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WHAT IS YOUR "Blog' NAME: Kikilia
BOY NAME: Kieran
4 LETTER WORD: Kelp
GIRL NAME: Keiko
OCCUPATION: Knight
A COLOR: Kelly Green
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Kilt
BEVERAGE: Kahlua or even Kool-Aid (ick)
FOOD: Kiwi
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Kaopectate
A PLACE : Keikionga
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Kids
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Kowabunga!

Barley Soup

It's cold here. Cold. Light dusting of snow on the ground. Time for Oma's Barley soup. Oma is would be my great- grandmother whom I've never met except through her barley soup.

Hope you enjoy too.

1 pounds beef short ribs or soup bone with lots of meat
1-Tbs shortening -brown ribs on both sides- so meat is brown
When meat is brown add 1 qt liquid-- Water or beef stock/broth. I prefer broth/stock.
Add salt and pepper & garlic clove
Cook until meet is tender 1-1 1/2 hours
When meat is done- remove from broth and take off bones- add back to soup
Add 1/4 cup shredded carrots (or cut fine)
1/4 cup onions cut fine
1/4 cup celery diced very fine
1 potato diced fine
1 Tbs. ketchup
1/4 cup barley

You can also add green beans- though I never have

It takes about 20-25 minutes for barley to cook.

This soup is great the next day.

Hope anyone who tries it enjoys it.

Monday

Can't believe how long it's been since I've posted. Not a whole lot to blog about actually- everyone around here is beyond sick and I'm just getting over it. The child is just getting it, and my mother is in the middle of it.

If awards were given for hacking coughs- I'd say we'd be contenders.

Anyway- hope to post more soon.

I think I've been inspired by the first snow of the season. Yup, snow. It even stuck to the ground. :-)