Indian Meal Gruel

Ingredients

• Put one quart of boiling water
• two table-spoonfuls of Indian meal
• one of flour
• a gill of cold water
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• a gill of cream or milk

Method

1. 1

   Put one quart of boiling water into a stew-pan, and place on the fire.

2. 2

   Put into a bowl two tablespoonfuls of Indian meal and one of flour.

3. 3

   Add a gill of cold water, and mix well.

4. 4

   Stir this into the boiling water.

5. 5

   Stir the mixture well, and when it boils, set the stew-pan back where the gruel will simmer for two hours.

6. 6

   Add half a teaspoonful of salt, and cook for half an hour longer.

7. 7

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

8. 8

   Serve at once.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

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.

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

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