Barley Mush
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the barley
Add the barley meal to the boiling salted water, stirring constantly.
Cook over the fire for 5 minutes.
Cook over hot water for 1 hour.
Serve
Serve with sugar and cream.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Barley meal
- Forms the thick body of the mush as its starch swells and gelatinizes in water.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the barley meal so its starch can thicken and soften during cooking.
The step that matters
Adding the barley meal to the boiling water. Stirring constantly as the meal goes in keeps it from clumping into lumps, so the starch disperses evenly and the mush cooks smooth.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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