Janārdana: We couldn't find any barley. What can we use instead?
Prabhupāda: Barley? Why? It is...?
Janārdana: The stores are all closed today, and the boys searched everywhere. They didn't find any barley.
Prabhupāda: Some grains. Any other grain.
Janārdana: There is whole wheat.
Prabhupāda: That will do.
Janārdana: Whole wheat grains and there's rice.
Prabhupāda: Rice... Better... Wheat is better.
Janārdana: And what else is there?
Prabhupāda: Sesame?
Janārdana: Sesame? I don't know. Is there some sesame?
Mālatī: Yes, I have some and Annapurna has some.
Janārdana: And there's some buckwheat. Raw buckwheat.
Prabhupāda: Buckwheat? What is that?
Janārdana: Raw buckwheat. It's a grain.
Śāradīyā: (break) What is the significance of using the barley and the sesame.
Prabhupāda: Some eatables, that's all. Grains are eatables. Therefore I am substituting. They are eatable. There must be something eatable.
Devotee (1): Does eatable... Does Kṛṣṇa eat out of the fire?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Devotee (1): He does? He eats all that?
Prabhupāda: Everyone eats. Kṛṣṇa also... Kṛṣṇa eats through fire. Therefore yajña is offered. Kṛṣṇa eats by so many ways, but people want to see that "I give foodstuff; it must be finished." (chuckles) So for the rudimental seers and the less intelligent class, this is...
Janārdana: Virāṭa rūpa conception.
Prabhupāda: Virāṭa rūpa, yes. That is also nice, right, that through fire He eats, yes, or through the mouth of the brāhmaṇas and devotees. Two things are there. Therefore, according to the Vedic religion, the brāhmaṇas or Vaiṣṇavas, devotees, are invited to take food in some ceremonies.