Does Pearl Barley have ANY nutritional qualities or is it really just a filler.......?

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Daren't google for fear of getting sucked into a lentil-weaving website

LOL at your DH. it is real rib-sticking food, as my grandma used to say... I have even spread warmed leftovers on buttered crusty bread the following day.

neither did I until an aunt told me she used to have it as a child when they were ill (this was the only useful piece of advice she gave me). DD actually likes it too, and it will keep in the fridge for 2 or 3 days. It will settle, but a good shake will mix it all up again.