SC - pearled barley

[Christine A Seelye-King]

No, pearled barley has not been steamed or cooked first, unless you buy
something labeled as "quick" cooking.  Pearled barley is polished very
much like the process used to polish rocks, in a tumbler.  If it comes in
the quick-cooking variety, it has been steamed or pre-cooked, and maybe
even flattened similar to rolled oats.  
Christianna

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 07:47:51 EDT Etain1263 at aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 7/25/00 3:25:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> BalthazarBlack at aol.com writes:
> 
> << Pearled Barley certainly cooks faster, which may be why it seems 
>  to have won out over whole barley in the culinary game.  Plus, some 
> folks 
>  don't like the fiberous bran (or husk) surrounding whole barley. >>
> 
> Has pearled barley been steamed a bit (sort of pre-cooked)?   
> And...have you 
> tried grinding the whole barley just a tad in the food 
> processor...just to 
> break it up a bit?  It should cook faster. (It works for wheat 
> groats)
> 
> Etain
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