Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
right in the soup?

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:
> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> right in the soup?
>
> Dimitri

I just made it for the first time not too long ago. I added it to the soup.

-Tracy

"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?
>

I rinse and add to the soup.

Debbie

"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.
>
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.

cybercat wrote on Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:34:10 -0500:


> "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?
>>>
>> I rinse and add to the soup.
>>
> 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.

Barley will soften and disintegrate if cooked too long, tho' many
recipes for Cockaleekie soup (Scottish, chicken-leek) include barley and
cook the soup for several hours.
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James Silverton wrote:
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> cybercat wrote on Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:34:10 -0500:
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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?
> >>>
> >> I rinse and add to the soup.
> >>
> > 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.
>
> Barley will soften and disintegrate if cooked too long, tho' many
> recipes for Cockaleekie soup (Scottish, chicken-leek) include barley and
> cook the soup for several hours.
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

I'd certainly cook the barley in the soup so it absorbs flavor and not
just water. The key to not cooking it to mush is to add it late in the
cooking of the soup.

"Pete C." wrote:
>
> I'd certainly cook the barley in the soup so it absorbs flavor and not
> just water. The key to not cooking it to mush is to add it late in the
> cooking of the soup.

Late? Barley takes a long time to cook through.
If I were still making beef barley soup, for example
if I could get my hands on some Australian beef,
I'd prepare the beef first, but then add the water
and barley at the same time. When the barley is done,
the soup is ready.

A good beef barley soup with LOTS of black pepper is
one of the nicest things you can have on a cold day.

Frying a little onion with the beef can improve flavor
and greatly deepen the color, but with enough black
pepper color won't be a problem.

James Silverton wrote:
> cybercat wrote on Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:34:10 -0500:
>
>
>> "Debbie" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup
>>>> or cook it right in the soup?
>>>>
>>> I rinse and add to the soup.
>>>
>> 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.
>
> Barley will soften and disintegrate if cooked too long, tho' many
> recipes for Cockaleekie soup (Scottish, chicken-leek) include barley and
> cook the soup for several hours.
>
>
How long is too long, though? When I'm using barley in vegetable soup,
I start with raw pot barley (not pearled), and add it fairly early in
the process. The pot of soup ends up being on the stove for at least
several hours, often longer, and has never disintegrated or become
bloated and mushy (as someone else posted) or slimy (as yet others have
posted).

"cybercat" > wrote in message
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> "Debbie" > wrote in message
> ...
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>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
>>> right in the soup?
>>>
>>
>> I rinse and add to the soup.
>>
> 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.
>
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

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> right in the soup?

I'd cook it right in the soup so that it would take up the flavours of
the broth.

Miche

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Dimitri wrote:
>
> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> right in the soup?

Right in the soup, to thicken it up.

I used to make beef barley soup all the time,
before I quit eating U.S. beef.

I'd cut a cheap cut of beef into small bits,
pan fry them with black pepper, then add water,
bay, and rinsed barley and allow to simmer
covered for a few hours.

On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:07:01 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
>> right in the soup?
>
>Right in the soup, to thicken it up.
>
>I used to make beef barley soup all the time,
>before I quit eating U.S. beef.
>
>I'd cut a cheap cut of beef into small bits,
>pan fry them with black pepper, then add water,
>bay, and rinsed barley and allow to simmer
>covered for a few hours.

Where's the tomato juice? The carrots, the onions, the peas ..? The
Worcestershire sauce? Where's all the good stuff??

Carol

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Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
:

> On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:07:01 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
>>Dimitri wrote:
>>>
>>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook
it
>>> right in the soup?
>>
>>Right in the soup, to thicken it up.
>>
>>I used to make beef barley soup all the time,
>>before I quit eating U.S. beef.
>>
>>I'd cut a cheap cut of beef into small bits,
>>pan fry them with black pepper, then add water,
>>bay, and rinsed barley and allow to simmer
>>covered for a few hours.
>
> Where's the tomato juice? The carrots, the onions, the peas ..? The
> Worcestershire sauce? Where's all the good stuff??
>
> Carol
>

it screams for mushrooms too.

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hahabogus wrote:
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> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
> :
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> > On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:07:01 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Dimitri wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook
> it
> >>> right in the soup?
> >>
> >>Right in the soup, to thicken it up.
> >>
> >>I used to make beef barley soup all the time,
> >>before I quit eating U.S. beef.
> >>
> >>I'd cut a cheap cut of beef into small bits,
> >>pan fry them with black pepper, then add water,
> >>bay, and rinsed barley and allow to simmer
> >>covered for a few hours.
> >
> > Where's the tomato juice? The carrots, the onions, the peas ..? The
> > Worcestershire sauce? Where's all the good stuff??
>
> it screams for mushrooms too.

When I have beef barley soup, I want the pure essence
of beef flavor, unadulterated by the flavors of vegetables,
sugar, etc. Very few things complement beef flavor without
changing it. Black pepper, bay leaf, sage, and caramelized
onions are pretty much the range of flavors that complement
without reducing beef from the star flavor to a bit player.

Mark wrote:

> When I have beef barley soup, I want the pure essence
> of beef flavor, unadulterated by the flavors of vegetables,
> sugar, etc. Very few things complement beef flavor without
> changing it. Black pepper, bay leaf, sage, and caramelized
> onions are pretty much the range of flavors that complement
> without reducing beef from the star flavor to a bit player.

Why not just put a rare steak into a duck press?

Bob

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> right in the soup?
>
> Dimitri

Depends on how much you like thick slimy soup. Me? Not so much.
I cook it and add it for the last 10 minutes or so. Is this something
other than beef vegetable soup with barley?
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On Thu 05 Feb 2009 02:49:50p, Melba's Jammin' told us...

> In article >,
> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
>> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
>> right in the soup?
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> Depends on how much you like thick slimy soup. Me? Not so much.
> I cook it and add it for the last 10 minutes or so. Is this something
> other than beef vegetable soup with barley?

I prefer it added at the beginning because I do like it thick, but I don't
consider it slimy. Actually, I prefer beef mushroom barley soup with
*some* vegetables, but not dominated by them.

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On Feb 5, 3:49*pm, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *"Dimitri" > wrote:
> > Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> > right in the soup?
>
> > Dimitri
>
> Depends on how much you like thick slimy soup. *Me? *Not so much. *
> I cook it and add it for the last 10 minutes or so. *Is this something
> other than beef vegetable soup with barley?
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> -- a woman my age shouldn't
> have this much fun!
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Damsel & Melba are right! When I was a kid I used to BEG my mother
NOT to put barley in her beef-vegetable soup, I actually like barley
but not over cooked.
Lynn in Fargo

"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?
>
> Dimitri

In the soup.

Jill

Dimitri wrote:
> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> right in the soup?
>
> Dimitri
>
>
I cook the barley in the soup.

Dimitri wrote:
> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> right in the soup?
>
> Dimitri

I do it both ways. If I want a thick, starchy soup, I cook them in the
soup. If I want less think and starchy, I cook them separately then
either put them in at then end. If I just want barely in my soup, I cook
them separately and add them them when serving.

Dimitri wrote:
> Would you cook the barley separately than add it to the soup or cook it
> right in the soup?
>
I cook it in the soup but put it in partway through the cooking.
That's the way my mother always did it.

pat