Common Barley Water
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United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 1 ingredient
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- In three pints of water, simmer a large handful of common barley, till of a thickness proper for use.
- For all the purposes for which pearl barley is used, the common barley is equally valuable, and much less expensive.
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Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan