I could stop there, but I won't.
Let's begin here...
Raise your hand if you know what this is.
Very good, class. That's right. It's barley. Uncooked barley. If you plop a few pieces into your mouth and begin feverishly chewing you'll find it to be terribly hard like trying to eat uncooked macaroni. Not very inviting. Not very inviting at all.
My mother-in-law used her mill to grind some for little Kid Three. I put it in the freezer until I was ready feed him. It looks like this.
Remember this picture from a previous post? (Yeah, he's STILL that cute.) I removed the barley from the freezer, mixed it with a little "special mommy sauce" and served it warm to Kid Three. Let's just say he was not having the time of his life.
I even tried it myself. It was gritty. GRITTY.
I mentioned this to my MIL and a week or so later she called to ask if I had cooked it before I gave it to him.
WHAT?! You have to cook it? Because otherwise it's just ground up uncooked grain and of course it will be gritty?
Apparently.
Thanks MIL for not laughing at me, despite the obvious opportunity to do so!
Now, everyone go eat some uncooked rice for the full effect of this story.
(I've got to think up part three of my dumb contest.)
10 comments:
haha...still learning here too. Made porcupine meatballs recently using brown rice. They cooked and cooked and cooked...but still were like eating raw rice. My son suggested they were REAL porcupines! (Just ask Abbi! She got to experience my fine culinary skills that night) ; )
This is so funny! I just bought a bag of barley (does that sound like a nursery rhyme to anyone else?) and I had no idea what I was going to do with it. At least now I know to cook it! Thanks!
By the way, can you tell me where the closest airport to Edmond is? My best friend is a single mom, and I would love for her to make it to your conference. But we're way over here in Georgia; so she will probably need to fly.
Thanks a million! Blessings!
That is why packaged stuff has directions. Are we just supposed to know these things? Too funny
Oh also, are you going to post about the coins and how much they weighed. I just gotta know. It is driving me crazy. I know I am weird
Dang
Kids have got to learn at some point that life is not easy. You have a really good object lesson here. Even if he's a baby.
Looks like Sugar Smacks to me. I bet he'd like Sugar Smacks.
I wouldn't have known to cook it either??? because I've never in my life eaten barley!!!
Too funny. I had no idea what it was in the first or second picture. If you cook it too long, will it ferment and intoxicate your child? That's something I'd end up doing!
This is so funny...
This picture reminds me of my son Elijah when he ate malt o meal for the very first time.
Awesome pics and a cute son!!!
Cook them barley's girl!!
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