Barley gruel

Barley porridge is a local specialty, and it is indispensable on the breakfast table of almost every household. The cooking of this barley porridge is quite particular. Barley flour is ground with barley or wheat. When cooking porridge, take a bowl of clear water, add two teaspoons of barley flour and mix well. When rice congee is boiled, stir it with a spoon and slowly inject it. Then use a knife to cut a little edible alkali and sprinkle it in the porridge to enhance the fragrance. When the porridge turns yellow slightly, it can be eaten. After the pot is boiled, it is called a fragrance, which really increases the appetite. If it is accompanied by local sweet and crisp dried radish, it is really beautiful! Only nowadays, people have more and more breakfast and more choices, and no one wants to spend so much effort on porridge, and barley porridge has gradually become history.
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