Crockpot Barley Stew

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:16:09 -0500

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From: rcox@UH.EDU (RH Cox)

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Cut off about 4 inches of yucca root, peel and cut. Put in boiling water

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until it begins to soften, about 15 minutes.

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Put cooking wine and a little balsamic viniger in a standard large sauteing

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pan, and begin to heat. Chop up brocalli, add, stir a bit, then chop

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peppers, add to pan stir. Do the same with the mushrooms and onions. Stir

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everything until onions are transpartent. If everything is timed correctly,

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it will work.

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Add vegetables and yucca root and barley to crockpot, then add oregan,

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basil, cayanne, and tamari to taste. Maybe a teaspoon or two of oregano

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and basil, a pinch or cayanne, and maybe a tablespoon of tamari. Fill

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crockpot almost full of water(assuming a four quart crockpot), stir, and

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set on low for 8-10 hours.

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I then set my rice cooker, steamer, and a bag of jasmine rice(about 20

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ounces) by the door and went to sleep.

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In the morning I stirred the barley stew to redistribute the spices, and

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let it cook.

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About 30 minutes before the ETA of my sister, I sauted one red onion with

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wine and balsamic viniger, and put the sauteed onion in a pyrex container

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with some rosemary, saffron, and a pinch of cayanne. I put this container,

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along with the brocalli I was going to steam, by the door in anticipation

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of my sister.

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When my sister arrived, we put everything in the car, including the crock

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pot, and made the 1 1/2 hour trek to my fathers place. When I got there I

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plugged in the crock pot, and went outside and said hi to the goats. Later,

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I put the rice, onions, and water in the rice cooker and turned it on, then

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went to measure out some rafters. When the rice cooker hit the warm cycle,

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I set the brocalli to steam. When the vegetable was finished, luch was

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ready. Everyone ate and enjoyed it. A success if there ever was one.

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BTW, the recipies are by many definitions mine, as I did not specifically

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look at any cookbook to create them. However, they are also not mine, as I

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have sourced book like 'Bert Greene on Grain' and 'Laurels Kitchen', as

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well as the books that came with the appliances themselves, to get general

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ideas and methodologies. Nevertheless, it would be incorrect to reference

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any of these books as the source of the recipes, and individual recipies

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generally don't include bibliographies

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FATFREE DIGEST V96 #72

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From the Fatfree Vegetarian recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe

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Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.