That was such killer soup. Barley (and I don't mean pearled) in soup is wut ah luv. I kept adding to the pot every day - but nothing different from what was already in there, other than the mackerel that I sometimes added to my bowl.
This may be obvious to most, but here it is for completeness: A way to stop eating when you've had enough at a meal is to pause temporarily, and then when your appetite has settled down and started to go to sleep (like after 5 or 10 minutes - say you go do something), you can make it permanent by telling your wife to go clean up what you left waiting.
