Comfort food

Both tired today so we had Bacon and lentil soup, followed by Semolina pudding.
It reminded us of the time we had lunch at a pub near Wasdale. I was standing at the counter looking at the soup when a rather surly waiter asked what I wanted. He turned out to be a man of few words.
" Two bowls of soup please"
"We don't serve soup"
"What's that then?"
"Broth"
"What's the difference?"
"Barley"
Well who knew?
After all that the broth closely resembled washing up water.