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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2011 - 9:03AM
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You're quite correct about that, Charikleia, which is why IreneA and I seek out Redbridge and other gluten-free brands when we need a beer. For me, that's only in cooking these days as I drank my lifetime share while an undergrad. ;-) I was thinking of barley that one can recognize as such. If I'm going to make myself sick on something beerish, give me a good stout ale any day, McSorley's in NYC having the best I've ever tasted. Abraham Lincoln visited McSorley's and delivered his Gettysburg Address to New Yorkers there which gives you an idea how long they've been in business.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2011 - 8:34AM
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I've never had barley in anything other than soup, not sure I would want to...
Beer traditionally is made of barley (malted), hop, and water. Plus yeast, of course...
In Germany, they consider beer with any different ingredient "no proper beer", i.e., not brewn according to the brewer guild's purity standards.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2011 - 8:22AM
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Oh I adore barley!
Found rolled barley (much like rolled oats) and loved it for breakfast.
I used to bake it like rice and served it as a side dish. And, ever make bannocks with barley flour? As they cook in the pan they turn a lovely golden color. But then, the gluten got me and I have to forego barley. Very sad.
Irene.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2011 - 11:23PM
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I've only had barley in soup, too. Jane seems to have thought I meant I'd had it as a side dish when I said I thought as a child that barley would taste like rice. I thought it looked rather like rice and thus would have a similar flavor, especially when Mom told me both were grains. One of those misconceptions children often have due to lack of experience and immature judgment.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2011 - 11:15PM
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I've never had barley in anything other than soup, not sure I would want to, but this is an interesting development!
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2011 - 11:03PM
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I don't come from a barley eating culture but I like to keep an open mind about food.
I was reading an article that shocked me as to how many nutrients leave imperishable food. pasta is a great source of Riboflavin but if your pasta is exposed to light say in a clear cannister or purchased in a clear plastic bag it will lose over most of the riboflavin before you eat it. I read this from the Prevention magazine. So go for boxed pastas and store them in opaque canisters.
Lycopene in ketchup and spag sauce also leaches out at an alarming rate when exposed to any light like in a clear jar or bottle.
Here's to old-fashioned pantries.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2011 - 10:32PM
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I don't come from a barley eating culture but I like to keep an open mind about food. I was reading an article that shocked me as to how many nutrients leave imperishable food. pasta is a great source of Riboflavin but if your pasta is exposed to light say in a clear cannister or purchased in a clear plastic bag it will lose over most of the riboflavin before you eat it. I read this from the Prevention magazine. So go for boxed pastas and store them in opaque canisters. Lycopene in ketchup and spag sauce also leaches out at an alarming rate when exposed to any light like in a clear jar or bottle.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2011 - 6:55PM
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Barley is commonly eaten where I live. My father was especially fond of it and would have enjoyed your homemade soup, I'm sure. As for me, I find barley extremely distasteful. I think because when I first tried it as a child, I thought it would taste like rice which I liked. It didn't. ICK!
I remember eating barley only in soup, never as a side dish. Only when and after I lived in Southeast Asia did I eat rice regularly. I still buy Thai rice-- a loyalty, I suppose. I have a deep love for Thailand where the children and I lived for two years. Thais and Americans do well together--we both like to smile and laugh. Thailand means Land of Smiles. A fave story : before my car was delivered I took Thai taxis; one morning the tariff was $1. and a had only the equivalent of a five--taxi driver asked with a grin "you no give tipf? Told him to get change at a little store and I did give him a tipf. We both laughed. So it goes.....................
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2011 - 6:27PM
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Hello, I like Japanese Soba and Udon noodles besides pasta. I'll pass on barley. love
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2011 - 6:20PM
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Barley is commonly eaten where I live. My father was especially fond of it and would have enjoyed your homemade soup, I'm sure.
As for me, I find barley extremely distasteful. I think because when I first tried it as a child, I thought it would taste like rice which I liked. It didn't. ICK!
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