Orzo mondo

English translation: hulled barley / barley groats

15:16 Jun 7, 2013

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: Orzo mondo

I am translating a cookery book and there is a section on grains, and a section on barley... and a recipe for 'orzo mondo' and one for 'orzo perlato'. My research to date has 'orzo mondo' as hulled barley (though I did not find many references on this) and 'orzo perlato' as pearl barley. A colleague (non translator or Italian speaker) has informed me that they are one and the same (hulled and pearl). Could you help on the translation of 'orzo mondo'?
Thank you very much

Theresa Trisolino KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) Answers: 2 United Kingdom
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English translation:hulled barley / barley groats

Explanation:
I think it's this - see ref. in other section too.

hulled barley = barley groats Notes: This is the least processed form of barley, with just the outermost hull removed. While it's chewier and slower to cook than more processed forms of barley, it's rich in fiber and really good for you. Look for it in health food stores. Substitutes: pot barley (less nutritious, better flavor and texture) OR pearl barley (even less nutritious, even better flavor and texture; smaller, cooks more quickly) OR barley grits (takes less time to cook) OR whole white buckwheat groats

http://www.foodsubs.com/GrainBarley.html

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Looked into this again and now agree with Lorraine Buckley's answer:

'Caffè d'orzo' or Barley Coffee has long been enjoyed in Italy as a delicious alternative to regular coffee. It is created from a specific variety of barley called Orzo Mondo or hulless barley. This barley is grown in the fields of the Veneto region

https://www.nourishstores.com/collections/drinks/products/or...

'Caffè d'orzo' or Barley Coffee has long been enjoyed in Italy as a delicious alternative to regular coffee. It is created from a specific variety of barley called Orzo Mondo or hulless barley

https://www.healthysupplies.co.uk/instant-soluble-barley-orz...

There are many varieties of barley (with many uses in the farming industry as well as in the food and drink industry). Orzo Coffee is made with a specific variety of barley, orzo mondo (hulless or naked barley). Naked barley differs from covered barley in that the grains thresh freely from the outer covers.

This variety is usually is usually seeded in early spring in the Veneto Region - to avoid the cold winter - and is ready to harvest in early summer.

http://www.orzocoffee.co.uk/hearts-blog/it-is-time-to-harves...

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Pot barley

Lara Barnett

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hull-less barley

Lorraine Buckley (X)

Hull-less or 'naked' barley

Monica Mancini

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hulled barley / barley groats

Rachel Fell

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Pearl and hulled, according to Ecor...

Fiona Grace Peterson

some info. about barley types

Rachel Fell

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hull-less barley

Explanation:
whereas hulled barley is barley where the hull/husk has been removed, hull-less is naturally without a husk. See various hull-less varieties at http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/agriculture/grain-crops/crop-produ...
though to find your specific variety would probably require an ancient varieties site rather than a modern seed-seller site. Orzo perlato is certainly pearl barley

Lorraine Buckley (X)
Italy
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Italian
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Hull-less or 'naked' barley

Explanation:
'Mondo' is another term to say 'mondato' which means clean. In this case, the barley is clean from the hull.

Reference: http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/mondare/

Monica Mancini
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Pot barley

Explanation:
I think that both these terms are describing barley without the hull, i.e. "hulled" or "de-hulled" barley. But in my experience the most common terms for this are "pot barley" and "pearl barley". Pearl barley being more refined, or polished, than Pot barley is.
"Pot and pearl barley have been put through a pearling machine. This process, called pearling, removes the inedible hull and polishes the kernel.
Pot barley has been pearled for a shorter amount of time and still has most of the barley bran intact.
Pearl barley gets its name from the extra rounds of polishing it goes through. The pearling removes the hull, as well as the bran layer."
http://www.gobarley.com/2013/02/27/pot-barley-and-pearl-barl...

"L'orzo ripulito dalle glumelle esterne viene chiamato orzo mondo, ed è un chicco ricco di proprietà vitali, conserva i fattori bio-nutrizionali contenuti nel germe e nei vari strati del chicco (proteine, grassi, sali minerali e vitamine)."
http://www.vitanaturale.it/macrobiotica/ingredienti/orzo.php

"Hulled barley (or covered barley) is eaten after removing the inedible, fibrous, outer hull. Once removed, it is called dehulled barley (or pot barley or scotch barley)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley

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If French is not a problem, this explains it:
"L'orge mondée est beaucoup plus nutritive que l'orge perlée, puisque dans l'orge mondée est le grain entier à qui nous avons enlevé que leur péricaroe qui est non comestible.
L'orge perlée a été cuit à la vapeur puis poli pour lui donné sa couleur ivoire"
http://www.recettes.qc.ca/forum/message.php?id=248398&catego...

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"mondo"
I actually think that this term is related to the French used of "monder" for "blanch":
http://www.wordreference.com/fren/monder

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"Blanching"
I refer to this term in the sense of "whitening", rather than the common usage of it as applied to boiling quickly in water.

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I would say this is the term used widely in recipes and lists of ingredients:

"Ingredients

1 tbsp (15 mL) canola oil
1 ½ lbs (750 kg) boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cubed
½ cup (125 mL) pearl or POT BARLEY
1 (284 mL) can low salt chicken broth
4 cups (1 L) water......
http://www.gobarley.com/recipe/hearty-chicken-barley-soup/&q...

"Preparation method
Boil the POT BARLEY in unsalted water for 25 minutes, then drain it.
Preheat an oven to 160C/320F/Gas 3.
Peel the onions and slice them into thick rings...."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/hotpot_83828

"How to use POT BARLEY

Barley is traditionally put in soups and stews to thicken the sauce, too add texture, flavour and to create a more substantial and healthy meal. Pot barley can also be eaten as a salad (in the same way you might cook up cous cous or rice). The barley grain can also be ground down to make an excellent flour."
http://www.healthysupplies.co.uk/infinity-foods-organic-pot-...

Lara Barnett
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hulled barley / barley groats

Rachel Fell
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Reference: Pearl and hulled, according to Ecor...

Reference information:
http://www.ecor.it/it/prodotti/confezionati/chicchi/cereali-...

Tra i cereali più antichi nella storia dell’alimentazione dell’uomo, l’orzo mondo, detto anche “orzo nudo”, è una particolare varietà di orzo che cresce naturalmente senza pula, quel rivestimento esterno non commestibile che fa parte della spiga. Quindi ha un tempo di cottura più lungo rispetto a quello perlato.

http://www.ecor.it/it/prodotti/confezionati/chicchi/cereali-...

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Perhaps my comment was not very clear; website Ecor has "orzo perlato" as "pearl barley" and "orzo mondo" as "hulled barley".
Hope this helps :-)

Fiona Grace Peterson
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Reference: some info. about barley types

Reference information:
Pearl barley (or "pearled barley") is barley processed to remove its hull and bran. Barley must have its fibrous outer hull removed before it can be eaten; pearl barley is taken a step further, polished to remove the nutritious bran layer.

Pearl barley is the most common form of barley for human consumption, probably because it cooks faster and is less chewy than other, less-processed forms of barley.[1] This is in contrast to "hulled barley" or barley groats, which preserves the bran, or "pot barley" (also known as "Scotch barley"), in which the bran is not removed.[1]

Pearl barley is similar to wheat in its caloric, protein, vitamin and mineral content, though it differs in that some varieties are high in lysine.[2] It is cooked mainly in soups and stews, also as an ingredient for stuffing cooked potages or sweet dishes. It is the primary ingredient of the Italian dish orzotto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_barley

This is barley with all the bran removed, giving the round, shiny grains a pearlescent white colour.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/pearl_barley

ORZO NUDO
il 'mondo' delle Marche
L’orzo nudo (“Orzo Mondo”) è un cereale tipico della cerealicoltura marchigiana, caduto in disuso nella seconda metà del secolo, è stato recentemente rivalutato grazie alla maggiore attenzione alle specie minori e a prodotti alimentari alternativi.

Si tratta della forma nuda del comune orzo (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) in cui – all’atto della trebbiatura – le glumelle si separano dalla cariosside che rimane nuda. Per questa caratteristica la granella si presta all’uso alimentare in forme diverse.
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La perlatura dell’orzo nudo dà una resa maggiore e consente di ottenere un prodotto più digeribile rispetto al vestito, in quanto l’asportazione meccanica dei tegumenti durante la perlatura è più intensa per l’orzo vestito in quanto occorre asportare una maggiore quantità di tegumenti visto che le glumelle sono intimamente unite al pericarpo. Inoltre nel caso del vestito una piccola porzione di glumelle resta nel solco ventrale della cariosside a meno che non si voglia spingere l'operazione di perlatura molto a fondo, con una drastica riduzione della resa di lavorazione (Terzi et al. 1994).
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http://www.orzomondo.net/l'orzo_mondo.htm

Rachel Fell
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