The Great Hummus Shortage
Previously posted to ljgenie a couple of years ago but nobody was able to help, I shelved the story this depended on but would really like to have another go at it if I can find the answer. It's a weird one that doesn't seem to be responding well to googling etc.
Some time in the eighties or nineties (don't know the exact date) a factory in (I think) one of the Scandenavian countries had some sort of fire or explosion, halting pretty much all industrial production of hummus outside the Middle East. As a result there was a global hummus shortage for several months.
Can anyone find me the details of this - exactly when and where it happened etc.?
Later Apologies, it turns out I have posted this here before:
http://little-details.livejournal.com/2798285.html
But didn't really track down the truth (if any) of this story.
Some time in the eighties or nineties (don't know the exact date) a factory in (I think) one of the Scandenavian countries had some sort of fire or explosion, halting pretty much all industrial production of hummus outside the Middle East. As a result there was a global hummus shortage for several months.
Can anyone find me the details of this - exactly when and where it happened etc.?
Later Apologies, it turns out I have posted this here before:
http://little-details.livejournal.com/2798285.html
But didn't really track down the truth (if any) of this story.