Oatmeal Gruel

Ingredients

• 1 c. oatmeal
• cold water
• one and a half hours
• season it with salt
• Thin it with cream or milk

Method

1. 1

   Roll the oatmeal on a board with a rolling pin until it is mealy; then put it into a tumbler and fill the tumbler with cold water.

2. 2

   Stir it; allow the meal to settle, and pour off the mealy water into a saucepan.

3. 3

   Set the saucepan where the gruel will simmer for one and a half hours.

4. 4

   Strain it, season it with salt, thin it with cream or milk, and serve it hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Household science and arts (1913) by Josephine Morris, page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OATMEAL GRUEL } c. oatmeal and Roll the oatmeal on a board with a cold water rolling pin until it is mealy ; then put it into a tumbler and fill the tumbler with cold water. Stir it; allow the meal to settle, and pour off the mealy water into a saucepan. Repeat this process as long as the water looks mealy. Set the saucepan where the gruel will simmer for one and a half hours. Strain it, season it with salt. Thin it with cream or milk

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