Oatmeal Gruel

Ingredients

• Put a quart of boiling water
• one generous table-spoonful of oatmeal
• a scant half-teaspoonful of salt
• a gill of cream or milk

Method

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Sprinkle one generous tablespoonful of oatmeal into the water.

3. 3

   Stir the gruel well, and set it back where it will simmer for two hours.

4. 4

   Season with a scant half-teaspoonful of salt.

5. 5

   Strain or not, as may be best for the patient.

6. 6

   In any case put one gill of the hot gruel into a delicate cup, and add half a gill of cream or milk.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 457. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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. Strain or not, as may be best for the patient. In any case put one gill of the hot gruel into a delicate cup, and add half a gill of cream or milk

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