Why Did I Wait This Long?!!

Fried chickpeas.

I didn't believe the hype.

Then I made some.

Don't you love the halo effect?  Heavenly, indeed.

I ate this entire bowl by myself.  Well, I ate half of it while they were still piping hot (you can't see it, but I was snatching at them between shots).  Then I scolded myself that chickpeas alone do not a balanced meal make, and I ate some carrot sticks and an apple.  Then I finished the rest of the bowl.  That was an entire can of beans.  I would have eaten two cans of beans, but I didn't have another (thank God).

Now I'm kicking myself that I could have had years of chickpea enjoyment under my belt.  YEARS, I say!  I mean, I gladly cleaned up oily post-fry mess for these!  That's love.

And in love, I tell you this, MoFo-ers: believe the hype.  Don't make the same mistake I did - get thee to In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite and make thee some.  Pronto.  Don't have that book?  Get thee to this page (and ignore the tepid reviews - I don't know what these folks did, but I got great results from the same formula).

What are you waiting for?  Time's wasting!  A minute you spend reading this a minute you could be eating fried chickpeas!

And I'm beginning to believe that a minute used not eating fried chickpeas is a very sad minute indeed.