SC - barley

[Robyn Probert]

At 00:32 15/12/1998 -0600, Allison wrote:

>BTW, when I went looking for barley in German stores I couldn't find it,
>and one store keeper told me that, as a result of wars, and having to eat
>whatever they could get, barley is now out of fashion in any form but
>animal fodder.  Even the old-fashioned farmers won't eat it.  Interesting
>to see a side-light on things that influence food fashions.

Same thing happened in Australia with rabbit. We have major rabbit problems
here (despite myxamatosis) and during the Depression, it was the only meat
available for many people - Rabbitos used to hawk bunnies around the streets
for a meagre living. As a result, rabbit was avoided for decades after as
'food you only ate if you were too poor to afford anything else'. 

Only in the last decade has it been possible to buy bunnies in butchers
again, and now they have gotten very expensive, due the release of the new
rabbit virus. Bunnies are now food for the rich!

Rowan

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