Playing and experimenting with edible media. Sometimes it's pretty. Other times, not so much. Failure is always an option, then eat the evidence. Nom nom nom.
Whenever we cook rice (which is almost always short grain, brown), we do 2 parts rice and 1 part barley. This started as an accident years ago and turned out to be super-tasty.
Next time you’re cooking brown rice, substitute in a third of it for barley. You’ll dig it.