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  • noun Scotland A whole-grain flour made from bere, a variety of barley grown in northern Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands. It is commonly used in making bannocks and ale.

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Examples

  • As barleymeal is hard to come by, I bought some fine oatmeal and used this in McNeil's recipe for Bere or Barley Bannocks, replacing the beremeal/barley with the oat equivalent.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • As barleymeal is hard to come by, I bought some fine oatmeal and used this in McNeil's recipe for Bere or Barley Bannocks, replacing the beremeal/barley with the oat equivalent.

    Oatmeal Bannock (Scones Part 1) 2006

  • It was mainly water, with only the faintest trace of kale and beremeal.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

  • It was mainly water, with only the faintest trace of kale and beremeal.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

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