"cybercat" > wrote in message
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> "Debbie" > wrote in message
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>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
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>>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
>>> right in the soup?
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>> I rinse and add to the soup.
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> 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.
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Yes, a little goes a long way. I should have added that I add towards the
end, although for some of my progressive soups it means that the barley has
been pretty well cooked by the end of the process.

Debbie