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A white knuckle ride of a thread about PEARL BARLEY

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Slubberdegullion · 02/02/2011 21:26

[Florence & The Machine Inspirational Music Intro]

Pearl Barley

[Shots of young people doing parkour on walls with graffiti]

Right I have 375 g of pearl barley left in my 500g bag and unless I get some VERY EXCITING and dramatic ideas of what the chuff to do with it the dds will be clearing it out from the top back shelf in 40 years time when I have snuffed it.

NO SOUP

Thank you

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Twit · 04/02/2011 14:51

yes yes, I think though, it should be simple.

Plain (insert favourite colour) bag;

        P. F. B.






   Throbbingly succulent

bestbefore etc etc

Doodlez · 04/02/2011 14:49

Brilliant thread title Grin

Pearl Barley is only fit for making children's junk instruments.

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Slubberdegullion · 04/02/2011 14:44

The scimitar is an in joke nod to the Mongolian recipe, even though I'm not sure if that is what Ghengis would have used.

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Slubberdegullion · 04/02/2011 14:43

ALMOST

omg that is spooky

No

OK

So on the top maybe in words made of fire it has

PEARL BARLEY

And then underneath (not on fire)

'Comfy on the mouth while it autoclaves your bladder'

And under that is a picture of

A badass Mayor of Casterbridge, parkouring with a SCIMITAR

And then at the bottom

'The versatile and easy cook carbohydrate that you don't fuck about with'

Whadda ya think?

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Eleison · 04/02/2011 14:38

Is it a pic of parkouring yoof with the slogan "Fuckin comfy on the mouth"?

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Slubberdegullion · 04/02/2011 14:36

there there

[nostalgia sympathy face]

On a brighter note I thought up a packaging idea to suggest to Lord Sainsbury (is he still a Lord or more than a Lord?) when he contacts mnhq with a fruit basket of thanks.

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Eleison · 04/02/2011 14:28

That reminds me of Tarragon the Dragon in The Herbs

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Slubberdegullion · 04/02/2011 14:11

It was nice barry. I might make it again. It was quite in your face TARRAGON RAH! But maybe that is because I used dried as sainsbo's didn't have any fresh.

The tarragon overpowered the PB and everything else.

Less is more next time.

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CatIsSleepy · 04/02/2011 14:07

'throbbingly succulent'
lordy
the secret world of PFB, who knew

ibbydibby · 04/02/2011 14:07

If still looking for edible ideas, I use it with grated carrot to make a vegetarian shepherds pie. (topping of mashed potato on top obvuously)

Eleison · 04/02/2011 14:04

I can't see why that wouldn't work.

Added benefit is that the taste of pritt stick would keep the dog from eating it

bigbadbarry · 04/02/2011 14:03

That looks lovely. Given that you are not prepared to make it again, was it not?

Hullygully · 04/02/2011 14:01

Moan moan moan

Okay, slather the car seat in pritt stick and hurl them liberally at it.

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Slubberdegullion · 04/02/2011 13:57

Hully you would need to employ like dozens of tiny crochet adept fairies to string PFB grains together, they are wee wee things and actually quite hard in the uncooked state.

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Slubberdegullion · 04/02/2011 13:54

tbh I'm breezy with the craft ideas now. Have got over the 'create a rainmaker' suggestion.

Lol @ aduki with heli-skiing.

Bigbadbarry here is the recipe I used the first 125g with, but not in a pressure cooker.

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Hullygully · 04/02/2011 13:31

Ah. Ok.

Carefully thread long strings of them together and attach to your car seat for a relaxing massage en voyage.

Eleison · 04/02/2011 13:27

Hullygully that is a TOP suggestion. It ought to be Tip of the Week. But I fear slubber will reject it as craft-related.

bigbadbarry · 04/02/2011 13:25

I really need to know what you did with the 125 missing grams?

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 04/02/2011 13:22

The recipe I linked to upthread uses PFB and Marmite. Only in very small quatities.

Piccalilli2 · 04/02/2011 13:11

Jamie Oliver's dark sticky stew has pearl barley in it and is responsible for the three-quarters full bag at the back of my cupboard. Thanks to this thread I now know what to do with it.

Now, any ideas for the jar of marmite which I also bought for the afore-mentioned stew?

Hullygully · 04/02/2011 13:08

Separate it all out and paint each bit in beautiful colours. Throw it over the floor of the Tate Modern.

Deny plagiarism.

LemonDifficult · 04/02/2011 13:03

115 posts on Pearl Fucking Barley, and that's a pretty geeky ingredient.

What's going to happen when we get to pulse-quickening pulses like aduki beans, (with thread overture by La Roux, shots of Heli-skiing, natch)? We could have a Mumsnet Store Cupboard Stampede on our hands.

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Slubberdegullion · 04/02/2011 12:44

mm

Well PFB does make it sound a bit more edgy and dangerous. Not sure if it fits in without the whole 'comfy on the mouth' tag line though.

I am already planning out the conversation I'm going to have on the phone with Mr Sainsbury when he calls up to thank me for the 4000% increase in PB sales and offers me a job creating the new packaging.

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JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 04/02/2011 12:30

I posted this recipe ages ago. Is good.

I generally just chuck PFB in casseroles though. Like the idea of a risotto (orzotto?) too.

Eleison · 04/02/2011 12:18

Ag. You are putting me off now. Love the name though.

I want to hijack the PFB acronym for 'Pearl Fucking Barley' -- to be used irritably whenever someone asks 'how can I liven up my stews'

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