The Quality of the Hummus as Found in the UA Snackboxes Late 2014-?
Oct 2, 2014, 2:09 pm
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Oct 2, 2014, 2:10 pm
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The old "sour cream" packet stuff was not half bad, but this new stuff is just a disaster.
Looks like low bidder "wins" again.
Oct 2, 2014, 3:00 pm
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THIS!!!!
My wife got the tapas box about 3 weeks ago and I couldn't believe how bad it was. Like a weird, greyish-beige gelatinous substance. Hummus is not supposed to jiggle.
Couldn't tell you the brand, but it was really, really bad.
I actually wrote to UA to say as much. They threw some miles my way - a very generous amount actually - but I really just hope they switch back ASAP.
ETA: it's not Wild Garden - I actually didn't mind Wild Garden either, but this new one comes in a peel-top container, similar to the red pepper spread I think.
My wife got the tapas box about 3 weeks ago and I couldn't believe how bad it was. Like a weird, greyish-beige gelatinous substance. Hummus is not supposed to jiggle.
Couldn't tell you the brand, but it was really, really bad.
I actually wrote to UA to say as much. They threw some miles my way - a very generous amount actually - but I really just hope they switch back ASAP.
ETA: it's not Wild Garden - I actually didn't mind Wild Garden either, but this new one comes in a peel-top container, similar to the red pepper spread I think.
Oct 2, 2014, 5:19 pm
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First they took my yogurt parfait. Now this!
Oct 2, 2014, 5:29 pm
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I have to say, pretty much all commercial hummus in the U.S. is not very good. 
As someone coming from the Land of Hummus, I've found the American versions to be roughly equivalent to garbanzo-flavored spackle (or perhaps tile grout would be a better analogy). The choices have improved lately, with Sabra entering the U.S. market, but it's still no comparison to the original...
As someone coming from the Land of Hummus, I've found the American versions to be roughly equivalent to garbanzo-flavored spackle (or perhaps tile grout would be a better analogy). The choices have improved lately, with Sabra entering the U.S. market, but it's still no comparison to the original...
Oct 2, 2014, 5:37 pm
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Oct 2, 2014, 7:37 pm
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Isn't that Wild Garden tube stuff the same as what they provide in the DL SkyClubs? I haven't been in one in a few months so I don't remember the brand; I remember it looks like jungle.
Oct 3, 2014, 9:07 am
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On the change in tapas boxes, that sucks. The stuff they had in there was decent, and the tapas box was the only thing I ever really bought. The way the new stuff is being described, I don't even want to risk it.
Oct 3, 2014, 10:02 am
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Any thread with "quality" and "UA" in the title
can usually only be answered in on direction, which is NO, or "getting worse" or "not any more"
Perhaps they put the hummus from the First Class boxes (which is very vile BTB) into the "tapas" boxes?
Perhaps they put the hummus from the First Class boxes (which is very vile BTB) into the "tapas" boxes?