Patent ID: 6387435
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A21D,A23L

Abstract:
A process of preparing a waxy hull-less barley food product comprising:cooking barley kernels in water at a ratio of from about 2:1 to 10:1 water to kernels by weight at a temperature of 80-150Â° C. for a time period of 5-90 minutes until the moisture content of the kernels is between about 50% to 75%; rinsing the kernels in water having a temperature of less than 20Â° C. for a time period sufficient to reduce the temperature of the kernels to less than 60Â° C.; and drying the grains at a temperature of 190-225Â° C. for 5 to 20 minutes to form dried grains; wherein the dried grains may be prepared for consumption in from about one to seven minutes.