Barley and food grains
Historians have mentioned that barley is the oldest cultivated grain. It appears to have been the main baking factory between the Hebrews, the Greeks and the ancient Romans. Jews especially held grains in great esteem, and sacred history usually uses them interchangeably with wheat, when talking about the fruits of the earth.
Among the early Greeks and Romans, barley was the only food for the general public and soldiers. The flour is prepared to be delicious, after the following recipe: "Dry, near the fire or in the oven, twenty pounds of barley flour, then sprinkle it. Add three pounds of flaxseed meal, half a pound of coriander seeds, two tablespoons of salt and the necessary water." . If you want a particularly delicious dish, add a little millet to give the putty more "consistency and precision". Barley was also used as food, and in this case it was dried for the first time, and the method of its preparation is still in some parts of Palestine and many parts of India, also in the Canary Islands, where it is known as gofio.
During the reign of Charles I, barley meal almost completely replaced wheat as food for the general public in England. In some parts of Europe, India and other eastern countries, it is still largely consumed as an ordinary food for fungi from peasants and soldiers. It was also used mainly by early settlers in New England to make bread.
Barley is less nutritious than wheat, and for many people it has less flavor. It is also inferior to digestion. Starch cells are less soluble, providing greater resistance to gastric juice.
There are many distinct types of barley, but the most common are two-row or binaural barley. In general, barley beans are similar to wheat and oatmeal.
Grains are simply deprived of their outer shell, and are called ground grains or barley. It is also subject to the removal of the fibrous outer layer of the grain, forming what is known as pearl barley. Pearl barley in flour is known as patent barley. Barley flour, because it contains a very small percentage of gluten, must be mixed with wheat flour for the purpose of making bread. When added in small amounts to whole wheat bread, it tends to keep the loaf moist, and some believe it improves flavor.
The most common use made with these grains as food is in the form of pearls, or scotch barley. When barley boils well, it takes about two hours for digestion.


