1 1/4 quarts pearl barley 6 quarts boiling water 2 tablespoons salt

2 teaspoons pepper

6 cups or more diced meat

3 quarts brown gravy

Add salt and barley to boiling water, and cook in fireless cooker over night or all day. Turn into baking dishes, add meat, pepper, and hot gravy or Brown Sauce, and mix well with a fork. Bake about thirty minutes in moderate oven. The meat may be omitted.