Barley, Alive

When I made the peanut stew last week, I forgot that Ash Wednesday fell in that week - which meant there were two days, Wednesday and Friday, when I wouldn't be able to eat the stew. As a result, it lasted a bit longer than expected. I ate two helpings yesterday, and finished it off for lunch today. Good stuff; a little hotter than I usually like, but very tasty. (Also messy. I spilled stew on three of my shirts last week.)

Today, I decided to make a batch of beef and barley soup. The recipe called for medium pearl barley - which, apparently, Shop'n'Save doesn't carry. When I asked a stocker about it, she gave me a "Say what?" look, but promised to talk to her supervisor about ordering some. Not before Tuesday, though, so I'll have to get the barley somewhere else. I think I'll run over to Schnucks and/or Dierberg's tomorrow.

(I'll admit that I'd never seen pearl barley at SnS, but then, I'd never actually looked....)