To further their claims to intellectual property rights for hummus, as a Lebanese dish, 300 chefs in Beirut prepared a dish of hummus weighing 2056kg, by mixing 1360kg of mashed chickpeas, 333 litres of lemon juice and 26kg of salt to break the World record for the largest plate of the dip, that was established last May be Israel.
The Lebanese then went on to prepare a tabbouleh salad that weighed in at 3538kg and included 1596kg of parsley, 1496kg of tomatoes and 419kg of onions.
Actually, I view this development in a positive light. I think that if national pride and the Arab Israel Conflict could be redirected to fighting over world records instead of lobbing scuds and artillery shells over the fence, it is in everyone’s interest.
