While reading my Newsletter (2 Nov 2009) this morning, It occurred to me that I had just read that recipe in a cookbook that I had been reading. It is in the Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers Desserts Edition (original edition) in the Foreign section. Here is the recipe as it appears in my cookbook.
Sara in FL

Fruit Soup (Denmark)
Number of Servings - 8-10

1 cup pearl barley
3 cups water
2 1/2 cups cooked raisins
1 1/2 cups cooked prunes
Juice of 1 orange
1 stick of cinnamon

Cook pearl barley in water. Mix in boiled fruit and other ingredients. Simmer over other ingredients. simmer over low heat 3 to 4 minutes. Serve hot or cold.

Source: Verna J. Barnes, Argyle H.S., Argyle, Wisconsin

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