cybercat wrote on Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:34:10 -0500:


> "Debbie" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup
>>> or cook it right in the soup?
>>>
>> I rinse and add to the soup.
>>
> I do too, but find that if I use too much barley it gives the soup a
> weird consistency. Kind of slimy. a little bit will do.

Barley will soften and disintegrate if cooked too long, tho' many
recipes for Cockaleekie soup (Scottish, chicken-leek) include barley and
cook the soup for several hours.
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James Silverton
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