Writes Elizabeth in Massachusetts: “My dad has taken to mixing hummus and tabbouleh in a bowl and eating it like that, which some reason, drives my brother absolutely crazy. I looked in the fridge today and was not surprised at all to find this note, which my dad ignored.”
Something tells me Elizabeth’s brother might also have an opinion about whether toast can or cannot be refrigerated…and perhaps the appropriateness of Cinnamon Roll Casserole as a workplace snack.
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86 responses so far ↓
#1
Rebecca
Oh, good grief. Team dad.
Also team dad-should-leave-a-note-telling-brother-tabouleh-and-hummus-are-f*ing-DELICIOUS.
Aug 17, 2011 at 4:46 pm rating: 41
#2
KDW
Dad must have lost his “Methods & Rules on How to Consume Food” manual. Or maybe the guy is watching his carbs. Seriously, the son needs to get a hobby….or a job…if he’s got this much time to worry about how his dad eats snacks.
Aug 17, 2011 at 4:48 pm rating: 21
#3
tabitha
but dont you have to DIP your spoon in to eat it?
Aug 17, 2011 at 4:51 pm rating: 11
#4
Kimberly
Oh please! Hummus is squished up garbonzo beans. People eat beans with a spoon (or fork). Elizabeth’s brother needs to get a life.
Aug 17, 2011 at 4:52 pm rating: 4
#5
Quite Contrary
Call me crazy, but I thought tabbouleh was food. Totally Team Dad.
Aug 17, 2011 at 4:53 pm rating: 17
#6
LOL
HAHAHAH
Go Team Dad!
He should take it out and just put a spoon on top of the note.
Aug 17, 2011 at 4:59 pm rating: 12
#7
Anon in MI
Elizabeth’s brother is the one being a p.i.t.a. in the worst way. Telling your parents how to eat food is obnoxious.
Aug 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm rating: 38
#8
Sesquipedalian
“These are serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. They should be accompanied by water, food, and other treatment strategies. Not to be taken without a large helping of chill-the-f*ck-out.”
Aug 17, 2011 at 5:11 pm rating: 50
#9
KT
OCD
Aug 17, 2011 at 5:39 pm rating: 2
#10
Meta
As someone whose father ate peanut butter in this fashion, I’m gonna say the brother might not be *totally* crazy. It’s not always pleasant to watch, you know, someone licking a giant glob of creamy spread off a spoon.
Aug 17, 2011 at 5:51 pm rating: 9
#11
Bridie
Dear Son,
Feel free to move out and make your own food choices somewhere else.
Dad
Aug 17, 2011 at 5:53 pm rating: 66
#12
oi
Who the F people think they are dictating other people’s food. This is my biggest pet peeve (so big that word pet peeve does not fully cover the intensity of it) I did not let even my mother to dictate my food choice and believe me my mother tried. In the end she thought that eating only bhaji (potato curry) was better a bargain than not eating altogether.
Aug 17, 2011 at 6:19 pm rating: 7
#13
Sean Jungian
This just makes me laugh and if my son left me such a note, I would laugh then, too.
This is just one of those things where someone gets an irrational hair up their butt about something, and it never fails to amuse me. I wouldn’t go out of my way to eat my preferred hummus-and-tabouleh mix in front of him, but I wouldn’t hide it either.
Aug 17, 2011 at 6:38 pm rating: 9
#14
erinmkc
I bet the son’s real motive is that the dad eats the hummus up too fast by not using a chip or pita to help fill up his stomach. The son has probably found an empty hummus container before because dad ate it all up and son blamed it in dad’s style of eating. Of course, if dad is paying for the hummus, he should eat it however he pleases.
Aug 17, 2011 at 6:46 pm rating: 13
#15
Sarah
Imagine how pissed he would be if he saw what I would do to that Kozyshack.
Aug 17, 2011 at 7:02 pm rating: 8
#16
Luna (the other one)
Cheese-and-rice! What kind of a control freak cares how someone else eats? My husband likes to dip cold hotdogs in sour cream. Does it make me a little queasy? You bet! So I just don’t watch. He works all day so I can stay home, go to school, and take care of our daughter. That entitles him to eat whatever however. I’m sure that’s also the case at Casa de Hummus. Unless brother is supplying the food, he should STFU.
Aug 17, 2011 at 7:26 pm rating: 15
#17
Nahhh
I had to look up “tabbouleh,” but wtf is sonny’s problem? Sounds like something that would taste great in a big ol’ bowl of hummas.
TEAM DAD.
Aug 17, 2011 at 9:20 pm rating: 3
#18
camillle
But hummus is the most delicious thing in the world, eating it without the interference of pita is the best way to go. I’m also disappointed in sonny boy for having so little food creativity that he can only suggest pita as a hummus delivery food. This is not a person to take food advice from
Aug 17, 2011 at 9:36 pm rating: 7
#19
Joe
Maybe Dad is getting back at Son for drinking Milk from the carton…
Aug 17, 2011 at 10:14 pm rating: 6
#20
The Elf
So, who is paying for the hummus and tabbouleh? Or, for that matter, the fridge and the spoon? I’m betting it’s dear old Dad. Since it is his money, he can eat it however he sees fit. Two exceptions: that he doesn’t play with it at the dinner table (i.e. make a model circus tent with his hummus) and that he not eat straight from the container. But since he mixes it in a bowl and doesn’t appear to harbor secret desires to go to clown college, I think we’re safe there.
I wonder if Son isn’t just at that age when everything Dad does is irritating. We’ve all been there, kid. Wait until you are 25. Then Dad will be smart and fun again.
BTW, I totally love hummus and tabbouleh, so I’m trying Dad’s famous combo at the earliest opportunity. F the pita.
Aug 18, 2011 at 6:30 am rating: 14
#21
ClearlyDemented
The thought bubble over dad’s head as he sighs and extracts the hummus from under this note:
Isn’t this kid 18 yet?
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:27 am rating: 8
#22
DLo
Yeah, my note would say, “And YOU’RE a dip too. Pack your sh!t and get out.”
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:33 am rating: 2
#23
Eileen
Dear Son,
Here’s five bucks. Go buy your own dip and leave me alone.
Signed,
Dad, who will eat what I want in my own house
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:41 am rating: 5
#24
Kathleen
Some of the best foods eaten with a spoon were never officially meant to be eaten with just a spoon. Mmmm… Nutella…..
Aug 18, 2011 at 8:54 am rating: 10
#25
Twinkie
I mix tabbouleh and hummus all the time and then eat it with pitas. I even do it out in the open in my favorite middle eastern deli and in front of my Syrian step father. No one has ever even looked askance at me. Team Dad.
Aug 18, 2011 at 2:54 pm rating: 2
#26
Liz in Albuquerque
Heck, I eat hummus from a spoon every morning for breakfast. Sometimes I slow down & use pita chips if I have the time.
Aug 18, 2011 at 10:42 pm rating: 0
#27
Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff
Mrs Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff often berates me for eating Brussels paté with a fork instead of on a cracker or a crisp bread or something. Which I don’t think is fair, because simple starches make me ill. Maybe Dad is on a low-carb kick. Or maybe he just likes it. Either way, Brother is a bit of a jerk, although I suspect his jerkishness is executed in a fairly good-natured sort of way so it’s not so bad.
Aug 19, 2011 at 5:23 am rating: 0
#28
zomboid
hmmm…i can see how this could piss someone off – a tub of houmous is expected to last a while, not be eaten in one go like a bowl of porridge by the selfish asshole of the household
Aug 19, 2011 at 5:56 am rating: 1
#29
the son
yes this is the son here, i would like to clear some things up, 1) i’m 15 years of age so its not like i’m a freeloader 2) it doesn’t drive me absolutely crazy, and 3)it’s gross to have to wash out the container after he is done
Aug 19, 2011 at 9:54 am rating: 1
#30
Old Uncle Toe
I used to love hummus — until I found out it was just a waste product from kazoo factories.
Aug 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm rating: 0
#31
Mike
When your brother has a house and a fridge of his own and the means to stock said fridge, then he can buy some pita’s. Until then I think he should just enjoy the humus with a nice side of shut the f*k up.
Aug 20, 2011 at 9:19 pm rating: 2
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