Cooking With Barley

[poliphilo]

I made lemon barley water this morning.

Apparently it's good for you in all sorts of ways.

I simmered two ounces of pearl barley in a quart of water for half an hour (all measurements approx), strained off the water, added the grated rind and juice of one lemon, then allowed it to cool.

The recipe I was following also calls for honey, ginger and cinammon- but I don't see why. I tasted it. Ailz tasted it- and we agreed it was fine as it was. 

Then, at the recipe writer's suggestion, I improvised a soup around the cooked barley- and that's what we had for lunch.

Comments

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Goodness me! I had no idea you could make your own lemon barley water - to be honest, it had never occurred to me that it actually had barley in!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I bought some from the shop and Ailz looked at the price tag and then went online to find a recipe.