An exercise in futility

[offbalance]

After two hours, FOUR grocery stores, and a farmer’s market I STILL do not have all of the items I need in order to attempt to make a soup recipe I was interested in making. Exasperatingly enough, some of the employees didn’t even know what barley was. I only wish I were kidding. Looks like it will be tuna casserole tonight, even though awesome

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[quasisonic]

SERIOUSLY?

I never had a problem finding barley, i often found bags of it near the beans and stuff. O_o

[offbalance]

I could find *regular* barley, but the Food Network Magazine Cookbook recipe called for "instant" barley, a magical grocery item only apparently found in Brigadoon and on the other side of the rainbow. :P

[video_jukebox]

A friend of mine from college posted this link on Facebook the other day, sort of a cautionary tale about the dangers of putting too much barley in your stew (let's just say it has something in common with baked beans) with a recipe for a "harmless" beef & barley stew that actually sounds pretty good: http://knucklesalad.com/barley-alive/

[offbalance]

The recipe was great, and thanks for posting that blog entry - as much as I wish I had an entirely witty, urbane, adult sense of humor, nothing will send me into giggle fits more quickly than jokes about flatulence.