bearmeal
A dialectal and archaic British term for barley meal — coarsely ground flour made from barley, a dietary staple in Scotland and northern England before wheat flour became widely available.
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A dialectal and archaic British term for barley meal — coarsely ground flour made from barley, a dietary staple in Scotland and northern England before wheat flour became widely available. Now largely historical, appearing mainly in texts about traditional Scottish and northern English foodways.
The old recipe called for bearmeal and water, shaped into a thick bannock and baked on the hearthstone.
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(Scotland) barley meal.
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