Try it as a base for for a pilaf.

Indeed. Barley can be eaten in any recipe where rice is used, and it has a milder taste than brown rice.

Also (and I know rice is very variable, depending how old and dry it is) but the brown rice I bought most recently has disappointed me in recipes twice in a row (in recipes where I've had great success in the past). And since this current batch of Barley pleases me, I will be substituting rice with it.

(and I'll have some leftover, so I'll warm it up for tomorrow's breakfast, with some raisins and walnuts and cinnamon and sugar.)