Does Size Matter - Revisited

Back on February 26th, just a few days into my blogging life, I wrote about how the Israelis had recently made the world's largest serving of hummus, in a satellite dish, out-hummusing the Lebanese who held the previously record. 

Yesterday I received two messages from facebook friends with links to a BBC video about Lebanese chefs,  who have now reclaimed the title.  They said they will continue to out-hummus those Israelis no matter what.

This hummus fight goes back to the story of Abraham, in Genesis.   It all started when Betty Crocker, disguised as a serpent, asked Sarah and Hagar to give her their recipes for hummus.  "How many should the recipe serve?"  Hagar asked,  innocently, for she was the servant and used to such practicalities.
 Betty raised one eyebrow and replied, "As many as your offspring's offspring would consume, given the amount of land they will possess."

Well, the rest is annoyingly familiar.  And so today we have the offspring of Sarah and Hagar filling larger and larger satellite dishes with hummus, as the Bible predicted.   And until the lion lies down with the lamb, we can expect this silliness to continue.