Do You Refer to These Beans as Chickpeas or Garbanzos?

February 19, 2008

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justanerd1975 4 years 46 weeks

or as I used to call them as a child, butt-beans! ;) ( they really do look like tiny butts)

keiraz 5 years 10 weeks

Even in the cans it is written "chickpeas"

nrmunch55 5 years 12 weeks

Chickpea's=)

CollegeGirl 5 years 12 weeks

Garbanzos

ahappierdiane 5 years 12 weeks

mmm...hummus!

sauterhead 5 years 12 weeks

Both - usually when they're in something I'll say chickpeas but if alone garbanzo? It's a can of garbanzo beans but hummus is made with chickpeas. I'm weird I guess.

piraterie 5 years 12 weeks

Garbanzo beans, yum! I never even heard anyone say chickpea until I was in my late teens, and it was a while after that that I figured out they were the same thing.

GratefulGrl80 5 years 12 weeks

"They have always been garbanzo. Never heard of chickpeas until the Food Network came on." my mom called them chickpeas long before food network was ever in existence

GratefulGrl80 5 years 12 weeks

i voted chickpeas, but i do tend to say garbanzos too...i think they're called ceci beans in italian....mainly i call them delicious :)

ENoel 5 years 12 weeks

I've always called them 'brain beans'. They look like little brains. Not always a popular observation. But tasty brain beans they are.

jJuliet 5 years 12 weeks

both...these are great when mixed with fava beans in a salad with olive oil, lemon, tomatoes, and fresh herbs--it's delicious hot or cold.

chiefdishwasher 5 years 12 weeks

They have always been garbanzo. Never heard of chickpeas until the Food Network came on.

fuzzles 5 years 12 weeks

ella, Thanks for the salad recipe! That sounds healthy and overall wunnerful!

rickimc 5 years 12 weeks

Neither - I'm allergic to legumes.

tdamji 5 years 12 weeks

chickpeas. i think it is a cute name. i am making hummus tonight with basil. mmm.

sharshar 5 years 12 weeks

Garbanzos is a nicer word for it. Don't like the taste, though :p

jennifer76 5 years 12 weeks

Garbanzo beans.

guinnevere 5 years 12 weeks

more often, garbanzo, but that's probably because i'm mexican and that's what we say in mexico.

GlowingMoon 5 years 12 weeks

Garbanzos. I hade made some hummus for breakfast. Yum.

Kate Marie 5 years 12 weeks

I use either name, but garbanzo is more fun to say. GARBANZO! Hah =]

AmberHoney 5 years 12 weeks

I must agree with Marynan... & Sugarcat, it's so fun to say and thanks to Finnlover for the French lesson (I love languages). Rachael Ray has a recipe for fried/sauteed garbanzo that I've yet to try but it sounds so yummy. Sometimes I call my dog garbanzo cause he loves them and it's a cute name for a dog.