[jaydig]

All this talk of soup is making me hanker after a chicken soup with pearl barley.  I haven't had pearl barley for ages and actually can't remember seeing it on sale any time recently.  A forage down the health food section in Trasco may be on the cards 

Ohhhh!!!!!! PEARL BARLEY!  My abiding memory of this is from when I was small, and my nan insisted on making me drink barley water. I can't remember what it was supposed to cure, but I can remember having to try to force down this thick, pinkish gloop that she obtained by boiling pearl barley in water.  I don't think I could ever face pearl barley again.

[Growster...]

All this talk of soup is making me hanker after a chicken soup with pearl barley.  I haven't had pearl barley for ages and actually can't remember seeing it on sale any time recently.  A forage down the health food section in Trasco may be on the cards 

Last time I saw some in Twongos, News, it was up on a high shelf with quinoa, cous cous etc!

I agree that it is a 'must' for chicken soup, although we sometimes use those very tiny pasta shells for a change!

[Val H]

I bought some the other day in Morrisons - 56p for 500 g. Like Tescos it is in the wholefood section with quinoa, bulgar wheat etc.