@ehBeth,
Me too. I bought some buns at Walmart that aren't all bad, when I didn't feel like making Terni bread.
Looks at package. Ciabatta buns. Well, sure I can make those - I used to like La Brea bakery's version, then tried Carol Field's cookbook version. These Walmart buns are a poor substitute for those, but not awful.
Store stuff often has preservatives, sometimes many, and mostly isn't all that interesting - I tend to like to throw in some gnarly stuff once in a while.
Anyway, these particular buns (yes! three types of preservatives) are good for letting butter seep in the holes before I add the swath of warm and spicy hummus. Bad girl..
I've got simit recipes on my mind, waiting for me to try, in the meantime. I tried to find Serbian devrek, which I gather is Serbia's version of Simit, but no luck finding a recipe so far. The Turkish recipes look good though. Lots for me to play with. I wonder if I'll ever get around to making those Montreal Bagels..
On hummus, that's getting to be a favorite food. A simple two cup package of dried chickpeas (oh, and sesame tahini and oil and spices after they slow cook), and I've got hummus for a month in the freezer. I need to break out of my rut since there are many things one can add to hummus, but I tend to add the same stuff.
Tonight - who knows, I'm going to be tired, but I might cook up the eggplant and the mushrooms that are getting elderly. (Will dice and spice those.) There's pasta, there's mild ital sausage. To be decided..
