catalog of species

There are three main kinds of chickpea:

• Desi, which has small, darker seeds and a rough coat, cultivated mostly in India and much of the Indian Subcontinent, as well as Ethiopia, Mexico, and Iran.

• Bombay (Bambai), which is also dark in colour but slightly larger in size than the Desi variety. They too are popular in the Indian Subcontinent.
• Kabuli, associated with Kabul in Afghanistan. These are lighter coloured, with larger seeds and a smoother coat, mainly grown in Southern Europe, Northern Africa, South America and Indian Subcontinent, having been introduced during the 18th century to India.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

An uncommon black chickpea "ceci neri" is grown only in Puglia, Italy. These chickpeas are larger and blacker than the desi "kala chana" variety.

Green Chickpeas are also known as Harbhara/Harbara (हरभरा) in India (especially in the state of Maharashtra). Chana Dal is also called as Harbara Dal (हरभरा डाळ). Tender/immature harbara with skin is roasted on the coal. After roasting it well it is served by removing the skin.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CHICKPEA

so for my personal experience, i decided to write a little bit, since i already made my homemade hummus i thought that because of all the time we have been together i could write a little bit something to honor this little one, so here we go... 

A Vegan’s Ode To The Chickpea

If you’ve been to a vegan pot luck
Where everyone brings a dish
You’ve tasted six kinds of hummus
Thank goodness it’s so delish.

It’s tasty because it has chickpeas
A very delectable bean
But hummus is just for starters
‘Cuz chickpeas are worldly cuisine.

In Milan they call them ceci,
They eat them with rigatoni
They’re classic Italian food
As famous as macaroni.

When you pair them up with pasta
You get a protein that’s complete.
Oops, what the heck am I saying?
That theory has met with defeat!

If you’re traveling down Mexico way
And the foods are all topped with cheese
Say “quiero garbanzos por favor”
(That means “I want some chickpeas, please.”)

In India they’re made into flour

For fritters and tasty flat bread
But if you prefer plain old chickpeas
You can have them in curry instead.

Chickpeas have great healthy nutrients
Like potassium and calcium, at least
They’re an excellent source of B12
(Well—if you eat them with nutritional yeast)

You may think that you love chickpeas
You’re convinced you’re their biggest fan
But I’ve got you beat by a mile
I eat them right outta the can.

Prosopography

Here are some important brands related to food around the world 

The company was founded in Turin during the 19th century. According to the company, it was founded in 1826 when Pierre Paul Caffarel (1801–1871) converted an ex-tannery into a chocolate factory and invented Gianduiotto in 1852

Kellogg: It was founded in 1906 by Will Keith Kellogg who relied on the power of Seventh-day Adventists, religion he practiced.

Heineken: Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought the unprofitable Haystack brewery , located in the center of Amsterdam in the late nineteenth century. Almost no one thought would last more than a year .

Danone : Danone The company was founded in 1919 by Isaac Carasso and Jéssica Reig in Barcelona as a small workshop factory producing yoghurt. The factory name was " Danone " by the diminutive of the name of his first son, Daniel

And some mexican brands: 

Over 50 years ago, Ms. Dona Maria founded the company that bears his name. He developed a formula for cooking and conserve the traditional mole. Thus, Doña María has kept its original recipe with ingredients 100% Mexican and traditional way of making it, saving time in the kitchen.

GRILL PRODUCTION

Here is a video for an inside look at the production of the Weber Grills 

For more information click here

CHICKPEA PRODUCTION

Chickpea harvest, India

Production

Most production and consumption of chickpea (95%) takes place in developing countries. It was grown on about 11.9 million hectares in 2010. Chickpea production has increased over the past 30 years from 6.6 million metric tons to 10.0 million metric tons. Most chickpeas are grown in South Asia, which accounts for more than 75% of the world chickpea area. India is by far the largest chickpea producing country. Over the period 1978–80 to 2008–10, the area under chickpea in India increased marginally from 7.6 million hectares to 7.9 million hectares, but production increased by 40% (from 4.8 to 6.8 million metric tons). Other important chickpea producing countries are Pakistan, Turkey, Mexico, Canada and Australia.

Despite being a crop of the temperate regions, advances in plant breeding have enabled chickpea cultivation to gradually spread to the sub-tropical and tropical regions of Africa, North America and Oceania. In Africa, it is grown mainly to utilize fallow lands. Africa’s share of the global chickpea area has gradually increased to 4.7% in 2008–10 from 3.8% in 1981–83.

For more information:
Chickpea production guide
CGIAR

Nutritional facts!

Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans, Bengal Gram), Boiled, w/o Salt

serving size: 1 cup (164g)

Garbanzo beans (like most legumes) have long been valued for their fiber content. Two cups provide the entire Daily Value! But the research news on garbanzos and fiber has recently taken us one step further by suggesting that the fiber benefits of garbanzo beans may go beyond the fiber benefits of other foods.

Many public health organizations—including the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society—recommend legumes as a key food group for preventing disease and optimizing health. 

Calories - At this serving size there are 269 Calories per serving. A closer look shows: 38 Calories from Fat, 58 Calories from Protein, and 180 Calories from Carbohydrate. If you're keeping track, a good calorie counter can make this easy -- see the software below.






Fat - One serving has 4.25 grams of Total Fat. This is made up of 0.44 grams of Saturated Fat and unfortunately the Trans Fat amount was not listed for this food. The rest of the Fat (3.81 grams) is unaccounted for

Cholesterol - This is one of the healthy foods if you're watching your Cholesterol intake. There are 0 mg of Cholesterol.

Carbohydrates - Total Carb count for one serving: 44.97 grams. Sugar: 7.87 grams, Fiber: 12.46 grams, and Net Carbs: 32.5 grams (helpful to know if you're counting carbs).

Protein - For Protein, one serving of this food has a total of 14.53 grams.

Minerals - At this serving size Calcium is 80.36 mg and Iron is 4.74 mg. In addition, this serving size contains 11.48 mg of Sodium and 477.24 mg of Potassium.

Vitamins - This food has both Vitamin A and Vitamin C. One serving contains 44.28 International Units of Vitamin A and 2.13 mg of Vitamin 

for more information about our friend the chickpea, go check out this sites 

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=58

http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/nutrition-information-one-cup-raw-chickpeas-1574.html

Patents, the evolutionary history of the Grill

1953' CHARLES H. TIDMA
For more information here

    

This invention relates to a cooking grill and especially to a grill or grid or framework support for supporting food while being cooked and to an arrangement therein for directing the greases and juices away from the fire.

June 29, 1965 E. H. KIDDER
For more information here 

 This invention relates to a novel and useful barbecue rotary gril.

Six degrees of separation: Chickpea - Grill

Concept map - chickpea

Concept map - Grill

Touch, Smell, Eat the chickpea!!

Previously in my blog i put a recipe to make the famous hummus, and this time i decided to give it a try and make my own home made hummus so here we go!

1) First step, go find the chickpeas!

2) Look for a hummus recipie (you can find one here on a previous post click here)

3) Grab all the ingredients 

(all ingredients ready)

4) Cook!!! (you only have to blend everything together!! its the easies thing to do!)

5) Present, and eat! bon appetit!!!

hummus was the easiest thing to cook, and it was delicious!

Galery time! (books, magazones, ads, comic)

advertisment for a chickpea can 

see it better

about this book  info here 

Spanish cooking book 

kids novel in spanish 

this is a magazine that talks about vegan stuff, like recipies, new stores etc.

cool magazine website

complex carbohydrates :D

Cicer arietinum

Cicer arietinum

Facts About

Cultivated for at least 10,000 years, chick-pea remains an important staple food in the Middle East, Africa and India, among other places. With scattered occurrences recorded in North America, it occasionally escapes cultivation in New England, either as a result of commercial or home vegetable-garden production. Several cultivars have been developed.

Botanical classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophytina (Angiospermae)
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledoneae)
Subclass: Rosidae
Superorder: Fabanae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Papilionaceae)
                                          Genus: Cicer L.
                                          Species: Cicer arietinum L.

Characteristics

Habitat 

terrestrial

Flower petal color

• blue to purple
• white

Leaf type

the leaves are compound (made up of two or more discrete leaflets

Leaf arrangement

alternate: there is one leaf per node along the stem

Leaf blade edges

the edge of the leaf blade has teeth

Flower symmetry

there is only one way to evenly divide the flower (the flower is bilaterallysymmetrical)

Number of sepals, petals or tepals

• there are five petals, sepals, or tepals in the flower
• there are four petals, sepals, or tepals in the flower

Fusion of sepals and petals

• both the petals and sepals are separate and not fused
• the petals or the sepals are fused into a cup or tube

Stamen number

10

Fruit type (general)

the fruit is dry and splits open when ripe

Fruit length

20–30 mm

TIME TO COOK!! WITH SPECIAL GUEST... THE CHICKPEA!

There’s no arguing hummus is one of the tastiest, healthiest dips out there—and one of the easiest to make. Sure you can buy a tub at the grocery store, but learn how to make the classic version, and you’ve got a framework to create countless variations that’ll keep your taste buds on their toes.

Hummus is an Arabic word (حمّص ḥummuṣ) meaning "chickpeas," and the complete name of the prepared spread in Arabic is حمّص بطحينة ḥummuṣ bi ṭaḥīna, which means "chickpeas with tahini". 

So only for you here is 13 ways to make hummus! enjoy!

Let's talk about chickpeas and his origins!

The name "chickpea" traces back through the french chiche to cicer, latin for ‘chickpea’ (from which the Roman lastname Cicero was taken)

Chick peas are perhaps better known by their name garbanzo beans. They are a roundish, beige to light green members of the legume family grown primarily in part of West Asia, India, and in the Mediterranean. Most are familiar with chick peas as either used whole in salads, or ground up to make the popular Middle Eastern dish hummus.

Top producers of chickpeas in th world 

SING!

This is a tv commercial for a hummus brand and of course it's featuring our little friend the chickpea!

Proverbs (Grill)

http://quotes.lifehack.org/quote/alton-brown/i-grill-therefore-i-am/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/427771664576979112/

Proverbs (chickpeas)

Proberbs about chickpeas (in Spanish)

"Garbanzos y judías, hacen buena compañía"

"A la mejor cocinera se le va un garbanzo entero"

"Un garbanzo no hace puchero, pero ayuda a su compañero"

http://www.mundifrases.com/tema/legumbres/

http://www.academia.org.mx/lema:cocinera

http://www.sabidurias.com/proverbio/es/17673/anonimo/un-garbanzo-no-hace-puchero-pero-ayuda-a-su-companero

Mythologies around the things (Grill)

Unfortunately there's no myth, legend or any relevant simbolism to a grill :(

Mythologies around the things (chickpeas)

Cicerone and the chickpeas 

How long, O Catiline, will you abuse our patience? This in Latin “Quo usque tandem, Catilina, abutere patientia nostra?” Is what most people know of all the work of the Roman who even today is considered a model of speakers, and whose knowledge and language caused quite a few headaches to the students who had to translate. Anyway, Marco Tullio Cicerone was a key figure on many plots and conspiracies of his time, he shared time with Cesare, Pompeo, Ottaviano, Marco Antonio ... His ability as a lawyer allowed him to earn a fortune. Caesar's murder caught him off guard, and hesitated which side to be. In the end Marco Antonio ordered ordered his murder.

In the old Rome, the last names were related to some vegetable: for example the Lentulo (lentils), the Fabio (beans)… in cicerone´s case his last name appears to be referring not to the fact that his family sold chickpeas, but to the fact of a mole on the face of some of his ancestors.

Chickpeas (cicer arientinum) got their name from the Romans, meaning "ram-like." This description refers to the seed's resemblance to a ram's head. If you look, you will even see the curling horns. Also widely known as garbanzo beans. Many believe that chickpeas increase energy AND the sexual desires of both men and women.

• Sheik Omar Abu Mohammed, 16th century Magrebi arab, wrote in The Perfumed Garden that chickpeas can cure impotence, and they should certainly be eaten to serve as a sexual stimulant.

http://www.abc.es/estilo/gastronomia/20140824/abci-gastronom-cristino-alvarez-ciceron-201408232013.html (Spagnolo)

http://www.soupsong.com/fbeans.html (Inglese)