushi because, well, isn’t it obvious?
1. They are concerned that there is some sugar in the rice vinegar.
2. There is vinegar in it (fermented = bad) or it is not another kind of vinegar like locally pressed and fermented organic apple cider vinegar.
3. The rice is white rice and not brown.
4. Fish itself challenges vegans or those concerned about mercury toxicity.
5. Plus organic seaweed is not so easy to find (Trader Joes, do you hear the call?).
I hope there will be an eventual entry on “Raw Food.”
Which also, by association (sorry for heading off topic), makes me hope there will be one on “Burning Man.”
Right … BIG BUTTaroo.
don”t be wicked, jim , i’m also from arab ancestry , we ate hommos since the beginning of history, which started in middle east…
Don’t forget it baby…
Best post ever. You forgot to mention cranberry tablets and organic soap.
thats a good one
god thats funny as hell
are you a art teacher who likes the occasional joint?lol
i cant stop laughing
this is so funny and true
i love this website
i thought people liked trader joes for it bomb stawberry soy milk!!
that shits the bomb!
sweet jesus
they serve it at hooka bars………now its ultra cool….lol
So true, glad to see that you finally listed my hummus suggestion.
Felicia, This Time in Seoul
laughing out loud
I’m 1/8 non-white and I’ve always felt different… but this article… sniff… you see, I, too, love the hummus. Will someone please pass me a pita? I have to blow my nose.
It’s all legumes – I’m a severe anaphylactic with peanuts and just about every other legume makes me miserable in varying degreees. Damn you genetically similar proteins!
Who’s your doctor?
Ouch Dan!
this is complete bullshit i have never tasted hummus in my life . the only butter i eat from nuts is peanutbutter . some one is secretly not white.
WOW!! I seriusly bought some (delicious) hummus yesterday, before my brother emailed me this website. And I bought it at Whole Foods!!
I am so white…
Nuts? Hummus is made with chick peas, not nuts.
I always knew, that moment at the party. It was something, the hummus…
white people often have hummus competitions, in which they try to upstage each other with the authenticity of their hummus. usually a reference to israel or israelis is thrown in there to validate their choice in hummus. but they are right – “you just can’t get good hummus in the states”. (kind of like the Chinese food in NY thing). maybe now im too specific-and only talking about jewish white people.
Hummus is more Arabian cuisine but you know… Israel has a safer connotation to most white people.
still talking about this?
http://www.culturallycool.com
1 can chickpeas (rinsed)
8 oz sour cream
4 tbsp chopped garlic
1/2 cup tahini paste (homogeneous)
1 tsp cumin
2 tbsp onion powder
1 tsp mint extract
1 tbsp citric acid
1 tsp chili powder
Salt to taste (~ 1/2 tsp)
Add water to make spreadable
Process, scrape sides, process again
Garnish as desired
The department in which I’m doing Graduate courses has several of the right kind of White people. They all love hummus. Veggie burgers too.
http://www.poeticmotherlover.com
At first I was going to wholeheartedly dispute this entry concerning hummus as I, an African American, eat it on a weekly basis. I almost forgot that I was first introduced to this tasty veggie treat by a white person, so that deflates my argument.
Hi
Just wanted to say i realy like this blog.
If you`re interested, also check out this blog, with recepies for realy good dishes and real easy.
Everyone in my family dies of heart attacks or strokes, but I can (and do) still laugh about them. Getting your panties in a twist about celiac or gluten humor won’t make you live longer, makes you seem like a obliviously pretentious twit and causes you stress (which can also kill you, as I’m sure you know).
I’m allergic to Hummus …haha
haha! I guess your not white then?
I’m the wrong kind of white person and i do not like hummus. well.. im half white/ half latino. so can i still be the wrong kind of white person? haha..
You got me wrong way too many times. This place is just like some random fortune popup or a fortune cookie that idiots are impressed with “Wow I will meet someone in the future” bs.
Cmon..hummus…That is a new low even for you, low low blow. Perfectly disgusting.
I’m the right kind of white people. Mmmmmm… hummus.
this is so true, i work at a middle eastern resturant and guess who are biggest client el is? “ALTERNATIVE”/LIBERAL MIDDLE CLASS WHITE PEOPLE!!!!
I’m half Turkish and I love this shit.
The barren white refrigerator with a tub of hummous, leb bread and a brita filter is such a perfect image
Also you forgot the thrilling white people arguments over how to spell hummus/hamos/houmous/hommos/hommus/hummos/hummous/humus even though there is never a perfect way to romanise arabic words
Hey im white. i love hommus. i totally agree with the critique. And funnily enough, im gluten intolerant.
That was pretty funny
Hey, this comments thread has a lot of funny posts about Celiacs, which I enjoyed.
Just an awareness thing…lots of non-white people have Celiac disease. It is present because of a certain type of genetic HLA type that is not well adapted to eating grains. This HLA type is found among many populations (but not common in sub-saharan Africa).
Try gluten-free…it might be right for you!
Celiacs always try to evangelize more people because then the world will be full of more delicious gluten-free food.
Landers, will you hire me to be your copy editor? Your site is great, but it needs one.
Ouch. Im the wrong kind of white person. Hummus taste like the Ass of an obese woman who hasn’t showered in days, you know what I mean.
Some white people believe they are allergic to sesame, though. Which means they are allergic to hummus.
Hey…I’m black and I LOVE hummus… 😛
………buuuttttt I think every white person I know loves it too so I digress.
Yeah I have never eaten hummus and I am Italian, Irish & Polish [caucasian] sooo idk
As a white vegetarian, hummus and pita bread is what I always bring to potlucks. I don’t have to cook, and it has no dairy so vegans can enjoy it too.
I once found a Middle Eastern restaurant that made their own pita bread and hummus, and I would have delicious lunches of nothing else. Mmmmmmm!
Finally, I did something to be “the wrong kind of white person!”
Here it is: I eat pork!! Love bacon!! Love pig in general!!
This is a big day as I also love sweaters, having gay friends, having black friends, promising to learn languages, and on down the list. I love hummus too.
I guess I don’t fit the stereo-type in every way. Just 99% of the ways. Small victories.
I love hummus, I love pita, I love pork, and I love high fructose corn syrup (one of the seven wonders of the world).
I guess I’m just weird.
hummus smells like poop. and im white. :DDD
im iriiish and a polishhh :]]
oh and dont eat it.
makes your breath small like a rats ass.
i absolutely love hummus and i’m white :p
For real, this is the first time I’ve visited this site, I read the post about shoes and then hummus. I had already planned to make hummus for dinner and will continue to do so.
Who doesn’t like a mess o’ garbanzos and tahini?
Like others, I wonder… who doesn’t like hummus?
I kinda fall under the “never tried it” part. Stuff looks nasty. D: Then again, I have no allergies whatsoever so…
I love hummus! I’m a poor college kid, but I admit there’s some of it in my barren fridge right now. X3 I’ve also got it in packages to go.
Ah ha…but I’m not white!!
……
Okay, I’ll bite….my skin is tan, but white people have adopted me and raised me as their own. It’s more like I have a little extra pigment in my skin than the average white person.
Sometimes I forget…
And people will say things like, “Oh, I love the olive tone of your skin!”
And for a few, brief moments…I’ll have no idea what their talking about.
This is hilarious. I am allergic to wheat and I have hummus in my refrigerator at work and at home. Oh and I am white. If you pulled out gluten free crackers at your party I would love you forever.
Sabra is the best kind of pre-made hummus. Fuck Athenos.
pine nuts. traditional hummus is made with tahini.
I am a white person who HATES hummus. My Afghani-Canadian wife always laughs when people get all bug-eyed and dancy when hummus is promised. She says its disgusting poor-people food where she comes from.
GUILTY AS CHARGED. I do indeed have a tub of hummus sitting next to my brita filter in the fridge. I’m white, and I also enjoy tasty snacks and clean water.
Interesting and yet so true!
Pita chips and a tub of hummus from Costco, ain’t nothing better; unless we’re talking mud slide ice cream from Tillimook. Now we’re talking heaven. Oh, how I love being white.
I love hummus…but I have to make it…see, you covered the bit about the wheat allergy, but not the bit about the sesame allergy many people have!!
I’m deathly allergic to sesame, so I have to make hummus without tahini. Tastes a lot different, I’m betting, but it sure tastes good!
God this desperado is tedious! Hummus is Arabic! The only White people who like this slimy halitosis inducing discharge are students, vegans and macrame weaving hippies. granted these may be the type of twats that Christian is prone to hang with, but that’s hardly representative of normal White people. This post is definately in your top tenuous!
OMG this is hilarious…Btw, what is IN Hummus?
It’s basically raw garlic made into a paste with chick peas and olive oil. It is popular in countries with no taboos about having bad breath.
Thanks for that fascinating insight into your personal life.
Stuff White Cultural Marxists Like:
Assuming that just everyone is as interested in the tedious minutia of their everyday lives as they are. I’m dying to know what brand of toothpaste you favour?
I think I about fell out of my seat, as I too have 2 tubs of it in my frig. And guess what? I’m White!
Got Hummus? Here’s a Thanksgiving Recipe from Sonny & Joe’s – the best DANG Hummus on the Planet!
Loosen the skin and pull back off the turkey breast. With a spatula, apply half of the Sonny & Joe’s Hummus to the breast of the turkey. Gently replace the skin, patting down over the layer of Hummus. Combine the salt and spice mix and rub on the turkey skin. Drizzle olive oil over the turkey skin and massage in so it is spread all over the turkey or turkey breast.
Roast turkey according to size.
Use the remainder of the Sonny & Joe’s Hummus as a tasty appetizer with crudite, chips or crackers.
I’m white, not the stereotypical white you paint here, but I see all my neighbors in your blog here.
I hate hummus, Vegan food, Trader Joe’s (well there are a few items there, well on second thought I never shop there), Whole Foods Market, Organicxxxxx. I drink Whole milk, eat eggs -yolk and all with salt!, Chorizo, but I am white as I DO like Yogurt, not the fat free added enzymes varieties, just the low fat store brands with fruit added.
My wife is Mexican, when I inform her from time to time that I am white, she informs me “You are not really white”.
Wikipedia says:
“Between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of people in the United States are sensitive to gluten. [17] [18] Coeliac disease (or celiac disease, also called gluten sensitive enteropathy (GSE)), caused by an abnormal immune reaction to partially digested gliadin, is the predominant disorder. It probably occurs with comparable frequencies among all wheat-eating populations in the world.[19]”
Why can’t you pay for your fucking adverts like everyone else?
Congratulations on your successful relevance bypass Vlad.
you’re close; but the most important ingredient is tahini, which is a sesame paste. Peeled chick peas, olive oil, garlic, tahini and lemon juice. Mash it all up and you’ve got yourself a #112.
I like it. I admit making it once in a while. Actually it’s a pain to peel the chick peas, so I’ll usually pick it up at the lebanese resto.
wow. I’m much whiter than I suspected.
Gosh, I’m white, and I think hummus is disgusting.
I don’t think enough has been made about the extra kudos for white people that comes with home-made hummus. If you really want to please your white host, and suspect the hummus they’re serving is home-made (the clues are it’s extra chunky, and in a nice – probably pottery – bowl rather than a plastic container), ask them, ‘Wow, this is fabulous hummus. Where did you get it from?’. This allows your white host to say, ‘Oh, I made it myself, it’s so easy! Let me give you my recipe.’ This will ensure that your white host is really pleased they invited you.
Hey – don’t all white folk love pottery? Or maybe it’s called ‘ceramics’. Surely there’s a blog in that – you know, local, sustainable, organic etc. All the things white folk love.
I came to the party late….and I must be a really weird white person because I DO NOT LIKE HUMMUS….gag me. It reminds me of library paste….but doesn’t taste as good. I guess I am the wrong type of person.
The only two words you need to know to put hummus into its proper context are, smear test.
Boil the garbanzo beans before blending eliminates graininess.
UGH! Hummus looks like Cream of Wheat, and from the ingredients that I’ve read here that’s in it….UGH…..you can keep it….
No comment from me on this site……you can have your HUMMUS…
God hates homos. But he loves tabouli.
hummus. delicious. ami white? very.
SABRA is the best hummus I’ve ever tasted. I buy generic everything else, but I happy pay a premium for Sabra.
Based on the shelf space it gets around NYC there must be a lot of lots of non-Jews who like Sabra, but secular Jews consume hummus to make themselves feel less guilty about infrequent synagogue attendance. It’s a way to be Jewish without actually having to do anything actually religious.
Since when Hummus became Jewish. Hummus is most certainly an Arab side dish and it has been for years and years. wtf?
Man! Lander hit the nail’s head so accurately about the “whiteness” of hummus that we now have an Arab and a Jew arguing about its origins.
Does your breath stink? Probably.
Funny blog, mostly good points. Low blow on the food allergies, though — they are not funny. They are expensive, inconvenient, isolating and life threatening.
Additionally, gluten intolerance is not a food allergy . It is a disease called Celiac. Look it up. It is rarely reported in people of African, Asian, or Caribeean descent.
To the writer, it is obvious that you have not been touched by Celiac or food allergy, otherwise you would not have been so cavalier. Poking fun at food allergies is like making fun of someone with sickle cell anemia. You are a gifted writer and should not have to stoop so low for material.
relax. don’t take things so seriously. even people with food allergies are rude and obnoxious abou them
FYI I do have many food allergies and I still find this hilarious!!
Yup! Just like homosexuality and brown skin, food allergies are not to be mocked by anyone…..being White on the other hand, now that’s funny!
Hahahah! That’s true, I can’t believe the white guys here are so fond of hummus that they forget the irony…!
Where is Martha Steward when we need her?
your a fucking douchebag
Gluten Free Not by Choice – This is a great response! Since you are so white. Love it, love it! See the “Being Offended” blog, too. Keep it up, white people are great.
Being Offended is number 101.
This must be true, for I am VERY pasty and I think garbanzo paste RULES.
This is a staple in my house, just like milk, bread, butter and Toby’s Tofu Pate!
The latter is an actual product, NOT A JOKE, and is incredibly delicious. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it! It’s kinda like egg salad only loaded with curry.
This whole subject is making me hungry.
Mmmmmm.
Shit! I’d better get ready for some serious denigration by Negroes, Asians and Jews, because if I claim to be offended by being called “the cancer of history”, or an evil troll created in Yakub’s laboratory, I’ll be guilty of acting typically white! Fuck me, WHITE! Like, belonging to the race that invented the internal combustion engine, democracy, habeas corpus and human rights is, like, sooooo evil!
What black people have in their fridge
“my german friend ordered so much we couldn’t finish it.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
garbanzo beans paste is no more tempting then peanut butter.
same paste different ingredients.
zohan, summed it up in the comedy when he uses hummus as toothpaste. the obsession with this jam can only be attributed to subliminal marketing.
J Brown…have you ever stopped breathing due to accidentally ingesting an allergen? I recently rushed my young daughter to the hospital under that circumstance (anaphylaxis). I am not a gifted or pithy writer, so go ahead and make fun of my style, but I will do everything in my power to make even a minuscule difference in her world and how it perceives her. Whether that is… asking food corp’s to label properly, doing my own home cooking, or patiently educating people who make fun of food allergies . People who laugh at them need to know they are real, and they are a disease every bit as grave as any other killer.
Really JB…I’m guessing you must have gotten a hive or something. Full blown anaphylaxis is no joke. Without medical attention, it is fatal. Celiac will kill a person slowly. Celiacs who repeatedly bend to peer pressure to eat “normally” will experience consquences ranging from diarrhea to lymphoma, or the necessity of a feeding tube for the rest of their life. A real knee slapper, eh?
Those who perpetuate the myth by blaming their picky eating habits on “allergies” are certainly not helping to alleviate the ignorance, either. (Do those people really exist?Or are they just on blogs and TV?)
Last thing, (Kathy) I did go ahead and look up the post on “being offended”. it was humorous, like most of the other posts on this blog, and I have not commented on any of the posts since I began following this blog . I draw the line at making fun of a lifelong, potentially fatal, chronic disease. Maybe I could laugh at other peoples’ diseases but since this one effects me 24/7 , it misses the mark on my particular funny bone. Since comments are enabled, it is my responsiblity to grab an opportunity use the platform as a source to debunk the widespread ignorance about food allergies.
L O fucking L.
I heart hummus and can’t eat gluten, but it’s funny people! Come on. It’s okay to have a giggle now and then, even if you have food allergies. I promise.
So “white people” have allergies, and they are Funny. Black people have sickle cell anaemia. Is that more or less funny?
at least sickle cell anaemia keeps you from catching malaria. so what are allergies “good” for?
White people LOVE mullets … check out this mini-documentary on Youtube … it’s called “Mulletude”!….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34V_9NpikFA
this is a stretch. pretty sure it’s a middle-eastern thing.
…so what is it with negroes & black-eyed peas?
Is this a nice way of saying white people don’t like fried chicken, watermelon and collard greens?
What does liking hummus have to do with race? I know white people who don’t like hummus, and more colored folks who don’t like it. I’m not sure I get the stereotype that you’re trying to get at here.
Hummus isn’t traditionally a side dish. White men and their insatiable appetite for meat relegated it to a side dish.
Well said, good for you!
Yeah! Just like poor people have an insatiable appetite for eating cheap food. You are mistaking an unsurpassed ability to produce with an insatiable appetite.
Think hummus, think smear test!
this is so funny because it’s so true! i know many of the ‘white people’ you write about and they love hummus!!
CDB – I can actually help here. The stereotype is how pretentious and predictable white people are. Whether it’s food, clothing, or music or any of the other 114 topics. The author is implying that hummous is actually kind of a nasty idea, but there is kind of an “emperor’s new clothes” type phenomenon that has been perpetuated . White people lap it in the guise of feeling sophisticated, worldy and adventurous. Another example of this might be “Campari” or possibly sushi…I’d have to check and see if those items have been mentioned previously.
Actually, I found that part funny! I also enjoy hummous, but it’s still funny. I just quit laughing (see below) when the topic of disease got dredged up. I certainly hope the author does not plan to spoof on “anorexia” or “alcoholism” , “heart disease”, or other medical conditions, in the future. He can do better.
The whole blog and book are about race. It’s 99.99% really quite clever and hilarious. It’s not a stretch at all to associate food trends with race and demographics. Enjoy.
“if you find a white person who does not like hummus then they probably just haven’t tasted it or they are the wrong kind of white person. ”
Dammit! I always find something here that makes me giggle and smile!!! 😀
By the way, living in Astoria has afforded me the luxury of getting to know hummus pretty well. And tzatziki…
White people know how to work some pita bread! 😉
god, i cant stand people with all of these dietary restrictions! i would immediately stop hanging out with people that had that many concerns about sushi. like, what the hell is wrong with you? a whole nation (or more) eats sushi and seems to have survived with fewer health qualms than you.
ugh… veganism is such a sham. it’s like people are trying to make themselves sickly, starving, and unable to eat regular food.
Ok…..I’m white and I love hummus…..I eat it at least three times per week…..but I also do currently live in the Middle East and it is a staple here. And though I do like hummus…..the stuff we eat here in Jordan is better than anything you can get in America.
Hummus makes this honkey fart like a banshee. Just make sure you also have some Bean-o on hand, or preferably, organic “Yes to Beans”.
“if you find a white person who does not like hummus then they probably just haven’t tasted it or they are the wrong kind of white person. ”
oh, I guess I’m the wrong kind of white person
HAHAHAHAHHA!
Not so!
112 Hummus— Babs Toyfish
I love Mid East food, including hummus, and was delighted with this article on white people, of which I am one. I seek out Mid East, north African (also Indian, etc., etc. cafes in my part of New Orleans). But why do you accept such vulgar rubbish as Toyfish’s contribution?? It almost ruined my day. MB
Too many “white” people comment on this blog. At first it’s a lark mocking them, but after the first dozen times. It gets old.
What’s wrong with pork?
honorable mention: anything ‘whole wheat’ or ‘whole grain’
I really HEART hummus.. and I’m really white.. but, after living in Puerto Rico for 6 years, I’ll take arroz y gandules con pollo anyday over hummus … oh and for the other white things people like in other blogs, I hate wine and Jazz, and I speak 3 other languages fluently .. and I use them on a daily basis.. so THERE ! 🙂
>> ice cream has no gluten.
Try again. Some ice cream has gluten as a binding agent, some does not.
And that’s not even counting the ice cream fillers (cookies, etc).
Aaand, I find dark people repulsive!
In other anglo countries it’s called ‘homos’ but I guess American white people would get a bit uptight about that. There should be an entry on all that language Americans are squirmy about; going to the ‘rest room’, pronouncing harrass like ‘Harris’ instead of like ‘her ass’ etc. etc.
OMG. I have a half empty tub of hummus in my half empty fridge next to my half empty brita filter. HOW DID YOU KNOW?
Hummus is a middle eastern food, and people (at least in Lebanon) eat it with bread- flat bread, and maybe some olives, as part of a mezza. White people are the ones who have bastardized it with roasted peppers and other things and put it in wraps and sandwiches and on crackers. My Tata would laugh hysterically.
It is also funny that white people buy tiny containers of it and pay for it like the contents are gold ($4.00? $5.00?). The reality is that it takes like 5 ingredients and a blender and the time it takes to open a can of chickpeas (the REAL stuff is made by soaking the dry beans…) You can make a gallon for that price.
man i love bastardized humus with avacado and truffles in it lol nah im not that white but crushed up chickpeas and bread…. dayum shits like gangbusters.
Mona,
You make me ill and Babs makes me laugh. You’re the problem.
i really like hummus, especially in a big tub from costco
sandwiches not so much though, it kinda tastes like sand in a sandwich
actualy human rights came about in Iran/Persian by Cyrus the Great. 10 points to the Middle East.
Also, alot of the nice things you enjoy today were invented by Jews, or had Jews involved in the process.
Stop being so arrogant
The Yabba;
Well, it depends who spells it… Since hummus/homos/hommus is very common in and originated in the Middle East we can’t really say. The languages in that part of the world is Arabic and Farsi. Languages that don’t even have the same letters as us. So it can be spelled either way. And therefore you may, even in the same country, find many different spellings. As well as pronounciacions.
But it is good anyhow 🙂 And easy to make.
But what I am MORE curious about is “stopped eating everything you consider delicious.” What is it that I am missing (except for dairy products. Because yes, I am lactose intollerant…)
Haha we do too!
This website is so on, its a little scary. So in the midst of making my first batch of Hummus, I was web surfing, and low and behold….
Ummm, yeah so the girls and I have hummus and brie at every single girls’ night (which is every Thursday). Brie is also a white-chick thing in my parts.
In addition to the pita chips (whole grain only, of course, and preferably no-added-salt) and gluten-free crackers, you can’t go wrong with serving your white friends crudites with hummus. No white person alive can resist a cucumber slice or baby carrot topped with hummus. You’ll get so many brownie points (or would that be whitey points?) for serving such a healthy snack, I guarantee.
YOU BASTARDS how dare write things that arent true and are rasict! You have no idea what white or BLACK people like. If you had any idea whqat white poeple like you must be God. I KNOW for a fact that your ass is not God so you need to get yor facts striaght you rasict S.O.B!! I HATE YOUR GUITS AND HOPE YOU GET EATEN BE BEARS THEN SURVIVE TO GET POKED AT BY BIRDS TO A SLOW DEATH!!!
-Christline
Oh my god!!! How can you post these things??!?!? This is disgrastful. THis website should be took off the internet!!! If ur writing all these things!! Your talking about black people and white people…..so what race r u!!?!?!?
-Heather
You racist S.O.B!! I hope you dead a very PAINFUL death! How can you post all this crap at isnt true! If you was true you would have to survey the ENTIRE white community of the world which with your dead end job cant afford or have time for you stupid no lifed bastard!!!! I hope ir im going to sue your sorry ass for racist bitch that you are! So suck D***!!!!
-Desiree
I dont know who the flip you all are saying that all white people have to like hummas!!!! I dont like it and people should know me….
Who the flip are you to say that white people like this and that!!! You dont even know all white people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Shelby
GO ROT IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-All of us
Bitch go rot you donbt know jack!
bitch go dont know a damn thing about shit as white people dontlike hummus at all it taste like shit and pee and you all are racist!
you four girls are simply too ADORABLE to be real! if your comments are serious, that is just priceless. never change.
I’m from Ann Arbor, MI, and in every one of these posts I recognize either myself or at least a dozen of my friends. If anyone thinks that this is an unfair representation of white people, visit Ann Arbor. We blast Indie music in our hybrids on the way to Trader Joe’s to eat hummus. It’s an intense white experience.
It’s a JOKE! haha… Don’t take offense to stuff that wasn’t supposed to be offensive.
In the mean time, if I knew what Hummas was I’d probably be laughing… O.o
I am white and don’t like hummus, but then I have particularly fussy tastes, even for a white person. If I am coming to your house and for some reason you feel the need to accomodate my tastes, please prepare the following:
1. A main dish with a very high meat-to-vegetable ratio and no sauce or seasoning that is sour, cheesy, or in any other way “funny.” An example of a good non-white meat dish is teriyaki chicken with rice or those pale sprout/noodle thingies. An example of bad non-white meat dish is Thai stirfry, with tiny pellets of meat in a sea of spicy water and soggy vegetables.
2. Brand-name pop such as Diet Coke, kept chilled.
3. “Normal” (by white standards) dessert such as vanilla cake with vanilla icing. No, mango or green tea sherbet does not count. No bitter cherry filling, creamcheese, or nuts; the plainer the better.
TRUE.
I don’t know whats funnier, the four angry girls message, or people analysising the historically correct usage of hummus 🙂
white people like anything that can be purchased by the tub…more more more
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oh my god, this is so true – all my white friends love hummus… now i know why that might be, thanks –
I’m white and I’ve never tried hummus in my entire life…. It’s also impossible to avoid Pork, or High-Fructose corn syrup since it’s used in almost everything these days.
I make hummus! But it might as well just be garlic paste there’s so much in there… my family lives on garlic.
mmmm…garlic.
You’re actually just a single twelve year old boy aren’t you? Admit it!
This is hilarious- I am one of those white people who feel comfortable when there is hummus. I am vegan when at all possible (I travel a lot) and it is hard for me to understand why everyone seems to think vegetarian protein means cheese.
Many of my white friends are allergic to gluten; I’ve noticed that in supermarkets many product lines are now made “vegan and gluten free.”
P.S. My fiance, who is Egyptian, also finds it hilarious that I am hummus-obsessed at times. The obsession does sometimes morph into falafel obsession (nothing whatsoever to do with Billo), foul obsession and baba ganouj obsession…
Actually what white people like is dip, any dip. That includes salsa, tappenades, sour cream and onion soup mix and ect. As to Hommus I think the Frugal Gourmet, who had some Lebanese ancestry, cooking show on PBS started the trend. You will note that Hommus is one of many bean dips white people eat. Hommus is also everywhere in the middle east so I am not sure if it is really a white thing. I think CLander blew it on this one.
None of these things have to do with with being white or what white people like. Have you notice how many of these “things that white people like” are adopted from non-white cultures? All these things have to do with being a bourgeois, college-educated yuppie (or a wanna-be-yuppie). To assume that these qualities are characteristic to white people–even in a satirical way–is presumptuous and a bit elitist.
Typical white person response.
I love this, its hilarious.
mmmm…garlic!
I am white, educated, and i love humus. I found this absolutely hilarious. The situation where the white person refuses food in a black persons house has happened to me. I am 6′ 3″ and 200 lbs. Recently i have lost 25 lbs, because I moved out of my parents house and did not diet at all.
hahahahahaha
I am white and not partial to hummus. I am also not partial to ham hocks served at black household nor am I going to eat tripe in the guise of Menudo.
your comment smacks of something a white person would say… presumptuous, elitist and full of vacuous multi-syllabled words that i have to look up in the dictionary but will use and pretend to understand at ugly sweater parties.
I laughed so much I nearly spat out my hummus.
Your generalizations are worse than the authors, his/hers were, at the very least, facetious. Yours, on the other hand, are a bit “elitist” as you say. Liking hummus has nothing to do with economic standing or education level.
Also, I’m white, so to the people below that said this response was typical of a white person, you’ve hurt my feelings, I think I’ll go have a cry.
“presumptuous, elitist and full of vacuous multi-syllabled words”
So it’s not only presumptuous, it’s elitist, too?! AND it’s full of vacuous “multi-syllabled” words?! How typical of white people to use words they clearly don’t understand at “ugly” sweater parties and on stupid fucking posts that invite a world of shame into their pitiful, racially-obsessed lives.
Wow. Racist much?
I laughed so freaking hard when I read this, because at the time the only contents of my fridge were hummus and an empty britta water filter
I am white. I would have hummus as my last meal. when I sed to work at a place that served hummus I ate it everyday. It freaked people out. Yes there is some in my fridge…..and it’s a mini fridge.
This is about the biggest pile of stereotyped crap I have seen in a long time. I white and of your list there are only about six of the items I do like.
hilarious
I love the comments from offended white people – they are hilarious !
I know right? Wait, maybe I should whine and b*tch too, since this one was pretty much dead on.
BTW I’m in Iraq right now and the local stuff has sorta ruined me. I hope I can still eat “normal” hummus when I go home…
I will bet that every “white” person who likes hummus also voted for Obamajama.
The real funny part is where some “people” cry racist at any comment, notion or idea expressed by a “White”, especially the N-word. Yet these are the exact same “people” who laugh at Will Smith blurting out anti-White racial epithets like “Cracker”, “Redneck” and so forth. And they are the exact same “people” who scream racism when Michael Richards uses the N-word. And they are the same “people” who buy and sing along with music from DMX who uses the N-word for 30% of the lyrics. And they are the same “people” who cry about racial discrimination against “people” of “color”, yet directly benefit from Affirmative Action which excludes “White” people from jobs and college admissions based on their skin color. And they are the same “people” who are offended by organizations like KKK for racism, yet are fully supportive of La Raza, NAACP, MALDEF and LULAC which are organizations which support certain races and exclude all others. And are the same “people” who have fits over Hitler, yet have no problem with Pinochet or Idi Amin and even wear Che Gueverra merchandise. And they are the same “people” who think this website is “funny” becuase it mocks “Whites”, yet are the same “people” who denounce TV shows like Sanford and Son or the PJ’s which mock “blacks”. There are words for all of that. When it’s OK for one group of “people” and not for another, based on skin color…..Oh yes, “Racist” and “Hypocrit”.
bill90808’s comment above just made me laugh out load
not so crazy about hummus — am I still white?
Yes… Just not the right kind. 😉
I think you meant people, not “people”. Learn to use apostrophes correctly, and then perhaps I will read past the first sentence of your comment.
Can’t we all just get along. This is comedy and, of course, not everything on this list applies to EVERY white person in the world–or America for that matter.
Can you imagine each white person in america liking the same 115 things equally as much as every other white person? Lighten up, people.
the wrong kind of white person?
this is the first time i’ve looked at this blog and, although, i do find some of the posts funny, on a whole, they aren’t very accurate. i feel like this blog should be called, “things people like” (p.s. it’s okay to like these things regardless of race/ethnicity)
i mean, it’s silly. don’t asian men like asian women? don’t some black dudes wear stupid sweaters, bill cosby anyone? don’t some black dudes still like deltron and wutang? i’ve watched wes anderson with a dominican kid that was wearing coogi, dunks, and horn-rimmed glasses. obviously, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that these are generalizations and now i’m interested to see what else i’m supposed to like as a white person, but let’s be honest.
I gotta say, This blog is an accurate depiction of white hipster culture
This one doesn’t make sense, is there someone who doesn’t like hummus? it tastes good? I have black friends, asian friends, everyone likes it.
Hey I’m white and you know what I like? food. Yeah coz you eat it, and it’s derived from black culture. goddamn I am SO white.
who doesn’t like hummus! i cannot live without it. however, i make my own ORGANIC hummus!!! it’s always a hit with everyone! 🙂
It’s funny to me how B-rand types “lighten up, people”, but can you even IMAGINE the trouble I’d get into as a white woman if I started a smart ass, condescending blog titled “What Black People Like”. Oh man… that’s right. There’s already a SERIOUS site called that.
Ugh… this race shit pisses me off, I swear.
I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m Black, and I checked out that SERIOUS site dedicated to stuff black people love (because “like” wasn’t strong enough), and I found it incredibly boring. As people, we have definitely gotten the short end of the stick for a millenia, but damn, I’m so tired of these SERIOUS sites for Black people. I feel like I’m going to history class or Political Science class whenever I go there. It would be great if we could laugh at ourselves more, like the guy who started this site. It’s all in fun, I get it that it’s not totally accurate. But I agree, this race shit is gets on my nerves, too. I’m so over it.
That’s why i (usually) like comedians that take race jokes as part of their performance.
You can have so much fun with it…
Well, at least with people who can take it and are not hyper jumpy about everything.
black people humor me! so screwed up! lol. love it! stay down there baby!
My god, people (speaking to those who are saying things like the posts aren’t accurate or representative), you do realize that precisely by saying this you are fitting in perfectly with everything else on this site, don’t you? The comments section of every post should be its own reason.
hahaha. ummm, absolutely true, as far as i’m concerned personally anyway.
so, i took a picture of my refrigerator when i read this (with my cell phone, so it’s poor quality);
empty brita filter, hummus, feta, and pita bread.
Mary from Ann Arbor–I laughed out loud at your reply. “Intense white experience”…….too funny! I think this blog is great, and I recognize myself (or others) in MANY of these posts.
Lol
Thats awsome! XD
Damn!! You’re right I LOVE HUMMUS!!!!!!
Hey, and chill out my fellow whiteys… just because you represent the stereotypes for what you are isn’t reason to get so pissy.
who doesn’t like cheese? lol
I love hummus, I like to eat it with organic crackers while
listening to Vampire Weekend
Mayhaps you should learn to use quotations correctly.
what kind of white people are we talking about here? i thought hummus was a jewish thing. i’ve never even had it. this would be humorous to me if it was actually a little bit accurate. but maybe your not referring to american people when you say white. because this is sooo far off. i think anyone would realize that.
It’s the same kind of white person on the rest of this site. All the yuppies I know love hummus. I like hummus. My white girlfriend likes hummus. And since white people do like to have Jewish friends (which of course gives them license to tell Jewish jokes), it does make sense. Go into a Trader Joe’s and take a look at the wide selection of hummus and you’ll know what the guy is talking about.
Guilty as charged. I love hummus! 🙂
So many things on this site are dead-on for me. I guess I really am white 🙂
Oh wow, I LOVE hummus! This is right on, and I don’t feel bad about being sterotypical in this case because hummus tastes so freaking good! Hilarious blog!
hahaha, empty brita water filter.
Haha! This is really funny. Maybe Im white on the inside and African American on the outside because my diet specifically consists of hummus and falafel. Im super picky about what I eat and anything thats not expensive and from Wholefoods is questionable. Its so hard to get away from this “White” habit.
Haha!
Shut the fuck up, you Oreo faggot jive ass turkey.
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check this out. its even better
This is just STUPID.
who are these “white people”were talking about?
I”m white as is everyone I know and NONE OF THEM like Hummus.
In Fact hummus in not even a “white food”, niether is Pita bread, its Jewish.
You should really post some facts if your going to state these things. Or atleast google it first.
If this is an attempt to be funny, it really didn’t work.
OH and the rest of you white people you should really check out this dorks other “things white people like”
shhhhh….
You don’t get it. It is funny.
Jews are white, idiot.
Hummus is Middle Eastern dish not a Jewish dish.
Also.i love this sight and your books
This is total Bullshit. This whole blog is horrible.
I bet if there was a “stuff black people like”.. there would be alot more complaints.. atleast white people haved descency.
i’ve never even heard of hummus til i attended college… and i tried it and don’t like it at all. guess i’m the ‘wrong’ kind of white person?!
There is a “stuff black people like” website.
http://stuffblackpeoplelikealso.wordpress.com/
Both that site and this site are written by white people, and are not meant to offend anyone. I think both blogs are pretty funny, specially this one since I identify with a lot of these things or know white people who do. “Stuff White People Like” is not aimed at all white people, of course. But I digress. Obviously you just don’t get the humor, or you’re just too easily offended.
emerald555 needs to chill, haha. and i think this is funny, i’ve never had it but all my ‘white’ friends are like in love with it! Hahaa, this is brilliant! d:
I love this entry but really think “being allergic to gluten” should be it’s own category. It is all the rage.
Oh no no no no, this is incorrect. White people HATE hummus. Buuuut some white people want to look cultured and worldly… which means they believe all other cultures are better than their own. This requires them to act like they like hummus. The only people who ACTUALLY like hummus are Middle Easterners.
I like hommus. Everyone I know does even if they are sugar free, gluten free, wheat free, dairy free, salt free, fun free…..
Hummus is alright, but there are few uses of it which are not improved by substitution with a decent yogurt. It’s just true.
hummus is gross. i am white and tried it and i do not like it.. so i guess you dont want to know me.. lol
According to this website I can’t like anything good without being a fake or wannabe how lame.
Btw why joke about people with siliac disease they get joked on enough as is plus they can’t eat anything good.
Hummus is delicous and this website is for stupid people. I’d rather be a yuppy conformist then a lame know it all that has a problem with anyone different from himself
I get it’s a joke but it’s kind of dumb. And none of it really pretains to being white
Charlie Charlie Charlie.
You’re kidding, right? You got on a website that is so obviously satirical that you should have avoided it completely, and complain about the satire? If you’re white, you should read the one about liking to be offended. You may be whiter than you think.
haha.
You need to get a LIFE!
you are so white
i am half white and half middle eastern and I LOVE hummus and yall are crazy if you dont that stuff is delicious
LOL Psych out people with food allergies.
yes
White people make crappy hummus.
Hummus should have enough garlic and lemon to make your tongue want to die.
Also, hummus has a popular variation in the Levant where we pour melted ghee (really fatty butter) all over it and cover it in ground meat.
Take that, hippies.
Sabra Supremely Spicy hummus is the BEST. I wouldn’t touch anything else in the supermarket, it’s by far the best brand.
allergies are due to people no longer being allowed to eat dirt as children. overprotective parents…
haha This is funny. Mona made me laugh too. I thought she was kidding about being uptight-white.
WTF? I know maybe 2 white people that actually have hummus in their fridge. Where do these hummus-loving white people live anyway. You missed the mark here.
All white people *will* eat ruffled potato chips with onion dip made with sour cream and lipton french onion soup mix.
Funny site, though! You “sound” kinda like my 18 year old son.
Not any more. It’s probably all she eats now, at least when there are other white people around.
Martha, you can never be so clear that you won’t be misunderstood and abused by some glue-sniffing little pea-wit, who would in all likelihood wet his pants if he encountered a genuine conflict with an actual person in the real world.
Who wipes yours?
Valerie: You’re mistaking those who are known herein as “the wrong type of white people” for those who you refer to as “all white people”. Those who are known herein as “the right type of white people” like hummus. Thank you.
Actually I think all whites tend to universally like sushi more than hummus…at least that’s the case here in Seoul.
Dear 제이슨: As the type of white person who likes to convey cross cultural awareness and an appreciation for racial diversity, I’d like to ask that you not use what some might find to be offensive racial terms. Your use of the word “whites”, while perhaps used in error, is offensive, and I ask that you from now on use the most culturally-enlightened and racially-sensitive term, “white people”. I appreciate your understanding.
I’m whiter than Edgar Winter, but my allergy to sesame seeds has prevented me from ever trying hummus.
So there.
I just put the picture of the hummus and pita from this website as my desktop wall paper on my computer… becasue it calms me down…oh and im white.
Once again, I think that whoever wrote this blog must have had some bad experience with some very snobby preppy people who also happened to be white. In any case, I don’t know anyone who has hummus in their fridge. I don’t even know what hummus is, and I still am uncertain after reading this moronic blog. It looks like vomit. And pita bread is crappy. I am with the person who mentioned Ruffles and French onion dip. I would probably live off of that. And chinese food. mmmm……..
Oh… OH NOOOOOOO!!!!!… I hope that none of my white friends are reading this!!!!
Wow…. I love the site. I think it’s hilarious, and those who are offended by it are CLEARLY “that kind” of white people! It’s a humor Blog people…..Chillax! Go have a sushi roll or a gyro…
wow, you take things too seriously. Obviously not every white person is going to like hummus and every white person is going to hate chinese.
That’s so right on!! All white people DO love hummus…but….you forgot that they love Pita Bread that they dip into the hummus though…..
I ALWAYS have hummus in my fridge and at least 2 types of crackers in the pantry. But I consider myself an exception since every time I have offered it to white guests they don’t seem to be interested and they immediately go for the pigs in blankets.
Which comedian said that only white people have food allergies? Everyone else in the world is too poor/hungry for that shit. Damn whities!
Chris rock- its so true about the hummus.my white co workers put me on.they were eatin it like it was godiva chocolate so I had to put my blackness aside and dig in
Chris rock- its so true about the hummus.my white co workers put me on.they were eatin it like it was godiva chocolate so I had to put my blackness aside and dig in. It is good though…
Hah hah…yeah, don’t hear too many black people complaining of being lactose intolerant.
I’m white and only allergic to all the health food garbage…only allergic to it because it tastes nasty.
So true. I have 3 different kinds of hummus in my fridge right now and it is very rare that I don’t have it.
Celiac Disease is something White People Don’t Like. I’d love to have the luxury to choose my food issue.
Don’t Middle Eastern people like it too?
I am very white, in the very white state of Iowa. I have eaten hummus, never see hummus anywhere, nor have I ever heard anyone mention hummus. It must be a regional trait.
Apparently, white people also like being defensive about their food allergies.
Welllll, I’m white, and have lived in Ohio, West Virginia, Massachusetts, and Virginia. I found hummus to be most popular in MA…but I just can’t stomach it. It tastes fine, but the smell….oh my GAWD the smell! I cannot handle it.
Amen! And I have yet to be at someone else’s house (white or otherwise) and be offered gluten-free crackers…sigh. Hummus on a spoon just doesn’t cut it.
no I have never liked toe jam
Celiac Disease can make you hostile. But I’m feeling less tight-lipped and humorless this morning.
I find it funny the way hummus is popular now. I am half Lebanese and was brought up on hummus, tabouli, kibbee etc.
I think its funny that white people (I’m also half Irish) have just discovered these ethnic foods.
I introduced my white Iowan parents to hummus this summer- they did not like it, but they were still white enough to have a daughter who married a non-white guy, so I guess that earns them a pass?!
i am also half lebanese! lets be friends!
It’s a middle eastern food.
A few years ago we had this at Christmas and my mom kept pronouncing it HUGH MASS not to be confused with UMASS… I made fun of her for it for 3 hours and wound up having to walk home!
Never tried it, how does it taste with BBQ sauce?
Funny article, but I’d like to point out that most people can’t eat gluten because they have Celiac Disease, not because they are alergic.
i dont think you can eat it with bbq sauce lol.
I’ve been going through the comments here and it seems you Americans have no idea what Hummus is really like. From what I’ve heard from Americans and Israelis, American Hummus is very bland and you use crackers to eat it.
As an Israeli I’ve been eating Hummus since I was 2 years old. There is only one kind to Hummus, the kind made out of Hummus beans.
There are dozens of spices, toppings and other beans you can add, but there’s only one kind of Hummus.
I hope other middle-easterners here would agree with me. Israelis and Arabs have many differences but if there’s one thing we can agree about is Hummus
We totally know what hummus is! I have two tubs in the fridge now (as I am truly a white person from this list). One kind is blended with garlic and red pepper and the other is topped with olives and pine nuts and dried herbs. Very yummy- I usually eat it with veggies and pita : )
Hummus doesn’t need anything with it, that’s the great thing about Hummus. And that’s what you Americans don’t understand. Olives and pine nuts yuk.
Another thing Americans don’t understand about Hummus is that you think of it as a main dish. In Israel Hummus is both like Ketchup and a bowl of chips.
You can use it as a spread for just about everything; french fries, hot-dogs, burgers, and just about any kind of meat.
It is also used as a snack like a bowl of chips or mixed nuts.
This board is hilarious.
Actually, 99% of people I’ve met who don’t eat gluten don’t even know what Celian disease is…. rather, they think it’s hip to not eat gluten. They are simply too cool and alternative to eat the mainstream North American grain, and prefer to select other grains for consumption because they read an article or two in some Men’s Health-type magazine about the magic of spelt and rye! They may have also read or heard some obscure “facts” about the dangers of gluten.
This article (like all the other articles I’ve read, so far) is DEAD-ON. Clearly this blog is written by a legitimate white person with a thorough understanding of whiteness.
Also funny is how most white people can’t pronounce the sound required to pronounce hummus in its original Hebrew/Arabic manner. Most white people can’t (or won’t?) make the throat scratching sound required to make the sound. Unfortunately there is no way to transliterate the sound to English, as English doesn’t have any character or combination of characters available to make the sound.
Thankfully, many non-whites cann’t properly pronounce the sound made with the character combination: “TH”. I hope white people can pride in this inability of many non-whites. I know that true white people secretly enjoy hearing Eastern European immigrants say, “Sank you, Sanks so much!” or Middle Eastern immigrants saying, “Dat’s right, dat’s exactly what I wanted!”. This phenomenon builds a white person’s pride.
I will not scratch my throat to pronounce international spinach dip correctly. It’s just not worth it. You should consider changing the pronunciation as well. It’s just not wise to damage the throat when announcing snacky time.
Have you ever tried to make your own hummus?
I did.
It didn’t work out so well. 😦
The end product tasted like the love child of oatmeal and paste.
OMG! Yes Yes Yes! This is exactly how I feel about white people. Why is it that everything I eat that tastes good is viewed with suspicion by white people? Why is it that they are allergic to everything? And come to think of it, why is it that the more white-washed my non-white friends become, the more food allergies they seem to acquire? I swear there’s a clear linear relationship.
P.S. I HATE hummus. It’s the most bland yet somehow weird tasting thing with the most disgusting consistency I have ever come across. And I hate the bread that comes with it.
it is a very nice picture.
“Hummus beans”?
Is that why American hummus is bland, because we use chickpeas instead of hummus beans? Or are they the same thing?
Somebody help me. What is that? Never heard of it. So you know i certainly aint white lol!
If whites are suspicious of good tasting food, blacks are fearful of healty foods and food they can’t pronounce. Not being racist, just playing the stereotype game.
I, for one, am white and love all kinds of food. I don’t do it for show, not trying to be sophiticated. I only eat what I like or what I know is good for me and isn’t too nasty. Simple as that.
And I LOVE hummus.
LOL…I am black and that is some what true. I can imagine the convo. “What the f*uck is that? I ain’t eating that sh*t”…lol
Honestly, I’m open to trying most things…well depending…
Ok sweetie, the reason why we make fun of you is because we make fun of ourselves more. If your going to make little racist comment like that, you need to not get offended when your own people make fun of you. This is a white person saying this you know that right? Its all in good fun. I don’t do a lot of things that other black people do and my friends always call me white but, hey whatever. Its funny. I own it and they respect that. You are ignorant making comments like that. If you play the stereotype game then you need to play it right ok. Im sure you don’t get offended when you hear our comedians make jokes about black people and laugh. But is obvious you have been wanting to say something like that without getting your ass kicked because you know you will. Own your whiteness sweetie its ok lol!
i think the point this guy (and many of the other people who get mad on here) is trying to make it that it seems soooo ok to constantly hate on white people, and white people are not allowed to get offended or be defensive without being stamped as overly sensitive or a racist. I have to admit some of this stuff on this site is kinda hateful, like every single kind and good thing any light complexioned person does is going to be soley for snobbish and nefarious reasons. As for the white guy who made the site? he mocks all these acts of kindness, responsibility and education (caring about poor people, recycling, and grad school) as just silly things that lame people do to impress other lame people, when all he does with his life is put down other peoples passions on a website and sell books about it. its part of this pathetic trend of apathetic hipsters who put down everything that people care about. fyi as for my background I am half middle eastern and half “white”. And yes I love hummus. if the hummus anyone here has eaten is bland health food it wasnt good hummus. as for the fake food allergy thing, yeah give peanuts to someone (of any race) who has a severe peanut allergy, watch them die of Anaphylactic shock, and then we will see whos crazy.
I am thankful for this site. I don’t really think it’s racist. I think he’s deliberately over-generalizing yuppie culture as white culture. The author takes the perspective of an outsider who knows nothing about yuppie culture. Like if you were a Martian observing the human race, you might understandably mistake white culture for yuppie culture because yuppies are overwhelmingly white. So in that sense I think he’s deliberately pointing out how social class is still largely defined by race.
By the way, I am white, and the reason I identify with this site is that in a lot of ways I am “the wrong kind of white person” which I read to be someone from a less privileged background. I take this site as more of a satire of social class than race, but that also points out, as I stated earlier, that race and social class are often one in the same in America.
I have Celiac Disease and I really hate the trend of people that don’t eat it just because (there are many like that – I have explained to people what celiac is – and it is true a lot of people’s conslusion is that they should just stop eating gluten too – idk why). It makes it much harder for people to take me seriously in restaurants, etc. where cross – contamination is a real issue. People with Celiac can get really really sick from the tinest amount of gluten. Anyway, actually, they have done studies and the most prominent group of people that have Celiac are of Irish descent, so yes, a bunch of white people ;).
Negro Please! I fucking love hummus!
I’m allergic to hummus!!! Bah! (I used to love it, though…)
man, I am white and I think hummus is fuckin disgusting. Chinese however, sounds delicious at the moment.
I think this dude is right, I’m not entirely sure what constitutes “the wrong kind of what person” but whether or not I am one, this site is still hilariously true. I won’t lie I get somewhat embarrassed when I do fit the mold for some of these things but that doesn’t happen very often so I don’t mind. and I think of this site more of a guide for someone who grew up in an all black neighbor hood who moved to like, san fransico and needed to associate with those people to be socially accepted at work. I could be totally off on that though.
Whoever is the wrong king of white person, I am it. God damn, I don’t want to be anything close to those yuppie sums a bitches. Nough said. I’m a misfit in a yuppie world.
Hey Sista. I wasn’t getting offended, and knowing that a white person originally wrote all this doesn’t change anything. I know it’s all in good fun. I can live with the stereotype that whites are suspicious of good tasting foods. I was just, in good fun, pointing out the well-known stereotype about black people’s disgust with many of the healthy foods that white people supposedly like so much.
What’s this about getting my ass kicked? That seems to be a stereotype that a black person will seek physical vengence against a supposedly racist comment. I know that’s not true, but that violent intimidating streak, originally perpetuated by whites, is one that many blacks openly jest about–almost as a source of pride.
It’s all in good fun. I don’t want to get anything kicked. Anyway, thanks for the straightfoward advice. You seem well meaning.
I still don’t know what that is. What is it!!!
This one is stupid. Millions of semetic people eat Humus every day. I know the Jewish author of this blog isn’t implying that arabs are white..is he? Somehow I doubt it.
not entirely related to hummus but definetly white people related. check this out:
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2009/01/27/silent-protest/
It’s interesting you bring that up because legally, Arabs and other Americans of Middle Eastern descent are white – at least by law. According to the EEOC, Census and OMB, they are classifed as White. I just read a great book about this. Check it out – John Tehranian’s “Whitewashed”
What the hell is Hummas…. looks like Wall filler to me. Looks like its for Wussys! Try eatin a steak Cooked over some charcoal for once ya wussys, maybe even a nice baked potato or Brauts hell be an american and eat a Fat Hot dog with Chili and Onions for once.. Grow some.
Im hungry now hot dog with some chili cheese and onions sounds perfect!!
This is SO true. I am black and I hate hummus and I notice that lots of ppl dig it. I am all about nachos and cheese.
I am black and I hate hummus and I notice that lots of ppl dig it. I am all about nachos and cheese.
yeah… i guess i like hummus… id rather have some salsa or bean dip or guacamole but if all those are off the table for the light dipping snacking occasion yep hummus works… you get way way more points by having an “authentic” recipe rather than a package.
I am so white I am transparent and I effing love humus.
Hoe did gluten allergies become a thing? 6 years ago no one in the world was allergic to gluten, now it is an epidemic.
Tell you “hoe”….6 years ago they just died of lymphoma, organ failure, failure to thrive, or lived shortened lives of general ill health. 10 years ago nobody wore pink ribbons, and breast cancer was a death sentence. Awareness is Good, it saves lives.
It is in fact a disservice that gluten free eating seems to be a “fad”..the faddists can give it up in a month when they get sick of it….us celiacs are stuck with it for life.
Additionally, it is a huge disservce when picky eaters claim to be “allergic” just to get out of eating a food or to make themselves seem unique. Neither one of those two scenarios, however, takes away from the fact that celiac and food allergies do exist and are serious, lifelong conditions.
Oh, and check out celiac in wikipedia if you can absorb the big words. It rarely effects Africans or Asians. White disease. Get used to it.
Dude, hummus is nasty. Gross, gross, gross.
*is caucasian*
hehe…you said “awareness” thats #18
That was such a ridiculously white reply.
DUDE…. You’re totally white!!!
fuck you she has an actual disease asshole
i’m Lebanese and am very happy that our national dip has been so widely accepted by white people.
But I find it very disturbing that white people do not put olive oil on their hummus. This is a must!
Please sprinkle some olive oil over your hummus the next time you enjoy this middle eastern dish.
You’re so right, it’s very disturbing that they don’t use olive oil. You can actually choke if the Hummus is too dry and you don’t have a glass of water next to you.
Possibly another disturbing thing is that they don’t use znobar or ful. I have no idea what is their name in English but from what I know they don’t use it.
HAHAHA! The hummus I buy has sea salt (#119) listed as an ingedient. Too bad it wasn’t a fancy special sea salt though. This website is frickin’ hilarious.
My grandpa, and my best friend’s mom both suffer from celiacs disease.
(both are white!)
crazy stuff! lol
Deff true, arabic people are actually considered white…
interesting huh?
If you serve hummus with pita to a group that has a person who is gluten intolerant precautions need to be taken to ensure that cross-contamination does not occur. The simplest way to do this is to serve the gluten free crackers and a separate container of hummus on a separate plate. Otherwise if the pita crumbs get in the hummus and the person who is gluten intolerant ingests the crumbs he or she could get sick, even from that tiny amount.
Your national dip is made of deliciousness. I buy the Sabra brand that already has the olive oil on top of it. I will spread it on anything that stands still long enough to eat. I will dip falafel in hummus, even though this is somewhat akin to frying hummus and dipping it in hummus. I do not care. It’s so good.
(I am very white)
eating hummus is like eating gruel. that grey pasty mystery crap they served in prisons in the 50s and before. Gruel, stale bread and water, with dead cockroaches mixed in for that ‘crunchy’ flavor.
Only white folk would love something as tasteless as hummus.
I hate hummus..who in their right mind would eat that stuff..okay vegeterians would..so that answers that question..im as white as the come..go figure.
I’m white and this is how I make hummus:
15-oz can of chickpeas, mostly drained but not completely
~4 tablespoons lemon juice
~2 tablespoons olive oil
~1 tablespoon tahini
2-6 cloves of garlic
a little black pepper
And when it’s done I make a little well in the middle with a spoon and fill it with olive oil.
Sometimes I leave out the tahini.
I don’t understand why anyone would buy hummus after they’ve discovered they like it. At least in my area, it’s $3.50 for a tub. With total prep time about 2-3 minutes and a few minutes in the blender/food processor, I can make twice the amount for half as much (ergo it costs 4 times more if you buy it).
Let see here i eat things like/watermellon/fried chicken/corn bread/sweet potato pie/
so go ahead and tell me what race i am.
these stereo types are full of shit.
and by the way.hummus isnt my thing at all.
i completely agree.
you got no sense of humor, typical
Though I am not of Lebanese descent I enjoy my hummous with some quality olive oil poured into a depression in the middle and with a sprinkling of freshly chopped flat italian parsley and a dash of powdered sumac. Even better, add a side dish of Lebanese style turnip pickles and olives.
Usually you can find the pre-sliced turnip pickles (they’re hot pink in color due to marination with, among other ingredients, beet juice. I went to a Persian merchant to purchase these and all he had in stock were the whole turnip pickles. When I inquired if he had the sliced variety his response; Don’t you have a knife!
You’re on the wrong web site then.
I like to eat anchovies and tomato with my hummus. Sprinkle a little cream of tarter on top. And don’t forget to use fried zucchini to dip into it. Hummus on fried ice cream, that’s where it’s at!
Dammit, I just had to look to my right while reading this and notice the tub of hummus near my keyboard…. sitting next to my mostly-empty Brita.
i like red pepper hummus. anyone else with me?
although it’s pricier… that’s where they get ya’.
I have no idea what Hummus is.
I’m black and I discovered hummus while dating a white guy. That experience came in handy whenI tried my co-workers homemade hummus at lunch today. I actually swallowed it and told him it was good.
ha ha ha. You swallowed hummus.
Are you sure it was hummus?
you sound like a white guy who likes good food.
beeeotch.
I guess I and my entire family are the wrong kind of white person.
Yeah im white never even heard of hummus. All we eat is heavy filling foods. Tons of meat and potatoes lots of pasta and other italian foods too. Perogies are also a common food in my house. If i ever go out to resturant, its a steakhouse or a BBQ. We eat to enjoy our food not to be healthy, you only live once. The healthiest thing i ate in the last 5 weeks was a chicken salad stacked with french fries. I guess if i want to find the white people described on this website i have to move from my middle class rustbelt town in the pittsburgh region to some rich town in california cause none of these hit home.
I am from Pittsburgh and I love hummus! No need to go to California…just branch out a little more in the ‘burgh!
“Even the most barren white refrigerator will have a package of the stuff next to an empty Brita filter.”
I laughed so hard because it is true. I’m a college student who relies on Brita pitchers for clean water here (plumbing sucks… and I’m not one of those white people who LIKE water bottles), and I usually have a container of hummus. If it’s not hummus, the other staple to always have a tub around is of Miso paste (more of a ‘thing’ here in Hawaii, I guess.)
This whitey loves almost all foods including HUMMUS.
I do draw the line at Dinuguan, a Filipino savory stew of blood and meat simmered in a rich, spicy gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili and vinegar.
I will just have the hummus thank you
Hummus: it’s “ethnic”, vegan, & hypoallergenic! What’s not to love? Keep it between my Brita filter & the 12-pack of microbrews 😉 … Comes to think of it, I need to replenish my hummus supply.
i drove mine until i felty guilty about fuel consumption.
Everybody knows you’re just another Agent Smith in a Haight’s body. You wish you could enjoy hummus.
http://www.neoandtrinity.net/smith.html (more SWPL).
All my white friends love hummus.
Right on the dot.
And they insist on pronouncing it as if they are spitting up phlegm.
noticed this one too…what i love most about it that 1) white people think they are pronouncing it correctly when they are not, as i can confirm as a real Arab person; 2) certain idiots think it is a Jewish food when obviously it is only an Israeli food by virtue of them sharing land with genuine hummus eaters and 3) that they seem fully unaware that to MAKE hummus, you require something called tahina (NOT pronounced tahini), sesame paste. it’s not just a bunch of chickpeas and lemon and garlic.
also, us genuine hummus eaters regard hummus more in the light of a condiment, at best a tiny starter among many, and not a whole genuine party food as white people seem to think.
What you must understand from this book and what the author is trying to say about “white people.”
This book is really about yuppies and how cool they think they are. Not just the white race. The WHITE author isn’t just making fun of his race…he was sterotyping white people.
And what’s funny…..is that they way you talk is EXACTLY how the author makes “WHITE” people talk.
You’ve proved a point. It’s not race…..it’s how far something is up your ass that makes you sound that way.
What the hell is hummus?
hummus?
Hummus??!!
We don eat no f***ink hummus!
True! I must admit I’ve gone through a container this week. A staple of my diet.
Yeah, I’ve Always Heard People talk About but never understood what it was but from that picture up there it doesn’t look too appetizing to me.
The Crackers look good though.
WTF is hummus? Guess im just not white enough =[
Hey man, That gluten free shit kind of isn’t a joke. Rather then be “that guy” though I just say I’m not hungry or something.
I’m now embarrassed that I had hummus and pita for dinner last night while home alone and not in the mood to cook. I’m so white I’m transparent.
unfortunately for you, white is not transparent. Hummus and pita??
gross.
Um, as a Jew I have to say that forsoothsayer is pretty right on track and just because the author of the site is white doesn’t make what they’re saying any less true. White people , all of us do alot of annoying things out of ignorance.Forsoothsayer is just pointing out things we do….how exactly is that the same as how white people talk? I’m not seeing forsoothsayer saying or doing ignorant things about us and/or our food.
I never was really a fan of hummus anyways, I prefer tahina (which I will now begin to spell with an “a” to be cooler than other white people) sauce.
hummus is an arab food..stolen by Israelis (as everything else is).
I had a political party – and 4 people brought hummus! Here’s a t-shirt website and blog that makes fun of yuppies: http://snoburbia.com/default.aspx
Guess you’re not the right type of white person that anyone would want to meet.
My, my. You really take this hummus business seriously. I’m white and I knew most of that. And I’m still trying to figure out a way to make homemade tahina, so I don’t have to eat out everytime I get a craving. I have yet to find any edible store bought hummus.
Sabra Salads makes a great variety of Store-bought hummus… i love the one with the garlic and pine nuts on top !
yep…its a funny thing to read and see the comments. the author set up this perfect paradox where people go “im white and I dont do that” emphasizing how personally everyone takes this…which i’m sure one could spin a funny yarn about how white that is. then, those who “call it out” are proving their whiteness by calling out facts and errors. Myself included, my need to provide this explanation in order to cover my own embarrasment for engaging in some of these behaviors is (probably) exceptionally white. and then, we can all embrace our own self-deprication as irony and getting to our humble “roots” (?).
dude, white people, chill…own up, your white! do what you want…lest you be subject to *gasp* a stereotype.
good reads, you got damn near 1000 comments on almost all these posts!
Yeah, I loved your comment about the necessity for “authentic” pronunciation. Go to stainedapron.com and read the comments made by servers about how white people like to authentically mispronounce “ethnic” foods when ordering.
you can buy tahina (or tahini…whatever) at many grocery or specialty stores, most places keep it with the peanut butter, buy canned chick peas, lemon juice, garlic, salt…add to food processor, chopper, or blender and make it yourself. there are thousands of recipes out there, plus it’s much cheaper this way and you can play around with the flavors you like.
It seems like making homemade tahini would be like making homemade peanut butter…and why would you want to do that…??
Oh, goody!
I ONLY like one BRAND of hummus-or the kind home made by the brown people at the “Festival of Nations” “downtown” “event” —once a year!! So very special!
BTW- Did you find A Capella Books (in Atl) to be especially liked by some white people?
Speaking of which–
acapella music?
I once met a white guy who didn’t like any food that was “gooey”, hence he didn’t dare try hummus and the party was ruined.
mmmmmmm grits are common to all southerners. I’m from Texas and I’m white and grits are pretty much amazing.
People named Reginald are inherently awesome.
In the late 90s, I was really into hummus in pita pockets cut in quarters with chopped tomatoes and canned chopped black olives. REALLY INTO this. Then I kind of got over it and don’t actively seek hummus but will eat it if a host put it in front of me…gluten free pita and crackers preferred but not required.
Reg. May I call you Reg?
You may address me as Sir.
This statement demonstrates the highest degree of preposterone yet on this board.
We support you.
You forgot about all the white people who tasted “real hummus” while traveling abroad and will feel it necessary to comment (similarly to beer) thats its just not the same as it was in some Mediterranean or Middle Eastern country. This also serves to say that they don’t have a Middle Eastern complex which they LOVE to have people know.
What about all us “ethnic whites” like Armenians who actually DID grow up eating hummus. You know, it totally weirds us out to see white people eat hummus. No! That’s OUR food! Hands off other white people, that’s for our kind of white people!
Never realized there was such a white/white dichotomy did you?
@colleen : I’m pretty sure every Armenian falls, proudly, into the bucket of “wrong kind of white person.”
— loves hummus, not white.
You are right! As I was reading this, I choked on my Tribe, 40 Spices, Hummus and pita bread. I also have Cash Cab on in the background…Got to be White!!!
euh… Hummus isn’t armenian!
I give two enthusiastic thumbs up to this comment.
I am white (one fourth chinese), and didn’t know what hummus was.
By the way, it means “soil” in Latin.
Pita bread is so white. loser. hahaha
Where does hummus come from? Oh yeah, the Middle East.
Dumbass.
Hummus is the new salsa. . . as an A-rab american, hummus is nothing new to me. . .but what weirds me out is when i’m visiting my white friends is seeing flavored hummus–“salt and vinegar” hummus, “sun-dried tomato” hummus–from trader joe’s or whole foods. (hey, are those places on your list?)
p.s. Hummus is an Arabic food (from the Levant–Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan). . .props to Armenian bros and sisters who make it just as good. . .
Huh. I’m white, and I don’t really care for hummus. I guess I’m not worth knowing. In fact, I don’t know anyone who stocks hummus in their kitchen.
This website is great…
Here’s another hilarious website you should take a look at: http://www.somethingyoushouldread.com
Just saw another hilarious parody of Stuff White People Like on freedomhaters.org.
This time they add to the list, muskets and the Boston Tea Party.
I highly recommend checking it out here:
http://www.freedomhaters.org/content/another-freedom-haters-salute-stuff-white-people
“When it comes to food, all white people are either allergic to/or have stopped eating everything you consider delicious.”
I dunno if that’s entirely true. When the revolution comes and capitalism is destroyed, I think I will celebrate with a hamburger.
Of course, the comment I just made was intended to be humorous or ironic, further entrenching my whiteness…
Hummus is tasty but if you eat it at a party, it’s so garlicky that you offend everyone you talk to who isn’t eating it.
Bleck.
Oh God, some of this stuff is so LOL funny!!! Kudos to the writers! Definitely will bookmark this sight.
How embarrassing, I’m eating hummus right now …
And I’m allergic to wheat!
And I am vegan!
I WILL NEVER DINE OUTSIDE OF MY OWN HOUSE AGAIN.
Ahh, the hummus is good, but the shame is tastier.
This site cracks me up…for those getting offended…this is referring to the upper-class white hipsters who go to Ivy League schools, carry tote bags around, and generally think themselves superior to other people. It’s not the majority of people and it’s not intended to be. It’s about psuedo-intellectuals who put down mainstream society just because being mainstream is automatically disgusting.
– Mila
i’m white and i hate hummus and didnt hear about it till college.
Gina, you obviously have not had good, homemade hummos!!
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thats stupid doesn’t matter if your white or not, people eat what they wanna eat.
but the shame is tastier,
best quote ever…
haha
what the hell is Hummus..?
Hahaha, oh so true especially for the hippie-earth-loving whites……Hookah needs to totally go on this list…..
lol i fit into all of these steryotypes
That is funny…
http://messedupparentingtips.wordpress.com/
My husband is a celiac (allergic to wheat gluten) and we’re both white, but this is the first time I’ve seen celiac disease regarded as a “trendy white thing. ”
It’s a crummy dietary restriction to have, especially if you’re poor, since it rules out the majority of pre-packaged foods that make up the poor diet. Like a lot of poor people in America, we can’t afford vegetables, fruit or meat often, so it means he’s stuck eating rice and beans most of the time, and the specialty gluten-free foods available that you mocked (like pasta, bread, and crackers) are hopelessly beyond our budget.
I know the speciality gluten-free food is stored in the same area as the organics and other alternative foods eaten by typically privileged white people that have the money and education to make moral choices about their eating habits, but other than the shelf location, I am having a hard time seeing what is “trendy” about it. It wasn’t his choice to be a celiac. It’s meant malnutrition for both of us (for him, because a main staple of his diet is gone, for me, because the fresh food we can afford must go to him), and much suffering on both our parts, both physically, financially, and socially. Plus, it sucks to have to ask for ingredients at a restaurant, during the rare times we can afford it, and have the wait staff look at us like we’re deliberately trying to be difficult to handle, or making it up, and gawd what’s wrong with him that he can’t just eat what everybody else eats without becoming violently ill and getting cancer?
Neither can I see clearly what is supposed to be “white” about it. Don’t other races have intolerances? Is it the idea that only a privileged white person could afford the invasive surgery to diagnose celiac disease? If that’s it, fair enough — although we never could afford it either and he remains undiagnosed. But there’s some other sinister implication there, I can’t help but feel, perhaps that a person of color is too tough to be a celiac, or wouldn’t need special accomodations if he or she were.
I’m allowing for the possibility of being so deeply in mired in white privilege that I don’t get it, but I think it could also be that in your haste to make a joke that you spoke about a subject that you don’t really understand.
I’m not sure why you are not surrounded by more people sympathetic to your celiac plight. Two members of my family and several people I know through work have the same problem. All of them officially “undiagnosed” because they don’t want to pay for the test and following the gluten-free diet cleared up their symptoms.
Perhaps it is the “white person”s disease du jour because of our country’s aging demographics? One doctor told us that the “type” is someone of Irish heritage, often blond, and often strikes later in life after events such as child birth or a serious illness.
My mom coped by making bread for my dad and sister. My sister eats Fruity Pebbles cereal for breakfast. My dad is also diabetic and must restrict his phophates but generally speaking as long you eat meat and vegies (including potatoes) this diet can be effectively managed and is not horrendously expensive. You have to make your own salad dressing of oil and vinegar. You can add sugar to many fruits.
Your complaint about expense is nonsensical. Learn to cook with celery and onions. Peppers are also often inexpensive. He can eat turkey polska keilbasa which is great with stir fried vegies and mashed potatoes. You can also buy bags of potatoes dirt cheap so make dishes of potatoes and cheese. Eggs are also cheap. Make omelettes with bacon, turkey, mushrooms and cheese. Yum!
Oh Karen, believe me, over the past five years I’ve learned to cook from scratch (a great skill all on its own) and use what I can — we do eat a lot of potatoes, eggs, homemade popcorn, whole-cooked chickens (when on sale), salad and homemade dressing, homemade bean soups, stews, and such. Even homemade candy like caramel and toffee. It is probably much cheaper than eating from good brand pre-made foods, though terribly time-consuming, but it is still stretching our budget.
The expense isn’t nonsensical so much as it is relative. Consider that sausage for keilbasa is at least $2.50 and would make only a serving or two for one hungry man, when you could get 10 boxes of generic Mac n’ cheese for the same price, or four packages of pasta. Many people would probably consider $2.50 on dinner cheap, but where I grew up that fed a whole family and still needs to.
I think that’s what I was trying to say: that those expensive foods in the “trendy” part of the store don’t represent every celiac. It kind of baffles me that some people might read a “gluten-free” label as pretentious. Trying to avoid having your stomach swell to the proportions of a 9 month pregnant women is not snobbery. =P
Searching online, it appears that gluten-free is a fad diet right now, or at least is perceived as one. I had no idea. Guess that explains some of the snark in the original article.
I had never read the racial statistics on celiac disease, but if you say it’s an Irish thing, I’m ready to believe it. I don’t know his ancestry, but my husband is whiter than white and heavily freckled.
Sadly we don’t know any other celiacs and his parents are only now coming around to the idea that he isn’t making it up. It’s cool to see another person with celiacs in the family, even if only online.
I wouldn’t take offense to much, just reply with somthing like “well celiac might be the trendy white thing, but AIDs is the trendy black thing, I’d rather be white in that case” lol
no really, this site is funny sometimes, and I see alot of white people like it so it must be doing ok, but some things are quite ignorant.
hey mimi, you would not like it if someone says that “being prostitutes to the Japanese is a female korean thing” now would you?
STFU beeeotch.
“.. can’t help but feel, perhaps that a person of color is too tough to be a celiac, or wouldn’t need special accomodations if he or she were….”
you know Iris, I can say the same about white people who have sickle cell anemia…just replace the word ‘celiac’ with ‘sickle cell’ and you will see how ridiculous your statement is….
Let go of that ‘skin color’ thinking and show empathy if you want empathy.
at lest our men arn’t raping us left and right, they are polite enough to pay if they want some action…jealous bitch.
Read the first like 3 posts… anyone who takes this site seriously is dumb. This site is for entertainment. If you don’t like it and are not entertained, why waste you’re time… go find something that DOES entertain you, and everyone including you will be much happier.
ya.
It’s only a joke. Lighten up. Everyone knows he wrote this to be funny. It’s more about white people that are annoying than about people that have a defect they can’t control.
internet aint free bitches…priorities…
they are ‘polite’ enough to PAY if they want action? So you just called all Korean women prostitutes?
geez mimi, you are not the brightest light bulb in the box.
I WANT A MILLION DOLLARS!!! Can one million RICH WHITE PEOPLE send me one dollar apiece, puh-lease????
I don’t want money from any Asians, or Blacks or Hispanics. You guys NEED your money. I only want one dollar apiece from RICH WHITE PEOPLE, who only WASTE their money on things like gourmet hummus and pita bread.
Waste it on me instead. Thanks so much! (First person who comments “You ARE a waste.” is a rotten egg. You thought it. I know you did. Stop lying. See? I knew it.)
http://thepighasacurlytail.wordpress.com/million-dollar-fund/
Iris: The comment about Gluten free crackers isn’t directed towards those surreing from celiac;rather, its a tounge-in-cheek reference to those whites who do this as a trendy way to get thin in some way . . .
Freedomhaters.org has another really hilarious parody of Stuff White People Like.
Their entrees include, Madame Curie, Blackface, and The Music of Easter Island. I highly recommend checking it out here:
http://www.freedomhaters.org/content/yet-another-salute-stuff-white-people
Lol I swear to god I have hummus in front of me. Tribe 40 spices hummus. Delicious!
…I fucking love hummus.
damn! That sounds kind of messy and really nasty. Tell us, how do you go about fucking hummus? Do you eat the stuff after you fuck it?
How did you separate the hummus from the cummus?
disgusting.
i know someome EXACTLY like this. she went to Cornell, and she’s a stuck up bitch … i dont like saying that, its mean, but its my free opinion. she needs to be slapped, nobody is better than anybody. and its funny, i have NEVER heard of hummus until i met her hahahahaha.
hummus is gross.
its funny because i recently came in close encounter with a bunch of white “yuppies” that i had to work with. [i grew up areound white people who didnt want to be white, they were always some kind of mexican, or somehow believed they were black by association, and even the blonde-haired, blue-eyes white girls were 1/8th PUERTO RICAN … hahaha get real] anyways, this site does seem to be for the white “yuppies” [no offense]. i havent heard of many of these things the author speaks about until i met some through work. its funny.
Wow, this article describes me perfectly… I didn’t realize all white people felt this way. I am white.
I guess I am the wrong kind of white person, because I do not like hummus and I have tried it. My friends on the other hand are indeed the right type of white people because they enjoy eating hummus and pita bread sandwiches while pointing out how awesome hummus is and how cool you are if you like to eat pita and hummus sandwiches.
This is so me, right down to the Chinese take-out negotiations!! Fridge is empty but there’s always hummus. Brilliant!
enjoying eating hummus and pita bread sandwiches????
aaaarrrrgh!
I think I’m gonna throw up….
I just discovered Hummus it’s delicious (especially with sour cream and onion chips)
Laughed till I cried !!! Everyone was being so serious and I started reading your response and totally cracked up.
Thanks, it made my day.
i thought you’d enjoy this website
False. Not yuppies…hipsters.
some folks avoid pork because they are jewish/muslim. easy with the broad strokes…
check this funny website out!
This only proves that your mother is an idiot. I’ll bet she has restless leg syndrome as well.
The only thing that could be whiter is to correct the uninitiated as to the correct pronunciation of Hummus. Most white people say hum muss. It’s correctly pronounced who-mousse.
I love hummus and pita and both remind me of home…because I’m originally from the Middle East. So, am I white, or what…?
no….you are a middle easterner….DUH…
Sure, I tried Hummus, Gyros and Kalamari, some good Greek and Cypriot food. Does attending an annual Greek fest count held in the parking lot of a Greek Orthodox church in Palm Desert last March count? To be cultured is one thing, but SWPL doesn’t think you’re cultured if you tried Hummus (I liked it alright) even once! +
Why was hummus served in the Greek festival? I know it has a connection with the Greeks lived in the Levant about 1,000 to 2,000 years ago, I might as well tried Tabouleh, a Middle-eastern food that I wish to eat in a Lebanese or Arabic restaurant…or make at home (mints and tomatoes) by a few simple ingredients. +
Tomorrow with the way the economy has been going… down, it’s gonna turn into an extended version of sluburbia. Thanks for the link though and see you there. +
As a person with autism, the theory on gluten and red-dyed (red #9) foods should drive me crazy by now. Parents should have their children (autistic or not) watch their sugar, salt and fat intake, and lay off the soda pop (it has caffeine anyway). I must be immune to gluten then, but I avoid alcohol and tobacco from the fact my parents’ family got hurt with that stuff.
Back on topic, I don’t normally eat hummus and prefer mild or medium salsa, I’m saddened to read tabasco and other hot sauces are out of style. The legacy of French settlers in Louisiana (the Cajuns) made a culinary trend in the 1990s. Sweet and sour sauce became a fast food condiment from its’ very presence on Chinese food. If they ever go on sale, most of the Ralph’s store hummus sure looks good. +
MJ, I’m of distant Irish (however, Scotch-Irish or Scottish, but a division of the Hibernian or Gaelic tribes) descent. Why can’t we be friends? We won’t discuss No. Ireland then, and Lebanese are great friends with Jews in America. What the two peoples have in common?: they hate HAMAS. +
Josh, even more east Asians and American Indians have lactose intolerance, as well higher diabetes incidence and hypertension. My Mom’s Cherokee-Osage Indian side has an issue with these things: obesity, hyper- (very high) and hypo-glycemia (very low blood sugar), metabolic disorders and some tribes have alcoholism as a pandemic. The Euro-American introduction of new foods in trade/exchange of indigenous foods from North America, changed not only the diets, but the body mass, weight and height of humans (for example, younger generations of the Japanese today). +
I would say yes, you’re white or properly, Caucasian. I think a lot of people forget that Caucasian people originated in the Caucas, which is in fact, near the Middle East.
How about going out to a real Arabic/Lebanese/Syrian (and there’s a difference) restaurant? Have their Hummus there.
Might well go to next year’s Greek fest, betcha the Turks and Iranians eat it, and the Armenians are raised on it. And speaking of “ethnic foods”, check out the youtube clip on the Olive Garden skit from MAD TV. Finnessimo!+
yummyhummus…..you are not well versed in geography….white and caucasian are NOT the same in a literal sense. This belief is based on racist propaganda.
Caucasian- (adj.) of the Caucasus, its people, or their culture. 2) Caucasoid 3) designating or of the two independent families of languages spoken in the area of the Caucasus: North Caucasian includes Circassian (Northwest Caucasus), and South Caucasian includes Georgian area. (noun) native of the Caucasus. 2) Caucasoid; 3) the Caucasian languages; Circassian, Georgian, etc.
These areas are NOT near the Middle East, unless Russia has suddenly moved on the world map a few thousand miles south..
Circassians have the most desired women a century ago to European men (head over to #11 “Asian girls”, or more revelance, the wikipedia article on Circassian Beauties), it all started with a medieval sex trade business in the Ottoman empire. These men don’t want hummus, they want wimmin and a few European guys married Circassian women as a result. +
White people don’t eat meat: All those hip, trendy, ecologic vegetarians screaming about pork, like other animals have a face, a soul and bleeds when cooked. Hummus is what it is: no animals are harmed in making the hummus, thank you. +
Historically, the Armenian people inhabited eastern Turkey in regions like Anatolia and Cilicia. There are Armenians by the thousands in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel in the lands where hummus was long eaten. I understand how Armenians took up hummus like Americans did with burgers and hot dogs from Germany. +
This is very true, I’m Hispanic and work with all white people. They all love hummus and I think the stuff is amazingly disgusting. Weird…..
seriously? youre questioning the geography?
caucasians come from a group of people by the caucaus mountains which are by georgia yes. thats the same georgia which borders turkey and turkey borders both iran, iraq and syria.
middle eastern enough for you?
everyone is middle eastern when you go back enough.
cradle of mo’f’n’ civilization.
The Cradle of mo’f’n’ civilization is AFRICA.
Name me any middle eastern civilization that has been around as long as ancient Egypt’s (which is in Africa, NOT the Middle East)..
Almost 3 thousand years…….everyone is African when you go back enough….
ya dig??
I am such a stereotype. I have hummus in the fridge now and reading this makes me want to eat it! Want to take a look in the refriderator of rich people? Check out my SWPL inspired blog at http://StuffRichPeopleLove.com
i wonder if ill get in trouble if i actually offer them hummus now…i hope they haven’t seen this website yet….well at least thanks to C.Lander white people won’t be unique anymore…i wonder what they’ll move on to to become more progressive.
OMG not only do I love hummus, but I try not to eat anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup, or Gluten…for absolutely no reason at all.
what is chummus? is that a jewish type of food?
i like to drink cat urine!
Hello everybody, I am the asshole using enigmas name to type ignorant nonsense. I know I am a dumbass, but I can’t help myself. If you happen to see enigmas name talking garbage, just disregard it. I am a dumbass, needle dick bitch with no life using other peoples name in vain. I apologize to all.
i eat hummus with my fallafel balls and matzah. i like original plain hummus. not that pepper shiiat.
I’m white, but I HATE hummus. Gross stuff. But gluten does give me a rash, so… how white does that make me? I think they cancel each other out.
Actually, technically diamonds weren’t invented by Jews.
3 points to the Middle West.
She’s not white…she’s pearlescent.
ure in denial
Next time when typing, try using air quotes.
I think you meant descendancy.
In my family, we refer to it as the Upper Middle East.
“chummus”
It’s hummus you eat with a friend.
You give me a rash…or was that your sister?
This whole blog is sooooooo true!!!! I’m vegan and gluten intolerant, so if someone has hummus and gluten free crackers at our anual camping trip (where, by the way, we are all wearing pea coats and scarves while recounting bad memories of high school) I consider them to be a saint!
If touching my self while whatching home alone is wrong, I don’t want to be right!
put alil love in you heart
😉
FAG
HAHA SOO true, I love hummus, i eat it by the ton
my hummus and gluten free crackers taste especially delicious with this literary accompaniment.
goooooooooood
It is goooooood that i let donkeys screw me in the butt….
gooooooood
Spot on
Lots of laughs at this NEW funny site http://makefunofmyfriends.com
But sadly, there is NO hummus there-just funny stuff.
Just read another riotous parody of Stuff White People Like at FreedomHaters.org.
Their SWL entries include: Sickle Cell Anemia, A Thesaurus, and the IFC sketch group The Whitest Kids U Know. Had me in stitches!
I recommend checking it here:
http://www.freedomhaters.org/content/once-again-yet-another-salute-stuff-white-people
I’ve been introduced to a lot of things by a couple of my white friends. Now I love hummus, I don’t even buy it because I eat the whole tub in one day 😦
I had some yesterday though at a friend’s house, it was wonderful. Nice and tangy. I recall being very upset when the pita chips ran out and I had to use tortilla chips. lol.
I’m white and I was eating a meal and I offered another white girl hummos insisting she try it. She told me it looks like shit however after trying it she smeared it onto everything! This website is spot on
i’m white and i hate hummus. i also eat whatever i want unhealthy or not.
READ
Ahhhhh….this post gives away the fact that you’re only considering North American white people – Brits don’t give a fuck about hummus unless they are total pansies….phew can breath a sigh of relief – am safely (and happily) the wrong kind of white people,
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!
Im white and eat anything. Dont have “allergies” and dont know anyone else with any, or do Irish people not count as white?
Yeh but these people do not make good hummus,which should only have 4 or 5 ingredients,but the hummus in ‘white fridges’ (surely most fridges are white ha ha) often has alien ingredients.
And the worst hummus i ever had was at a camp for families of Woodcraft Folk (non gender-segregated,non-competitive largely white middle class version of the scouts usually only to be found in well-to-do neighbourhoods) It contained, wait for it, MAYO!!!!!
Seriously ALL of the posts on this site apply directly to my best friend who is white. I didn’t know what the fuck hummus was until I met her.
However, I feel a more appropriate title for this blog would be “Stuff upper-middle class, pretentious liberal white people like.”
I’m not white but I grew up in a rich, suburban and predominantly white neighborhood and they all like this shit. However, most white people are not like this. Only the rich ones.
And to all people criticizing this site, it’s obviously ironic. If you’re so “Deeply offended” I suggest you go out ang get yourself a sense of humor.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091024/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_hummus_record
Lebanese chefs made the world’s largest hummus dish to surpass the previous record held by Israel, as the two nations are fighting over who originally came up with the idea. I came to believe the dish can evolve in various spots of the Middle East, whether hummus came from Jordan or Syria or Palestine (geopolitically within the state of Israel).
This entry would work better on a blog for hipsters…
Josh, ‘White people’ pretty much means hipsters.
well, that’s the type of people i am reminded of when reading all of the entries
Ask the English.
“That way if you bring out a plate of hummus and pita and discover that one of the white people cannot eat gluten, then you are ready to pull off a truly incredible move.”
I’m dying, just LMFAO. Hahahahahahaha!
This article is so fucking lame I’m going rewrirte String Theory.
1. hummus is not American.
2. the way Americans prepare it is an abomination
3. You are what you eat. Eat shit, because you are shit.
It must be hard to go through life without a sense of humor.
I think the “white people” only refers to north americans. I would never call europeans “white.”
oh my god does the word know hummus?? im so proud right now. i thought they didn’t.
well I’m from the middle east, well “white” but probably not what you call white. Hummus is delicious but I mean it’s not even an appetizer, it’s not even a pre-appetizer, it’s what you serve before even ordering , n I don’t think eating hummus and pita is cool. it’s just good but that’s it !
Why wouldn’t you call Europeans ‘white’? I’m in North America, where do you think my ansestors came from?? Europe.
I am not white but I still feel I am entitled to an opinion. I feel that “white” refers specifically to colonized areas outside of Europe where there may be a smaller, equal, or larger number of other races. It is a way of defining and separating a race when living amongst other races.
No, Ashley is right. The word ‘white’ here does refer to white USAers.
White people that are not USAers look blankly at descriptions of these things. My skin is lily-white but I’ve never heard about half of the books, singers, bands, authors and rituals described.
white…if your american and you are white and american it applys to you 🙂
this is freakin hilarious. I am eating trader-joes organic hummus with little crackers and drinking water from my kitchen water filter out of my metal reusable water bottle. no lie; god I love irony.
I have to admit that as a white person, I like 95% of the things listed on this site.
I like hummus. Why? ‘Cause that sh*t is tasty! I also like fried chicken and watermelon for the same reason.
….Did you feel that just now? It was the Earth shaking.
😛
I was actually introduced to hummus by my ex boy friend which he happens to be of a mixed race, of black, and portuguese. I had never heard of of before I met him, Hmm and wouldnt you know it. I ended up loving it and always have some in the fridge haha. But pita chips are lame. Begal chips is whats up. On another note, I never have met another white person whom knew what hummus was. But nonetheless I loved this entry haha.
Big fan, love this site!
Another great site to check out is http://www.SomethingYouShouldRead.com
You can serve the hummus with something else white people feel comfortable around: crudite (white people word meaning cut up vegetables)
OMG my aunt is a white person and she will not eat ANYTHING unless it’s organic, wheat free, gluten free, milk free, nut free, sugar free, caffeine free, spice free…she would not touch Hummus with a ten foot pole- I just don’t dare invite her for any kind of meal!
Hummus? Really? I never knew about this. I feel cheated as a white person. I don’t know anyone that eats hummus (or they never mentioned it to me, anyway). I have met the Glutin-free people though, that’s funny. I guess this explains why some people are horrified at what I eat…
Relax there Charles. The reality is that if you dig a little bit with most of those gluten free types, you won’t find a celiac sufferer. You’ll find a gluten ‘sensitivity’, which really means “I couldn’t come up with a real food allergy, but have a strong need to be viewed as unique and get special treatment, so have decided to be food sensitive”
Its ok. Nothing special. I do not spend money on it myself.
I didn’t realize that being Jewish was part of the white collective… I don’t know any anglo-saxons who are die-hards for it. Humus is more of a mediterranean thing. In my opinion of course.
So funny! So so Funny! Thank-you Clander! Laughing at myself!
I agree. I happen to be a white person who always has a tub of hummus in my fridge. But that is purely because my husband is Greek!
spot the “wrong” sort of white person.
Love it!
I’d also suggest taking a look at http://www.SomethingYouShouldRead.com
I’m white and I hate hummus, but I believe disliking hummus also makes me white too. According to one “non-white” friend of mine, I’m a white poser who is secretly dying to be Middle Eastern because I love babaghanoush. On the otherhand, my dislike of lamb and goat meat is a giveaway of my blatant, uncultured whiteness as well : )
How does the white collective feel about tabouleh or cous cous?
oh my, i’m white!
Wait, i’m not, i’m latina XD
yeah love it, it’s addictive. but then, i love loads of foods! food is just basically great, and hummus is a great example of food.
Hey umm some of use “Gluten free white people” have to eat this way because we have to due to celiacs!!! but thats ok i’m just saying be carefull about what you say cause if we are going to attack one group attack the cancer people as well ok!
and by the way hummus is the SHIZ like its so easy to make and it tastes AMAZING!!
As a white person, I scorn those who are content to consume store-bought hummus. I prefer to make my own from scratch.
Also, I totally relate to “White Person #1” when it comes to waiters not knowing what’s in the restaurant food. If you ask a waiter if something is vegetarian and they stare at the food itself for their answer, you know they can’t be trusted.
Hummus is goooooood
LOL, just when I think this site is exaggerating about the persnickety ways of white people, people like Rita prove me wrong.
Of course, nothing is so white as being offended.
This cracks me up and it’s damned accurate. Hummus, baba, and tabouleh were forced on me as a child growing up in a Lebanese family. You couldn’t give this stuff away 20 years ago to my oh so WASP friends who thought I was “weird” for eating it.
Now, when I go over friend’s houses and see #112 in action time and time again, it never ceases to amuse me. However, they don’t notice that most store bought hummus is crap, but they eat it up like Baskin Robbins’ 32nd flavor.
Some people don’t eat meat or meat products for religioius reasons.
lmfaooo baba ghanoushhh!
tabouleh is the best., and did you ever have fatoush?
LOL glutten allergy. How that one got past evolution is beyond me.
Yum Hummus. Heheh I like it wrapped up with feta and a little lettuce on a tortilla, or on a bagel. Does that make me muliticultural poser? Then again I like a lot of foods from everywhere, throw me some Iranian Badenjoon (no I can’t spell) and addas Polo or some real Mexican enchiladas or chiles rellenos and I’m content.. and I’d kill myself if I couldn’t eat wheat or gluten or whatever.. WTF kind of life is that? LOL I like this site it makes me smile.
Oh and that makes it Ok off course! I don’t eat pork because my inner god forbids me to…(my inner god consisting of my taste buds that is 😉
eeerm…I’m from The Netherlands and I fully understand most of these posts and heard about rituals, singers, books and bands desribed. some through movies, some through internet and some through US friends…
I hate to bring up a sobering reality but ‘white’ eating habits (such as hummus) are having a positive impact on the quality and duration of lives. Many ‘non-white’ groups including blacks and Latinos should actually be eating more hummus and playing more tennis or whatever ‘white’ people do – people in my community are getting fatter and are getting diabetes far more often from eating crappy fast food. Hummus is also a ‘fast food’ but won’t take years off your life….
I see what you mean.
It’s really hard to deal with the “let’s make fun of gluten free eating” trend. I applaud Iris for speaking up.
If one person learns something by reading these comments, it’s worth coming across as someone who needs to lighten up.
Generally, I think this blog is hilarious. I have a dog, I camp, I hate Ed Hardy…and I laughed at all of those posts. I was shocked to read C Lander making fun of a disease. As a humorist, C Lander should not have to stoop so low.
Iris is correct. sure, you can rattle off some specific cost friendly meal options, but it is indisputable that GF eating costs more than mainstream eating. much more. And that is, if you plan out every meal and never go out spontaneously attend social events.
Many nations are addressing celiac more directly than the US, and offer rebates to offset the food costs. I’m sure they crunched the numbers before setting policy on this and aren’t kicking themselves now for not havig asked “karen” for ideas first.
It’s not about toughness. Undiagnosed celiacs don’t die from ‘celiac”, they die of malnutrition, organ failure due to malabsorption, or cancer. Some present a prolonged strain on society by becoming disabled by chronic autoimminue disorders.
Although celiac does in fact strike mostly white people, it seems that even among whites, the detection rate is always higher in high income areas.
many a time there has been a container of hummus next to the brita filter and that is all. (save my many condiments)
dead on.
This site is killer diller.
Here’s another good one: http://www.SomethingYouShouldRead.com
Uberbeetle: I’m Armenian. Exact same experiences. I live in CA but am originally from the east coast. When I mentioned to a friend in CA that my cousin back east put hummus out as part of our pre-dinner spread, she commented, “How California!” #Not.
lol, how true.
This white girl at the Whole Foods(!) nearly shat herself with joy at the idea that I–a black girl–had hummus* in the fridge at home.
*which, by the way SUCKED
guess I’m not as white as I seem
*tear*
Truer words could not have been posted.
– one of the few white exceptions
geez shut up! You must be the ‘wrong type’ of white person he is talking about…
no kidding….get off your pedestal and have some fun!!!
My friend’s girlfriend is allergic to corn, wheat, soy, rice, eggs, casien (whatever that is) and several other things. Making it impossible to feed the girl ANYTHING. She thinks it makes her quirky and unique, everyone else finds it supremely annoying to go anywhere with her. We all kind of wish she’d shut up about it. We get it. You can only eat air.
She does eat hummus though…I think.
A waiter is just a waiter… Unless its a high-end fine-dining restaurant, I doubt owners will spend the time and money to fully educate employies (apart from the chefs) about the exact contents of each dish. If one has a very specific allergy, maybe that’s Nature’s way of telling you to fuck off and die because you sure as fuck wouldn’t have survived 100 years ago. Oops! Peanuts! Oops! Eggs! Oops! Shrimps. Give me a fucking break…
Better keep your girlfriend from seeing this =)
Chick peas!
http://www.stuffpeoplehate.com
Yes, your right. And us black folks don’t understand hummus. If it’s gonna come in a bowl, then it better be sitting next to two pieces of sausages and some cheese eggs. Hahaha
Umm yeah so would those white folks down in Huntington, West Virginia care for a plate of hummus to go along with their pita? Do those folks even know about hummus?
Hummus is good stuff.But does it make me white,my family makes it because we are Muslims and Turkish family members.Oh im being white right now saying this
I’m black and i laughed to keep from crying about all the things i had done from this list. one time my white friend said ‘do want some hummus?’ and i was like ‘whats hummus?’ and she said ‘uhmmm i love hummus here have some.’ i said ‘no…no i can’t…i dont….no.’ i licked it and was confused. what is it? what is it made from?
and what about blogs. white people love blogs. just keep a journal! but a journal hidden in your underwear drawer garners no attention. that’s another thing white people like. attention. the comments left on this blog make my point and make this blog especially white. on that note this blog is only funny the first time around. then it comes full circle. then it just makes me mad. so, all young people in america like the same things and all of those things are stupid and to hate them makes you pretentious and to like them makes you a hipster. and the only people labeling these things are young people themselves because nobody else cares. is there a site called stuffblackpeoplehate….
My refrigerator is seriously two things of Hummus and an empty Brita filter.
I loved this and it is true because it is from another culture which white people love but I do have one question; if I have an all white dinner party what can I give them to eat?
I guess I must be the “wrong kind of white person”, whatever that means, because personally I think hummus is gross.
Yes, you are.
Please refer back to the part of the article discussing “the wrong kind” of white person.
I’m a white person, and I don’t like hummus. It looks like mud.
At the risk of sounding super white, you have clearly not done your research. Ask any Persian or Turk, they are Caucasian. (Surprisingly) you noted something correctly, which is that many are brown. This is due to a series of invasions, which is why people from the country are blonde and blue. As to the comments about Israelis, many are Caucasion, many are Semitic, many are Muslim, many are from all over the world, and how that is relevant to hummus consumption levels is beyond me.
I’m white and this shit is nasty!
Hummus, it is an acquired taste. Athenos roasted garlic is suitable with a box of Triscuit cracked pepper/olive oil. It is awesome. You bought the cheap imitation knockoff brand, did you?
I have to disagree with this one. Hummus is a Middle Eastern dish. It’s a known fact that white people don’t like Middle Eastern people, cuz they’re all terrorists! (and yes, I’m joking)
Sabra original is good, with pretty much anything….never buy the knockoff shit, it is disgusting.
You probably aren’t white enough… How many Tori Amos cds do you own?
I am white and I eat hummus every day. Not only is it vegan and tastes good but it has lots of protien and keeps you regular, which are other things us white folks like.
i hate hummus. 🙂
I love hummus. My friend, who is Arab and I always talk about it. He once sent me picture mail of all the hummus in his fridge. 🙂
and of course hummus is sufficiently “ethnic” so WP can feel superior
What about sushi? salsa? or any other “ethnic” food? This is only about ethnic Europeans, the current generation had no recollected memory of a time when Greeks and Italians are considered “not white” by WASPs. What about Matzos? Are they “ethnic”? Oh no, Jewish food is only a “religious” holiday observance. The Japanese, Mexicans and even Arab peoples are labelled with blacks a “people of COLOR”. Like what about hummus again? These people we call Greeks or Turks are tanned Europeans, but not “brown” people. LOL.
“Even the most barren white refrigerator will have a package of the stuff next to an empty Brita filter”
I laughed so hard at this, stop spying on me! hahaha
You peaked in my recycling bin. Oh no.
You did notice:
The Mitake mushroom wrapper and the endless bottles of Volvic Water, okay, a couple of Acqua Panna, also.
Did you notice the empty Absolute and GreyGoose bottles, also? Not to mention, with pure shame, did you see the organic fresh black-eyed pea wrapper? Urm, how about my imperial jade black rice? Oh and the blueberries. The organic acai coconut water boxes?
My fridge is worse. Pea tendrils, baby carrots, bok choy, Goat milk yogurt. More blueberries. Watermelon. Veg juice. It gets worse…Kale. Ginger.
Oh no, on the counter, a bunch of other fruits. In a secret drawer. Shallots and stuff that do not like light.
The sin of all, in one cabinet, Chi-chi Italian Olive Oil, Organic grapeseed oil, walnut oil, and Bragg’s apple cider vinegar, I will not admit the rest. I cannot live without Cholula sauce. Steel cut oats. Almonds, Walnuts….it is bad.
Worse, Mayo, Corn, and Canola oil scares me.
I need to go to re-hab?
This is a god damn crock.
I love hummus.
And no, I’m not white.
It’s not “common knowledge” that ‘all and only whites’ love hummus– if you happen to be white and eat hummus now and then, so be it. This whole damn SITE is just perpetuating stereotypes. So WHAT if you’ve seen white people doing ‘x’ thing/activity lately? Is it so inherently amazing that you have to blog about it? And SO WHAT if WHITE PEOPLE like to blog? A lot of people like to blog! Black, white, purple, green, indigo, yellow, brown, burnt sienna. I can’t believed you’ve dedicated an entire fucking site to the degradation of ONE race.
Have you heard of “Blaxpoitation”?
You’re doing the same thing. No, not in reverse. (I hate when people call it, “reverse racism.” Racism is racism.) You’re doing the SAME thing. It’s just…asinine.
It’s called self-deprecating humour. Let’s learn to live with a little bit of something called satire.
It’s also actually shedding light on a lot of pretentious behaviour.
Yes, I’m white. Yes, I’m upper middle class. No, I don’t find this book nor blog that offensive.
THIS. IS. GREAT.
Tahini is fattening, but the most extrodinary “hummus” can be made without it in 5 minutes and everything can be purchased at Trader Joe’s.
1 Can Garbanzo Beans
1 Roasted Red Bell Peppers – (they come in a glass jar, but just use about one full peppers worth AND you get to use chopsticks to pull them out of the jar)
3 Cloves of garlic (sorry to those that don’t also eat it)
Enough olive oil to make it the right consistency
Put that all in your food processor and right before being done add Paprika and Cayenne Pepper to taste and process until just right by adding bits more olive oil.
*if you really want to be cool, buy dry beans, soak and cook them yourself instead of using canned.
Oh god, when I crashed at a white friend’s house because I was too tired to drive home, he suggested we eat hummus sandwiches for breakfast! He wasn’t joking either.
Lulz, I’m eating hummus and carrots as I read this. I started at #133.
He never said that only white people eat hummus. It wasn’t invented in America. It was invented abroad, you know, where white people live during a gap year 😛
You really must chill out. This dude is white and he IS genuinely funny. Black comedians joke about fried chicken all the time. You don’t say it’s racism when they do it.
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lol, I am eating hummus right now…
Ah, come on… don’t knock us white people with Celiac Disease!
damn, hummus is good as shit man……let me get some
hot damn, that hummus is so good man, i would eat some damn hummus if it was here…any who….hummus…damn, what are some good humus recipes so i can make some good stuff.
There is a tub of hummus sitting right next to my 1/2 empty Brita pitcher.
Thank God “white people” love this stuff. Growing up, my mom home-made it all the time and I remember it being quite labor intensive for her. Now, thanks to the eating habits of affluent white people, I need only go to my local corner store or supermarket to get quite good hummus just like Mom used to make!
Oh lord. Hummus and sriracha sauce – mix in just a bit and toast your pita. My Brazillian friend from college showed me this and it rocks.
There are just some white people who are very open minded ( Younger generation of Jews ) that will indulge in hummus, but I must say that the idea of mashed chickpeas kind of scares everyone that isn’t of Middle Eastern or Muslim heritage. I don’t think this is a do.
I’m white, I hate hummus, How am I the “Wrong” kind of white person? Then again, Maybe the Native-American or African in me controls my taste buds.
I’m 100% white and I don’t like hummus at all. Guacamole, on the other hand, is always welcome in my life!
“It reminds them of home since at any given time a white person has hummus in their fridge. Even the most barren white refrigerator will have a package of the stuff next to an empty Brita filter.” This sounds ig’nant.
Canola is a made up euphemism because Americans are scared they’ll giggle like grade school boys on reading or hearing “rape oil.” Canola oil is the edible oil of the rape plant. There is no such plant as canola.
Can < Canada
ola = oil
thanks for being so specific, its good to know how open minded the younger generation of jews is, and that me not being related to any middle eastern culture probably rules me as more narrow minded and closed to exotic food…
sorry, but as goofy as a website this is, thats just a stupid comment
Paul, it’s the P.C. police at it. The “rape” plant is called the Canola in the US, because of the botanists received threats by feminists and women’s rights groups over how offensive the term is to women (or so they say/speak for). Next, they will rename the grape into “wine nuts” or something dumb.
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Lol, I definitely eat hummus. And gluten free crackers! Dammit, I have finally succumbed to my own race. 😦
This will not work for much longer, as people come to realize that consumption of legumes for Northern Europeans leads to sinus problems which can become so bad they seem like migraines. Like lactose intolerance, there is a protein intolerance in legumes that affects many “white people”. So you’re going to have to fall back on the foods that white people are REALLY hoping you’ll serve, and that would be ribs, cornbread, and your grandmother’s greens with likker. Seriously, dish it up, because we can’t figure out how to cook those dishes right ourselves.
I was thinking today how much white people seem to love talking about/having allergies. I think an allergy post would be a riot. I have a gluten-free friend, and she will mope about the fact that we’re going out for Italian, but if she “wants bread,” then she will go ahead and have three pieces and does not burst into flames. I feel sort of left out because I’m not allergic to anything but an antibiotic. But so proud to have that one allergy!
It’s sad. My entire stinkin’ family of 5 are allergic to wheat/ gluten intollerant. I have the worst allregic reactions to it It’s a genetic trait – which explains why it really is mostly white people. lol. If you really want to impress a white person, buy gluten free brownie mix from Trader Joes! You don’t have to make it, just sit it on the counter and even non-glutem free white people will have a conversation with you about how “aware” you are.
I’m white and I like hummus, so I guess you can believe everything you read on blogs.
I am white and dislike Hummus and Falafel. I bought Hummus once, a quality brand, took one bite and threw it out! I also
tried Falafel from a reputable place and gave the rest to my friend who was sitting with me.
I am a very good cook, a senior at this point, and am honest to a fault and don’t really care who doesn’t like it.
I enjoy excellent home cooking, great burgers, Sauerbraten and potato dumplings, fried potatoes and onions, apple pie, etc. I am willing to try just about anything and don’t really care what’s “current” and “trendy” and what’s not. If I were starving, I would eat Hummus and Falafel and under no other
circumstances.
It was just a joke. Get over yourself.
clearly you’re the wrong kind of white person
“I enjoy excellent home cooking, great burgers, Sauerbraten and potato dumplings, fried potatoes and onions, apple pie, etc. I am willing to try just about anything and don’t really care what’s “current” and “trendy” and what’s not.”
That just sounds like a bunch of white food.
And I’m pretty sure the point of this wasn’t completely about white people eating hummus, it’s about “that guy” or “that girl” who will be an inconvenience for everyone because they’re way too uptight about eating foods that
a) are foreign
b) have ingredients that they just don’t trust.
I’ve had to deal with this PLENTY of times. Can’t go for sushi, can’t go for Indian, can’t go for pho … all because my (white) friends didn’t eat raw fish, don’t like the smell of curry or are suspicious of hoisin and star anise.
This is all truth.
Some of you people just get over your love for being offended.
Well I’ll be…I bought a bag of sweet potato chips (need to dip it) and roasted broad beans (spicy, tasted good) in a 99-cent store, both are Asian products from Thailand or Taiwan (aka Nationalist China). Maybe white people can eat anything…like escargot (snails) and caviar (fish eggs).
Hummus is fucking gross. Eat real food.
What’s gross is people with food allergies. Why do we constantly have to adapt to people who are genetically deficient.
I’m with Farmer
haha i have roasted pepper hummus in my fridge as we speak
I finished off a tub of hummus last night, but with Wheat Thins instead of pita or some other type of cool ‘white’ bread. Does this make me any less white worthy?
I like Hummus, in fact, the real hummus, not an american one. the Arab kind of, eaten in a turkish village. And I am not even white.
Because you don’t want them barfing on your floor? Or going into anaphylaxis in your house? Or because you like them otherwise? Or to minimize them telling you about the horrid blisters or farts or whatever it is that gave them a reason to avoid certain food?
Just deal with it. Kind of like dealing with people who are different from you in other ways…
I have a tub of hummus in my refrigerator right now.
I get it out at least once a day and make it watch me eat bacon, or greens smothered in sausage pepper gravy. Preferably both.
Then I feed it to my friends and the rave about the ‘delicate salty flavor’.
These are the tears of the hummus.
Weep for the hummus, if you will.
But pray for Bacon.
What ticks me off about this whole exotic health food craze is that I just can’t relate to it much. I am a southern girl, so I like down-home stuff like fried catfish, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, etc. etc. So I go into work and people are talking about what they had for dinner the night before and they are practically orgasming over descriptions of vegan salads and pita with hummus and I’m like ftw? It’s one thing to eat healthy foods because you want to be healthy, but don’t try to pretend like it’s drool-worthy!
I think I’m one of those ones who doesn’t like it because I haven’t tried it (it looks scary). My wife likes it though and washes it down with water from our brita filter
Oh lawd. I’m a walking stereotype.
I’m native, am I alowed to like hummus too?
Oh my God I’m eating hummus right now.
Hmmm…well I’m white and I think mayonnaise is gross so I use hummus on sandwiches instead. Never had it with pitas though.
And I dunno if it’s already on the list, but pretty much all white people like nutella. It makes them feel French even though it’s really not. But it tastes like heaven in peanut-butter-form.
I get whiter and whiter with each passing post….
I love hummus love it with french bread or pitas
Hummus is disgusting, as a white person, I think it’s one of the most hideous foods ever created. Also, I’m allergic too it, which I think preserves some of my whiteness.
i make my own hummus every week. organic. the secret is toasted cumin. WHITE AND PROUD
This makes me so happy because as a diverse “ethnic” person with lots of white friends, 99% of my friends eat (organic) hummus and my best friend is allergic to gluten. Oh white people! I love y’all!
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. So true dude, so true. I made gluten free brownies and all the white people practically jizzed at my thoughtfulness
The word semitic is referring to a group of languages from the middle east, it is not a race. You are however right about Israelis who are very mixed with admixtures of different white or middle eastern genes. Also right about Persians and Turks, a lot of northern middle easterners are recognized as Caucasian despite their Arabic ancestry ( I.E. Arabid, Iranid, Turanid, and some Armenoid). It is beyond me however that white people fail to recognize this and still despite the scientific assertion they act indifferently toward their own people. A lot are brown in skin tone however this could be a much towards any ignorant white persons dismay. Hummus originated in the middle east though, it is an Arabic dish, that got bogged down into Israeli ownership? I don’t exactly understand that. But this should be broadened to middle eastern food instead. Everything from Turkish to Indian cuisine and Halal tastes absolutely amazing, also abundantly accessible in small town white neighborhoods and always in white cities.
I made a really tasty Thai green curry chicken dish with coconut milk for some white people. One white guest was a vegetarian, and I couldn’t make a version without meat anyway because he won’t eat fish sauce, which is essential to Thai food; the second couldn’t eat tomatoes because he’s allergic; the third couldn’t eat peppers because he’s allergic to that. A fourth couldn’t eat it because not only is coconut cream too fattening for them, but they also won’t eat rice because it’s a carbohydrate and they follow only the Atkins diet.
I never had this problem in Africa.
This is one white woman who wishes she could have had the green curry. I feel your pain!
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This white girl enjoys high fructose corn syrup and pork in moderation, and doesn’t have any food allergies (but lies about a strawberry allergy to avoid eating them). I’m enjoying carrot sticks and lots of hummus right now. It’s so freakin good!
I have a blog http://www.hummusgirl.com about all things hummus and I must say I love your writing about hummus. If you ever want to know the inner workings of a mind truly devoted to hummus, look me up!
Hummus sucks dick and so do you, traitor.
Hummus is disgusting. I will never eat that shit.
And whatever you do, don’t let Reeseberry around your hummus. What a perv!
I don’t understand. You first comment on the arrogance of the elite/affluent, yet refer to yourself as “white and upper middle class.” So you agree with the blogger, then, yes?
Hmm, and that would automatically lump you into a category where you are labeled as some smarmy, autocratic, pretentious dickweed, correct?
Hey, that’s RIGHT!
Well, satirically speaking.
But this is all just for laughs, so no biggie!
This is definitely the dumbest crap I’ve ever read. For one, I hate hummus. Second, There is nothing better than chinese food, the spicier the better. And guess what? I’m a white person.
Dumbass.
It’s a joke. Don’t take it seriously.
I will slap that hummus right off your plate and all over the side of your face using merely the might of my mighty uncircumcised penis. Whaapp! (better chew some Trident)
Anyone who has issues with talking to wait staff should man up and learn to ask a polite question. And learn to deal with a couple of lettuce-leaf dinners now and again.
Anyone who has issues with a friend being unwilling to eat at a place they don’t like should chill the hell out.
(Celiac and vegan.)
“…the wrong kind of white person.”
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yeah, you seem to totally understand this website
why. do. people. like. hummus?
it’s just cold, nasty, bland baby food.
oh wait, i forgot who we’re dealing with.
Sigh. This blog really should be called Stuff Hipsters Like. There are so many other white stereotypes besides the ones presented here. I’m 75% white, most of my friends are white, and there are only a few things on this list that I’m into. Hummus is one of them, but that’s because being 25% non-white, I grew up eating it.
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Hummus isn’t even a ‘white’ food to begin with. Maybe if restaurants served it with chicken wings and purple drank more coloreds would eat it.
Today while hiking one the many trails that run through the liberal hippie mountain college town where I reside, I was passed by three white people riding their bikes while wearing overpriced outdoor performance clothes and discussing their plans later on to – quote – “make some bomb hummus.” It was like this website came to life right in front of my eyes.
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ALL OF MY WHITE FRIENDS LOVE HUMMUS. (they’re not hipsters, I’d like to point out)
Personally, am partial to roasted red pepper hummus; I can eat half the container in one sitting with a bag of tostitos.
There’s actually hummus next an an empty brita filter in my fridge…..sad day. 😦
they’re the same thing.
You only eat HALF of the container? Had it offended you somehow?
i hate wen its hummus outside.
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heh, its funny for me becouse hummus means manure in portuguese
lol what about the white middle eastern people like israeli’s, turkish, lebanese etc who have hummus as a national food and eat it regularly? alot of your stuff is obviously aimed at anglo-english background white people. love it though.
I was eating hummus on pita chips when I clicked on this page
Aw man, I’m not the right kind of white person 😦
@Ish lol yea I’m sure Ashkenazim (white jews) will appreciate hummus if they’ve been to Israel, without a doubt. As for the Lebs and Turks, they got no choice ’cause it’s their cultural food.
I was just talking to another graduate student about this. When I first went to the departmental parties I had no idea what Hummus was and asked a few people. I was immediately swarmed by several white people telling me about how AMAAAAAZING hummus was and their favorite brands/flavors/pita chips. The passion in which they talked about hummus made me want to try it, and when I did, it of course didn’t taste good at all. I’ve never seen a group of people so passionate about a food. I think the reason they liked it so much was because it showed they were “worldly” as opposed to some nacho cheese dip and Doritos. When multiple people started talking about it, they started doing brand comparisons and one-upping each other one obscure brands and flavors. I love how accurate this site is sometimes.
I guess I’m not the right kind of white person to like hummus, even though I AM in graduate school (that entry was pretty funny as well).
Dude… I read your complete list… you’re not really describing white people… just yuppies (who are characteristically white) I’m pretty sure me and my liberal arts grad student friends, who like to hang out in Seattle, and such, love most of those things. My parents (who are very white), on the other hand, or my military sister, would hate most of those things.
I seriously LOL’d at the above comment!
so true! gotta have the hummus and gotta have that gluten-free pita bread
anglo = english
so saying anglo-english is like saying english-english, or for context hummus-hummus
I am a white person and I think this article is funny. Now I am going upstairs to eat my hummus.
I love me some hummus
I thought everyone loved hummus. Everyone I know does. Oh, wait…everyone I know is white.
I only like my mammy’s hummus. Other ones suck pretty bad.
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Well, I do like hummus but vegans / vegetarians / dietically challenged people shit me majorly. Vegetarians at the Chez Dave get Meat & Three Veg without the meat. And fuck ’em.
This article is truer to my life than you know.
My family is white, we all love hummus, and across our household we have a *tremendous* panel of dietary restrictions — including one (pretty serious) wheat allergy! So what do we go through on all the holidays? Tons of hummus, pita, and gluten free crackers.
AWWWWWW YEAH!!!
For bonus white points, we often get the pita crackers from Trader Joe’s rather than just eating regular pita.
Man, fuck hummus.
I eat my hummus with ribs and chicken. That’s the way white people roll on the streets!
I’m white.. and i think hummus is gross.. not a huge fan of pita.. and glueten free isnt always enjoyable..
Hummus is alright, I laughed at the allergy portion mostly because I have food allergies. Tree nuts, fish, and celery otherwise I eat literally everything. Gotta love blood pudding, etc., but then again I didn’t grow up in the states. Americans whine too much about food.
Comparatively, gluten-free is never enjoyable.
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When I found this blog, I was eating hummus, and I thought to myself, “I wonder if there is one about hummus”. I do know one white person who doesn’t like hummus, but that’s because he won’t try it.
patricia tarliWow….what’s with the “White people
Crap…. I love hummus…
My mom hates hummus, but she is the wrong kind of white person. Ha!
Sorry buddy, I’m black and I adore hummus! I could eat it every day!
I’m not offended by what’s on the list: I’m offended by what’s NOT on the list. I’m white, and I love fried chicken and watermelon. Every white person I know LOVES fried chicken and watermelon. I don’t see either of those on the list. By the way, what is an Assist (#4)? Someone has called me anal. That doesn’t make sense though. Who likes anal people?
Shit like this kinda pisses me off. I know no white people that like hummus. I can tell some egotistical black person wrote this. Which is fine, Hummus is just gross, and I am white! LOL “Stuffwhitepeoplelike” I have found nothing on this that white people do like. Am I not white? Oh and Chinese food is awesome.
You are so racist.
Your a fucking retard race has nothing to do with whether you like something or not. Grow up u racist and stay off the internet you fucking penis wrinkle.
Go hang yourself from a tree
this website is shite
I am white and allergic to hummus
i was just trying to find a recipe and found this
am i the ‘wrong kind of person’
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This is sooooo funny! I’m eating hummus for the first time & I’m not in love with it nor do I hate it. I can pronounce all the ingredients on the container and it’s a “healthy” snack, which overrides the taste. I can deal for now. But, I’d rather dip these unpleasant tasting croutons…I mean…pita chips, in some greek yogurt instead. :o/
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I’m white, and I hate hummus and do absolutely none of the things you mentioned. Boo.
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so what n***** wrote this? and to be politically correct where Caucasians not white. Boy!!!
Not sure why this is considered humorous when if a white person did a blog about fried chicken & watermelon it would be considered racist. People need something more intellectual to think about.
Omg what a racist ass website. Hummus is the nastiest thing I’ve ever smelled. Let alone try it. Disgusting yo
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Oh God, hummus is absolutely disgusting…..and I’m white! Guess I’m the wrong kind of white person, but still a good person to want to know! 🙂
Thanks for this site, I’m a little socially inept, so I googled “stuff fancy white people like” (I’m lower middle-class Irish) and this actually kinda helps o.o (while being funny as shit)
Look,I am white as a ghost and I aint never had no mutha truckin hummus in my fridge.So no,as in,hell no,not all white people like hummus.Im from the south and you better have some real food on the table.
I don’t like the name of it. it sounds like a disease or some ailment that has puss in it. The name itself is a turn off.
I hate the name of it, it sounds like something that you get when you are Sick. or, it sounds like some body part that is infected. I might want to try it but the name hummus sounds horrible. Who thought of Hummus? Why not call it chick pea did? or, bean dip. Why Hummus
Bruh find a gun and put it in your mouth and pull the trigger. Preferably in front of loved ones. Hummus is middle eastern.
Reginald about your comment, on My white people like hummus, are middle eastern people, where hummus comes from, considered? I don’t know if you were joking or not though. Lol 👍 ☺
This article is so racist! I am white and I just Googled “Why do people like hummus?” And I come across this racist crap!?! Newsflash I don’t like hummus, but according to you I must not be the right kinda white person?!? Your ignorance abounds and I still don’t like hummus. Idiot!
I’m the only white person that I know who likes hummus. I even see it frequently mocked in “white media” as “disgusting” food similar to the dislike of meatloaf and how it is mocked.
That’s the dumbest thing I ever read humus is disgusting no matter you’re race I’m half white and can’t stand that shit my mom is white and we never ate that shit growing up honestly I thought it was a black food….
hummus is better than a dead animal’s limbs and organs, or the lacteal breast secretions from a bovine mammal.
HEHE! If they don’t like hummus, they’re the WRONG kind of White people! Love that comment.
Well white people love to be adventurous. It’s a reason many whites love to venture to Middle Eastern, Ethiopian and Indian restaurants. White people’s ultimate adventure is eating exotic foods and then suffering from allergies and hot sweats as a result. White people love hummus because it’s something different and sounds healthy compared to mayonnaise (which white people also love). Most manufactured hummus is not healthy for you, it’s just fat cream. Peanut butter is far more nutritional. But, ignorance is bliss and the cost of hummus totally solidifies it as a high quality product. Also, most of the white people who use hummus as some novelty item are unaware of its simplistic ingredients, consisting of chicken pea, tahini and lots of garlic. The Sabra classic hummus is a very popular choice among whites, even though it is one of the least healthy hummus out there. It’s high in sodium, high in fat (especially saturated fat), and it is rife with artificial ingredients. You will find it particularly amusing when a white girl after an hour of cardio will eat this fat-enriched paste on a bagel, thinking she’s eating energy food when in actuality, she has just diminished her workout. White people will also incessantly hype about how great tasting hummus is, when it’s really the most bland, plain tasting thing ever. Hummus is another perfect example, that something exotic and unique with a tangy taste can sell very well with whites. You could manufacture some dogshit, call it DumbUs which will look very similar in color and taste with Hummus…and there will be white people who buy. It’s just an inherently white quality.
I’m a white person and i can’t believe people actually eat that stuff. YUK!
Hummers, blow jobs!
This is such a false opinionated article. I’m Caucasian and I had never even heard of hummus until after 21 years and I saw my Asian friend eating it. If this is so common for white people to eat then why has it taken me 21 years to hear about it.
I accidentally found this by a google search so i gotta bust the whiteness diet misconception.
Flush that vegan crap, they r fake wussy whiteys.
Im a redneck cracka but surprisingly not racist like the stereotype & i have no idea wtf hummus is.
The only thing that offends me is political correctness & those pushing it.
Say it like it is.
And for real, i cant get enough beef & fried chicken & can find an all u can eat buffet with ham, chix, veggies, salad bar, fish, ribs & shrimp & other stuff like everything else in a Thanksgiving dinner minus the turkey in these buffets within a few miles from home, a couple times a week for $10 or less.
Every Saturday every bar in the area has a prime rib special.
Friday fish fry.
Taco Tuesday or $2.00 1/3lb fresh ground beef burgers.
Anyone wanna see the local food ads email me, you’ll be hungry & there aint no vegan or Purina Hippie Chow crap.
We make cows here… & chickens & turkeys too, Jennie-O is a couple miles away.
Welcome to the territory of Minnesota 13, the hills of Stearns County where Al Capone’s pipline of beer & whiskey supply originated.
I tried this stuff for the first time in university and couldn’t spit it out fast enuff.. Now I see why. I’m not white duh… Then again, I’m black and I don’t like fried chicken either so idk who or what I am
Anglo Saxon culture are fucked up with their communitarism. All we can read here are bullshits and the author look like serious. Some article has some base of reality and if taken ironically it can.be fun. Indeed he/she’s not a bad writter but I will be more likely to attribute her “observations” or “critics” to regional area more than race. I even read in one of last articles that in last centuries, white people were only supervisors in farming Ah Ah. When 99% of them where indeed real farmers with advanced transformation skills by themself as well ; when in the meanwhile in some Sub Saharian Africa central countries for example, they got primitives one only and relying on good climate so never learn (No need) advance farming and stacking. Or other Arabic and Arabo’-berberic parts there were lot of nomadic group far from mastering any basic agriculture knowledge in spite they were living by such good farmers (such as in Marocco and Algeria) . Funny blog anyway, ignorant put things in a way which makes it funny. I suggest the author to take a break and make a 360 round tour in Mediterranean area, mixed culture and discover the complexity of human experience… And it’s just an example.
All black people like watermelon and fried chicken. In fact if you find a black person that doesn’t like watermelon and fried chicken they either haven’t tried it or are the wrong kind of black person.
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im not white but i love hummus… only when fried chicken is involved!
im not white but i love hummus… only when fried chicken is involved!
I love hummus, but only when fried chicken is in the equation.
Wrong. Skewed/Biased Reality “YOU” do possess, and own proudly I’m sure. Quick!! What is 2+2???
Funny, I put hummus on my balls, and one of trailer park ho’s likes to lick it off. Her idea, but hey she is not white, but that is alright with me.
Absolutely ridiculous generalizations on white people. I eat pork chops, baby back riqbs, pork loin… and I don’t care who knows and I find hummus revolting but I also feel that way about sushi…I don’t care for the taste or texture of any kind of raw animal flesh…I don’t care what you use to make it more edible for you…I can not stomach it. There are various oriental/ Asian foods I like if prepared properly. I am not allergic to any foods I just have my likes and dislikes. I would have to be stranded and starving to ever again eat a bite of hummus. I only know one white person who actually likes hummus. There are no specially packaged expensive foods I must have and I don’t know one white person like the ones you speak about. Most of us eat a varied diet and try many cuisines. I don’t have any relatives who have food allergies and I only know 2 white people who do and they are allergic to seafood. This is one of the most ridiculous articles I have ever had the misfortune to read.
I took a look around the website. Can see why some people might be offended and say this is a racist web site…..even though most of it is really tongue in cheek, and the other parts are humanity at it’s finest simply being the jerks they are in every society, ethnic and cultural groups around the world. It is also similar to the faux celebrity Twitter accounts which at first glance an unknowing viewer would think they were in the middle of a show called Celebrities behaving badly. Almost every personality and ethnicity can be found on here with many trying to see who can offend anyone before they are offended. So in essence….it is a bunch of saggy poopy pants, bed wetters, nose pickers,and snot nose brats trying to out do one another….you know…like kindergarten! 😜
Gotta love how arrogant, ignorant & hypocritical blacks are, never fails to amaze.
Hummus was invented in the middle east, which is basically north Africa, and no, normal whites hate hummus unless they are liberals who must apologize for their “white privilege”, then of course they love the north African garbage!
This is so true. Black people like fried chicken and watermelon. Hummus is the white version of fried chicken and watermelon.
Well, I’m Syrian and we sure like our hummus. The type you get at the supermarket, however, which is what most white people have at home, we wouldn’t consider. Even worse is hippie hummus, where they turned it into something so different in texture as to be unrecognizable.
Maybe the edgier white people can start buying hummus from middle eastern places or making their own according to authentic recipes, and bragging to their friends about how they can’t eat the stuff at the supermarket because it’s not real.