Graham Gruel

Ingredients

• Put a pint of boiling water
• four table-spoonfuls of cold water
• one of graham meal
• a scant half-teaspoonful of salt
• a gill of cream or milk

Method

1. 1

   Put a pint of boiling water into a saucepan, and place on the fire.

2. 2

   Mix four tablespoonfuls of cold water with one of graham meal, and stir into the boiling water.

3. 3

   Cook for half an hour.

4. 4

   When the mixture has been simmering for twenty minutes, add a scant half-teaspoonful of salt.

5. 5

   Pour a gill of this gruel into a cup, and add half a gill of cream or milk.

6. 6

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 456. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Graham Gruel. Put a pint of boiling water into a saucepan, and place on the fire. Mix four table-spoonfuls of cold water with one of graham meal, and stir into the boiling water. Cook for half an hour. When the mixture has been simmering for twenty minutes, add a scant half-teaspoon- ful of salt. Pour a gill of this gruel into a cup, and add half a gill of cream or milk. Serve hot. * Indian Meal Gruel. Put one quart of boiling water into a stew-pan, and place on the fire. Put into a bowl two table-spoonfuls of Indian meal and one of flour. Add a gill of cold water, and mix well. Stir this into the boiling water. Stir the mixture well, and when it boils, set the stew- pan back where the gruel will simmer for two hours. Add half a teaspoonful of salt, and cook for half an hour longer. Pour a gill of the gruel into a cup, and add half a gill of cream or milk. Serve at once. FOOD FOR THE SICK. 865 * Oatmeal Gruel. Put a quart of boiling water into a stew-pan, and place on the fire. Sprinkle one generous table-spoonful of oat- meal into the water. Stir the gruel well, and set it back where it will simmer for two hours. Season with a scant half-teaspoonful of salt

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