Posted on 02/03/2017 7:41:00 PM PST by markomalley
The Associated Students of University of California – Riverside voted on Wednesday night to remove Sabra Hummus from all campus dining services, The Highlander reports.
Student leaders voted 13-0-1 in favor of the resolution to kick Sabra Hummus off campus. Sabra’s joint owner, the Strauss Group, is the largest food products company in Israel and has financially supported the Israeli military, according to the New York Times.
Students who supported the measure were “troubled” by funds that could potentially go to Israeli settlements by purchasing Sabra Hummus in their campus cafeteria.
UC Riverside said in a statement released on Thursday: “The University has no plans to change brands offered for sale or consumption in its stores and dining facilities. We remind all that the UCR Principles of Community apply.”
This isn’t the first time the southern California campus has experienced this issue either, a university spokesman told The Daily Caller. In 2015, UC Riverside initially replaced the Sabra brand with a a gluten-free alternative called “Tapaz 2 g0” in compliance with student demand, without realizing the underlying political issue, according to the Los Angeles Times. The university later called their decision a “mistake” and offered the Sabra brand along with the gluten-free alternative.
The Sabra Hummus boycott has been an ongoing issue that isn’t unique to UC Riverside’s campus. Palestinian students and supporters at Princeton University and DePaul University challenged Sabra’s chick-pea dip in 2010.
Here are the google results.
Give it a try and let me know how it tastes.
I also squirt a little sriracha sauce into my hummus mixture...have been told that it makes peanut butter recipes taste more like tahini. Might work the same with sunflower butter. Some people also add a little sesame oil.
If you like to cook (in this case, mix) you will have a blast making your own hummus. It's healthy, delicious, and cheap.
Your family will love it...a lot.
When I am looking for something I go to google shopping. When the product comes up it will show lots of vendors, some online and some local for you.
Check it out...here at food.com.
I checked out Walmart on-line and they have it in a store not too far from me. My town doesn’t even have a grocery store.
Our town of about 4000 has one grocery store and fortunately they have it. Nearest bigger town is 30 minutes away and I go there maybe once a month to shop. I always shop price when I go out and use google to see which store has it for the best price. I stopped using amazon months ago. I have found lots of stuff at Walmart online and if you have 50.00 in your cart the shipping is free. It’s a good deal.
Thanks!
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