wanted : missing soup ingredient

so apparently, even though I thought barley was a pseudo-British thing, only one grocery store in a 1 mile radius of my flat carries it.

and they are conveniently "temporarily out of stock".

so the beef and barley soup I was going to make yesterday has turned into potato-leek soup using the leeks and onions I bought (the beef has gotten frozen until barley shows up on somebody's shelves), and I will have no problem eating the celery and carrots on their own.

Dani thinks next weekend will work out, barley-wise, third time is the charm!

(hopefully)

but the potato-leek soup smells delicious! (and the flatmates aren't complaining)

and once I do find some barley, I am going to stock-pile.