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Article: All about barley Ancient grain fits into modern diets.(Food)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 2, 2005
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Byline: Deborah Pankey Daily Herald Food Editor
Thousands and thousands of years ago, ancient peoples turned barley into bread and beer.
Archeologists can trace barley, a grain that resembles oats, back to Mesopotamia around 8,000 B.C.; and they say ancient Egyptian, Hebrew and Chinese cultures relied on barley for daily nourishment.
But when was the last time you ate barley? It's probably been a while.
This important grain fell from favor in modern times, muscled out by wheat, which contained more gluten and could be turned into lighter, moister breads. Comparatively, U.S. farmers grew 2.16 billion bushels of wheat in 2004, while ...