On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:17:24 -0800 (PST), Timo
> wrote:

>On Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 2:36:36 AM UTC+10, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>
>> 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).)

In the store where I do most of my shopping, the beans, barley, etc
are all located on the lower shelves underneath the canned beans,
lentils, etc.

I usually buy pot barley, but I think I'll switch to pearl barley
because it cooks faster, and there's little difference in nutrition.

Doris