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A white knuckle ride of a thread about PEARL BARLEY

160 replies

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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MarineIguana · 02/02/2011 22:44

Barley water is OK but again it feels like a slight con compared to nice non-barley squash.

The snails is genius though - you can start a snail farm and eat the snails.

LemonDifficult · 02/02/2011 22:44

Pearl barley is wonderful.

Use it like risotto rice. It's called Orzotto I think.

We do a think with winter veg,pearl barley, sausages and baked with cheese on top. Yum.

PerArduaAdNauseum · 02/02/2011 22:44

I've never enjoyed barley before - not even the squash - but the thought of frying it has me thinking twice. Question - does this make me Nanny Ogg? Hmm

mathanxiety · 02/02/2011 22:44

Could grit your drive with it if it snowed?

You can dredge it in dry breadcrumbs and parmesan, plus seasoning, and fry it as Coldtits suggests.

bibbitybobbityhat · 02/02/2011 22:43

I knew this would be you Slubber.

Howzabout Irish Stew?

Expect many others have proferred this before me but, for once, I (whispers) have not read whole thread.

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Slubberdegullion · 02/02/2011 22:41

Barley Water! I never even made the connection [dur]. I really like barley water. Thank you beta.

Marine, you must like barley water?

AND snails like it.
(pearl barley, not barley water)

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DinosaursHateUnderpants · 02/02/2011 22:41

Will be trying the egg thing this weekend then, thanks.

DinosaursHateUnderpants · 02/02/2011 22:40

Who knew that barley water could be made from pearl barley? Clue was in the name I guess - am keeping that recipe for the Summer, thanks BB.

coldtits · 02/02/2011 22:40

yes. It's less like polenta than rissoto, really heavy boingy risotto. be careful slicing it.

And use lots of salt and pepper when you serve.

Buda · 02/02/2011 22:36

Love pearl barley. I wanted to find some recipes for it recently and looked up in BBC good food website and did a search. There are a few including a risotto that I want to try.

My granny always used to put pearl barley in her stews. Loved it.

MarineIguana · 02/02/2011 22:34

Sorry i just came on here to slag off the pearl barley

The exciting thread title drew me in...

MmeLindt · 02/02/2011 22:34

Have googled and know German and French for Pearl Barley but don't think I have come across it. Will look in supermarket next time I am in town.

BeenBeta · 02/02/2011 22:33

Make Barley Water with it. Chill in the fridge and feed to the DCs.

Very good for urinary infections as well as jolly nice on picnics in summer.

deepdarkwood · 02/02/2011 22:33

Thank fuck for that - parcours is the original derrivation, so I remain cool in the face of pearliness en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour

DinosaursHateUnderpants · 02/02/2011 22:33

And coldtits - can you really do the egg thing with it? Have you?

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Slubberdegullion · 02/02/2011 22:32

SHUT UUUUUUUP MARINE

Yes, yes I am boiling it now coldtits

in my head

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DinosaursHateUnderpants · 02/02/2011 22:31

YY - also like soft but chewy rice.

Get me and coldtits trying to describe it!

deepdarkwood · 02/02/2011 22:31

Well bugger me sideways, is it really spelt parkour? I always assumed it was parcours from the froglish.
Sorry, I have nothing to add on Pearl barley, ine is almost certainly Past Its Sell By Date.

RustyBear · 02/02/2011 22:31

Knew this thread had to be yours, slubber.

Apparently, snails are very fond of pearl barley...

coldtits · 02/02/2011 22:31

I am VERY tickled by the idea that you are, as we type, frantically boiling barley in an attempt to stop me crying. DOn't disabuse me of this image,. it's making me smile!

MarineIguana · 02/02/2011 22:31

It's a bit like eating wet cotton wool buds, without the sticks.

coldtits · 02/02/2011 22:30

It's like a cross between lentils and rice. It doesn't have the sometimes gritty qualitiy of lentils, it is more starchy, yet is chewier than rice.

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Slubberdegullion · 02/02/2011 22:30

Sad oh. Oh no don't be sad about the polenta.

i'm going to start with the bunging in and may progress to the fried slices.

I'M NOT RULING IT OUT

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DinosaursHateUnderpants · 02/02/2011 22:29

I'd say more like a cross between small pasta shapes and lentils - less scratchy and softer.

MmeLindt · 02/02/2011 22:28

I don't ever KNOW what Pearl Barley is.

But tonight I learned what Lamb Shanks is in French (although I fear that someone is taking the piss and the butcher will roar with laughter when I order them next week).

Is Pearl Barley like lentils then? Going by the broth reference.

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