Time to allow: 2 hrs Portions : 8 Ingredients Amount Type of raw ingredient Modern Substitutes 1 oz pearl barley   to taste lemon juice   to taste sugar   4 pints water   Method   1 wash the pearl barley in cold  and then hot water 2 put the water in  saucepan, add the barley and boil for 45 minutes 3 add a few drops of lemon juice and a little sugar , stir and allow to cool 4 once cool the barley water can be drunk Recipe Comments   1 Fruit juice can be added to vary the flavour 2 Barley water was often added to milk to dilute or thin the milk