Graceland, The Exorcist and Hummus

Do we really need much more than a few friends, some good food and light entertainment?  It's easier for me to answer that now that I know I didn't win the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot - friends, hummus and trivia are back in style. 

Chris and Eryka

 We had a great time answering 100 trivia questions with Chris, Eryka, Doug, Lou, Steve and Angie all for the benefit of a local elementary school.  We scored respectably -95 out of 100 for 6th place.  The winning team scored 105.  Our team had a great time, everyone had a specialty and clicked with at least one of the topics.  Diversity is important for trivia nights.  Eryka rocked the fairy tale category.  Tracy and Chris knew their science.  Doug was spot on with sports films and local sports  history.  Angie kept up with the television them songs and everyone chipped in for commercials and movie and themes. It was a bit light on history and geography and we fumbled our lone history question,
"Who came first as president - Wilson or Harding?"  Answers at the bottom.

We also blew,
"Who retired first - Larry Bird or Magic Johnson?" 

We did get this one right,
"What is the name of Paul Simon's grammy winning album of the late 80's with South African backup singers?

In the end, like most group activities our team result was better than anyone could have done individually and we talked ourselves out of a few correct answers  (Halloween instead of the Exorcist) along the way; but we had fun, good food and some laughs.

Doug and Lou

We had too much good food.  I was able to limit the damage to only 1.2 pounds on the scale this morning.  Tracy and I have grown to appreciate hummus as a snack/appetizer in our lower calorie lifestyle.  Over the last couple of months we've refined our recipe to a more trendy, tasty version of this ancient classic.  If I had stuck to hummus last night instead of pizza and cheesecake, I'd be in better shape this morning.



Tracy's Hummus

1 16 oz can of Garbanzo beans (drained and rinsed)
1/3 cup Tahini
2 Tbsp of roasted red peppers or sun-dried tomatoes
3-4 cloves of garlic
1/2 tsp cumin
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp Sriracha hot sauce
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp of olive oil

Combine the first 8 ingredients in a food processor and mix until smooth.  Blend in olive oil until desired consistency.


ANSWERS:  Wilson, Magic and Graceland