Pearl Barley....

[Buck]

My mum always added this to her scrummy yummy home made stews.

Brought back a few memories.

 

[Fab Foodie]

A food technologist will tell you that it's just a cheap filler with no taste and very little nutritional value. You might as well put sugar puffs in your stew, at least they taste of something

Not until we’d ground them to a pulp and extracted all the goodness....

 

[welsh dragon]

Another one for comfort food. My mother always used it in stews and casseroles. I loved it but havn't used it for decades.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I was born in london so to anyone up north i am supposed to be a "cockney" although i've nether consided myself to be one.
I have nether heard of pearl barley being a "cockney" thing unlike pie and mash where i get slated because i prefer gravy to liquor.

 

[Accy cyclist]

That brings back memories. My mum would put it in the winter broth she made,when we were children.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I was born in london so to anyone up north i am supposed to be a "cockney" although i've nether consided myself to be one.
I have nether heard of pearl barley being a "cockney" thing unlike pie and mash where i get slated because i prefer gravy to liquor.

Pearly.....

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

All you need to know:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_barley

Mrs 26 puts it in stews (as others have said above). I just gobbles it up ....

 

[jefmcg]

Is this the stuff?