On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:01:30 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

> On 6/26/2011 3:49 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> > Way Back Jack wrote:
> >>
> >> None of the food stores carries it. I recall that as a kid, it was as
> >> commonplace as packages of rice. Now you have to find some hippie-owned
> >> specialty food shop if you hope to find it.
> >
> > Safeway and Lucky carry it. Safeway's barley always has
> > bits of straw or bran in it, so I always buy it at Lucky.
> > Where do you live that they don't have these stores?
>
> In Maryland I haven't seen barley in regular grocery stores, but I've
> bought it in Asian markets of all places.

I see pearl barley all the time, not sure if I see any other kind...
not interested enough to notice. I have lots that I haven't used in
way too long. I used to put it in beef soup.

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