Superior Gruel
From A year's cookery, 1880
Serves 2
Many invalids find this version of gruel more palatable.
Presented as published in 1880. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from A year's cookery (1880) by Phillis Browne, page 354. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Superior Gruel. — Many invalids object very much to gruel. They acknowledge its value, but find it very distasteful. When made as follows, it is really very excellent : — Take half a teacupful of coarse Scotch oatmeal, mix it smoothly with about a pint and a half of water, pour it into a saucepan, and set it by the side of the fire to stew gently for a considerable time — two or three hours. Stir it frequently. Bub the preparation through a sieve, and keep back portions that will not go through. Boil the gruel, put with it an equal measure of boiling milk
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