Gruel

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
Source
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Time
Cook: 10 min Total: 10 min
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (6)
  1. Mix a table-spoonful of Robinson's prepared groats or grits with a tea-cupful of cold water.
  2. Pour this into a saucepan containing a pint of hot water.
  3. Stir it on the fire while it boils for ten minutes.
  4. Strain the gruel through a sieve or colander into a basin.
  5. Sweeten to taste.
  6. Add a spoonful of any kind of spirits, or else season the gruel with salt and a bit of butter.
Original Text
No. 183. How to make Gruel. Mix a table-spoonful of Robinson's prepared groats or grits with a tea-cupful of cold water, pour this into a saucepan containing a pint of hot water, and stir it on the fire while it boils for ten minutes; strain the gruel through a sieve or colander into a basin, sweeten to taste, add a spoonful of any kind of spirits, or else season the gruel with salt and a bit of butter.
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