A white knuckle ride of a thread about PEARL BARLEY

[Slubberdegullion]

[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

[ibbydibby]

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)

[CatIsSleepy]

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

[Slubberdegullion]

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.

[Eleison]

That reminds me of Tarragon the Dragon in The Herbs

[Slubberdegullion]

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.

[Eleison]

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

[Slubberdegullion]

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?

[Slubberdegullion]

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.

[Doodlez]

Brilliant thread title

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

[Twit]

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

Plain (insert favourite colour) bag;

P. F. B.






Throbbingly succulent

bestbefore etc etc

[Eleison]

Well slubber that is splendid and I'm sure will play well in the focus groups..

But, look, I googled and got the passage below, and so I think you need to work in "mucilaginous" and "demulcent" to cover all demographics:

"A mucilaginous substance is obtained when hulled barley (pearl barley) is cooked; good nutritional source for throat or stomach problems. The demulcent properties of cooked barley is useful in external treatment of sores, fevers, diarrhea, gout, and tumors. Used as a tonic during convalescence.

Barley water is a skin freshener, cleanses and softens skin. Made by simmering 3 tbsp. barley in 3 cups water for an hour. Strain and cool. Rinse off face after using and refrigerate the barley water. This is best for normal skin. Drinking barley water is also supposed to clear and beautify the skin; sweeten with honey and orange juice.

Barley shoots are used to dry mother's milk, treat food stagnation, weak stomach, weak digestion, loss of appetite, and hepatitis. "

[Hullygully]

I'd stick with the in car massager

[bigbadbarry]

Rinse it off then refrigerate sounds a bit unhygenic to me - do you have to rinse it into a special bowl?

[Slubberdegullion]

gawd

Mucilaginous is pretty specific to PFB isn't it.

Maybe the mayor could be driving in a tank sat on a seat with the in car massager and he is shouting "It's mucilaginous!" in a menacing fashion.

Yes I want to know why you store and refrigerate your dirty barley faced water?

[oldgreybird]

My DP has a problem with pearl barley - he likes it but it doesn't seem to like him. Last time he had any it was years ago when he used to teach at an art college. He ended up having to rush into a tiny store room/cupboard in the room to let off the most foul, evil smelling farts. To avoid his students hearing him, he tried to cover up the explosions with loud coughing but, of course, that only made the farting worse! And he spent the rest of the class in a state of dread in case someone needed to get something and was knocked unconscious when they opened the store cupboard door!
Clearly, the whole episode has scarred him for life as he hasn't touched pearl barley since then and I only need to mention it for him to suddenly decide he would like to cook supper instead of me!

[Slubber]

oldgreybird. No such fartogenic effects here so far.

@ PFB making the round up.

[DirtyMartini]

Loving the 'words made of fire'

[IngridBergmann]

What happens if you cook it for days and says? Does it actually get enormous? Like, you could be physically attacked by one grain, sort of big?

If so I would make it into (several hundred) beanbags.

[SoSweet]

Good in a casserole with a ham joint, carrots, onions, celery etc etc

[DirtyMartini]

This is the kind of thread you used to get back when classics really were classics

[manicmij]

Lemon Barley Water is a good alternative to Soup!

[iscream]

PFB sounds like the perfect thing to store vats full, in case of Apocalypse. It has so many uses! If barley water is good for the complexion, imagine a scrub as mentioned, using barely water with it!
I see it can be used to pay wages as well!
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[iscream]

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[TrillianAstra]

I have bought some Pearl Barley now.

I feel it deserves capitals.

Not sure what I'm going to do with it though.

Some bulgar wheat too.