== Wheat vs Barley == 

 From what I heard from the people who read the light novel of Spice and Wolf, the word 麦(mugi) is used to refer barley. In the novel, the word '小麦' is specifically used to refer bread that is made from wheat flour. In addition, I don't see a single word of 小麦 (komugi, wheat) used in the japanese version of this article. So I think if we want to remain faithful to the original light novel, I think we should call the cereal that is being used as the main theme in the story as 'barley' instead of 'wheat'. Strangely, from the drawing from the manga and the anime, the cereals resembles more wheat than barley as they have less hair on them. My speculation is that this was due to the misinterpretation of the original light novel. I don't wanna change the whole 'wheat' to 'barley' right now, but I'd like to hear opinions from people who have actually read the Japanese light novel. Thanks!