how many grams in a cup of barley flour or meal?

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• Why is a cup of barley meal heavier than a cup of fine barley flour?
  Coarser particles tessellate differently than powder — they leave fewer trapped air pockets, so a cup settles closer to 148 grams instead of the 120-ish you'd expect from a finely milled bag. If a recipe calls for fine barley flour and you scoop the meal version, you can end up with 20-25 grams of extra solids per cup, which shows up as a denser crumb and a thirstier dough.
• How should I scoop a cup of this meal for accuracy?
  Stir the bag or bin first — coarse meal stratifies during transit, with finer dust sinking and grits rising. Spoon it loosely into a dry measuring cup and sweep the top level with a straight edge; don't pack and don't tap the cup, both of which can push you past 160 grams. For porridge ratios where 148 grams to a set volume of liquid matters, weighing is faster than re-scooping.
• Can I swap a cup of barley meal for a cup of all-purpose flour in bread?
  Not one-for-one. Barley meal has very little gluten-forming protein and the grit interrupts what gluten does form, so a full-cup substitution gives you a crumbly, cake-like loaf. Most rustic recipes cap barley meal at 25-35 percent of the total flour by weight — around a third of a cup of meal per cup of bread flour — and lean on the wheat for structure while the barley contributes flavour and chew.

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