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About barley for food.

Barley has remarkable health benefits exceeding most all other food grains. Barley food has a long history of human food consumption, but has not been poopular since the advent of wheat milling. Wheat...

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What is so great about barley?

Most prominently, barley is an excellent source of a unique soluble dietary fiber, called beta-glucan.  This same fiber is also found in oats, but in smaller concentrations.  Some barley varieties have...

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Our earliest research on the barley-cholesterol connection

Our earliest barley-cholesterol research was done at Montana State University in the late 1980s. That was about the time of the beginning popularity of oats as a cholesterol-lowering food. Dr. James...

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        Below is our original Swedish barley bread recipe. Try looking for barley flour in health food stores, or try this website for Sustagrain brand barley flour: kingarthurflour.com/shopSWEDISH...

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What barley products are available?

People often ask us about where they can buy different types and forms of barley. One of our biggest frustrations is the lack of barley choices in grocery stores. Pearled barley is, of course, the...

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Bere barley question

 A reader of our barley blog posed the question as to what is Bere barley and where is it grown? Bere is an ancient variety or type of barley that was once widely grown in northern Europe and the...

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Answer to Bere barley queston

Thank you for the question about Bere barley's value for the pre-diabetic individual and availability. The value of barley for people either with diabetes or the condition we call pre-diabetes is...

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Helen’s Barley Pilaf

This recipe came from Helen Eslick, who was the wife of Professor Bob Eslick, the barley breeder at Montana State University, who was our original inspiration to pursue barley for food. We dedicated...

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National Barley Foods Council

A good source of information about barley, including a wide variety of recipes, is the National Barley Foods Council. This organization, located in Spokane, WA, represents the U.S. barley food...

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Barley Dog Biscuits

Recently, our local newspaper (The Bozeman Chronicle) carried a story about a local couple who have started a business of making Brewies, which are dog biscuits made from brewers' grains, the...

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Barley Facts, 3

Barleys with different genetic background may differ a great deal, both physically and chemically. What follows is a brief primer on barley type describing some observed genetic differences and how...

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Update after a break

    We are sorry, but the month of April has flown by, and we have been preoccupied with snowstorms and other diversions. Will spring never come? At any rate, we are glad to be back, to spread the good...

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Source of Barley

    Sadly, Nu-World Nutrition, our source of flaked hulless barley, went out of business due to illness of the owner, Wally Corum. Happily, the business was taken over by Western Trails Food, a firm in...

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Barley for the New Year

Happy New Year, 2014!The good news is that our new barley book is progressing!This book will  detail the fantastic health benefits of barley, how to cook with barley, plus over 169 scrumptious...

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Wintery new year day

January 4, 2014:  It keeps snowing and snowing!  The forecast for here in Montana  is for more snow and cold, cold, cold!Doesn't a day like this make you think if hot soup and stew?  Watch for a brand...

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Recipe for Butternut, Bean and Barley Stew

BUTTERNUT, BEAN AND BARLEY STEW Ingredients:          1  medium butternut squash          1   medium onion, chop0ped          6 cloves garlic, minced          2 stalks celery, sliced          4 green...

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Barley versus Oats

     Receently, we saw a small magazine artcle entiitled  "5 Ways to Use Oats".  We thought  "We know 5 ways to use barley, too!"     Actually, they are both great grains with similar composition.  The...

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How to lower your blood cholesterol with barley

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled in 2005 that the beta-glucan, part of the fiber in barley, can reduce cholesterol when included in the diet.  Moreover, food producers can make this...

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Winter is for Scones

This is a long, cold winter!  There have been so many snowy, windy, sub-zero days, when a hot cup of tea, coffee, or chocolate just needed a munchy on the side!  Here is a new recipe that's easy, good,...

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New barley beverage

Dear friends:Are you looking for a satisfying caffeine-free beverage?  Try Robarr!  This new product is not only made from barley, but it's made in Montana!  How could anything be better!  dIt is...

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