Bought this as a recipe I wanted to try required it and was pretty surprised at the taste.
Some bits can have a hard shell attached to it but other than that it’s great to substitute for rice.

A friend of mine made so soup called “jewish penicillin ” and she put this pearl barley in it. It made the soup nice and thick and gave it a nice taste and texture but the downside was it caused painful bloating and I’ve never farted so much in my life.

Really good for putting into dishes like soup they are sort of chewy and have a great barley taste good for minestrone or veggie soups

Mckenzies dried pearl barley in a packet is a must have for my soups and is so easy to use – one of my Winter soup staples.