[Sca-cooks] barley meal

[Holly Stockley]

>The recipe called for 1 1/2 pounds of barley meal. Unfortunately my
>grocery had lots of flours and meals including oats, but no barley
>meal. They did have Quaker Medium Pearled Barley and I figured I
>could grind that to a meal using my Kitchenaid food processor.
>
>However, after much grinding, spinning noises and the barley heating
>up, all I've gotten is a faction of a cup of fine barley flour and a
>cup and a half of dusty barley kernels.
>
>So what does the "Pearled" mean?
>
>Is the food processor just the wrong machine for grinding up this
>barley? Or is there some way to do it other than simply dumping in
>the barley (I've tried both large and small batches) and turning it on?
>
Pearled barley has most of the bran removed, as opposed to hulled barley, 
which has only the husk removed.

Food processors probably aren't the best choice for grinding such a hard 
grain.  Even the infamous Vitamix has trouble (yes, I know it's a souped up 
blender, but the physics applies).

If you're a little patient, you'll probably have better luck with a coffee 
grinder.

Femke

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