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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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CatIsSleepy · 02/02/2011 22:10

i have had a bag of pearl barley in my kitchen cupboard for about 3 years so I am clearly no use to you.

am just hanging around this thread for the cheap thrills

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Slubberdegullion · 02/02/2011 22:11

No Marine nooooo

Only bright and happy pearl barley anecdotes please. At least with the whole handful bunging in revelation it will taste of the juices.

And no more craft ideas.

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Eleison · 02/02/2011 22:13

Oh yes, it has to taste of the juices. DH sometimes tries to make me cook it separately but I would never do that.

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Slubberdegullion · 02/02/2011 22:19

I've only eaten it once now (apart from in toe splaying Sunday night Songs of Praise scotch broth) and even I know you would never have it sans juices.

Why would you want it on it's own? WHY?

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coldtits · 02/02/2011 22:19

barley polenta?

Cook it, and put it in a tupperware. RAM it down hard. Refrigerate overnight. Slice it into 1/2 inch slices in the morning, fry it in cooking spray (or butter, if you're not as fat as me, which wouldn't be hard) and serve with poached eggs on top.

coldtits · 02/02/2011 22:21

God, I'm such a worthy dullard

MarineIguana · 02/02/2011 22:22

Oh coldtits. I didn't think it could get any worse. That sounds grim.

(Sorry slubber I mean of course yum Pearl Barley, tra-la-la-laaa!) Hmm

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Slubberdegullion · 02/02/2011 22:23

That sounds quite advanced coldtits.

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coldtits · 02/02/2011 22:24

no, it's really easy.

TrillianAstra · 02/02/2011 22:25

Comfy on the mouth sounds nice :)

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.

DinosaursHateUnderpants · 02/02/2011 22:29

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

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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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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.

MarineIguana · 02/02/2011 22:31

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

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!

RustyBear · 02/02/2011 22:31

Knew this thread had to be yours, slubber.

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

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.

DinosaursHateUnderpants · 02/02/2011 22:31

YY - also like soft but chewy rice.

Get me and coldtits trying to describe it!

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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 22:33

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

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

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.

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.

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...