"Timo" > wrote in message
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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).)

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Many of the stores here no longer have the health food section. Fred Meyers
is one that does. They seem to be working that stuff in with the regular
stuff so that makes it easier to find things.