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Default Why Is Barley So God Damn Hard To Find?

On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:07:42 -0400, Way Back Jack
> arranged random neurons and said:

>None of the food stores carries it. I recall that as a kid, it was as
>commonplace as packages of rice. Now you have to find some hippie-owned
>specialty food shop if you hope to find it.


Pearl barley is as common as hen tracks at most grocery stores,
although there doesn't seem to be a uniform section in which it is
kept. I've found it with the dried beans, soups or tapioca. Pot
barley, OTOH, is darned near impossible to find.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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