On Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 2:36:36 AM UTC+10, Jill McQuown wrote:
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> They have a huge selection of grains and stuff. Quinoa, wheat bran,
> whatever. Barley? Hmmm... instant (barley flakes... that might work
> for thickening a soup but sorry, not for pilaf.)

Here, most of that stuff is in the health food section. The old-fashioned, unpopular, trad stuff is in the soup section. In the health food section, I can find lots of quinoa, whatever the currently-popular superfoods are, breakfast cereal/porridge type things by the health food companies. But for ordinary things like dried split peas, lentils, pearl barley, etc., I have to look for the small shelf of such next to the canned soups.

(I think I last used pearl barley for a couple of dishes for a Bronze Age Mesopotamian themed dinner party. My wife adds it to rice (along with other grains/beans).)