Flatbread, Hummus and Hebrew

Did you take a foreign language in school?  Do you remember having “culture days” or straight up “food days” in class?  They were always a favorite of mine – I was never that great at learning the language, but I could certainly learn a new recipe!  Well, Hebrew class is no different here at EBCoM.  We recently had our flatbread and hummus day in Jonathan’s Hebrew class.  Food day is always a hit!

Rolling out the flat bread.

Serving up hummus!

 Flatbread and hummus are traditional and staple foods in Israel and the Middle East.  When Jonathan studied Hebrew, his professor shared flatbread, hummus, and olive oil with the class, and so it just feels right for him to do the same with his students.  Chickpeas are not always readily available here, so I was very thankful to find them again in time to whip up some tasty hummus, get the flatbread rolled out, cooked and delivered!  It’s fun how much more relaxed the students are when we are sharing food, than when they are having class!

This year's Intro to Hebrew class

The kids enjoy sitting in "school" chairs and eating along
side the students on food/culture days.

The kids and I pop over to Jonathan’s Hebrew class partway through the class period (after the quiz of the day is done) to serve the food and get to know his students a little.  As usual, the class requested frequent food days!  They say they want to sample different flavors of hummus…and that we should come before the quiz.  Sounds good in theory, anyway!  But if you have any favorite hummus recipes and variations, feel free to send them our way!