boiled barley-anyone used a slow cooker??

[Carsmore]

Hi
Has anyone tried cooking barley in a slow cooker?

 

[AmyMay]

Friend used to do this in a Barley Boiler in the winter for all the horses. Walking in to the ban on a cold winters morning and smelling the barley, then dishing it up was heaven. The same in the evening.

 

[Carsmore]

the smell is devine I usually just boil it on the stove but as Im a dozy mare, Im sick of forgetting about it and welding it to the bottom of the pan!! Tried it once in a pressure cooker...that was a disaster...still got bits stuck to the kitchen ceiling! So I thought that maybe a slow cooker would gently cook it through the day. I only feed it to one horse now so dont need a vast amount.

 

[Crumpet]

I've always used a pressure cooker, but all I do is let it come up to pressure, give it 5 minutes and then turn it off and leave it overnight. It's always been cooked through with no problems. Can't see why the slow cooker wouldn't do the same job though.

 

[hollyandivy123]

bag of crushed barley, treat it like porridge and you can cook it in 10 min on the stove, with water not milk! easy peasy

 

[YasandCrystal]

Yards I used to be at used a Burco boiler like this to boil barley in.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BURCO-WAT...8?pt=UK_BOI_Restaurant_RL&hash=item2ecb1046f8

 

[turkana]

I always cook mine in a slow cooker, it's put on over night on low, so it's ready in the morning.

 

[Goldenstar]

Yes slow cooker works very well .

 

[fuzzle]

I use idustrial tea urn works amazing!!! bought mine 2nd hand from e bay what a bargin xx

 

[cabrach]

The bottom oven of the aga works a treat. I fill a large pot with barley topped to the brim with water, and cook overnight ! The horses love it.