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Water Gruel (No. 2)

From A year's cookery, 1880

Serves 1

Gruel is more nourishing when made with milk instead of water.

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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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from A year's cookery (1880) by Phillis Browne, page 165. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Water Gruel (No. 2). — Mix a table-spoonful of patent groats to a smooth paste with water, add a pint of boiling water

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