Mechanical pencil history notes that in 1913 Charles R. Keeran invented the Eversharp Pencil, the first mass-produced mechanical pencil to combine a simple propelling mechanism with large lead capacity and robust, ergonomically sound design.
The method of eating hummus usually involves dipping pita bread, flatbread, crackers or tortilla chips into the hummus mix. Additionally, it can be found accompanying fish, eggplant, chicken, falafel and meze.
Hummus or houmous (/ËhÊmÉs/ , /ËhÊmÉs/ , or /ËhuËmÉs/ ; Arabic: Ø­ÙÙÙÙØµ â) is a Levantine and Egyptian food dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic.ummus is an Arabic word (Ø­ÙÙØµ á¸¥ummuá¹£) meaning chickpeas, and the complete name of the prepared spread in Arabic is Ø­ÙÙØµ Ø¨Ø·Ø­ÙÙØ© á¸¥ummuá¹£ bi á¹­aá¸¥Ä«na, which means chickpeas with tahini. Spellings of the word in English can be inconsistent.