Water Gruel

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

a pint of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
large ſpoonful of oatmeal ↝ Oatmeal, NFS [Oatmeal]
a good piece of freſh butter ↝ Asparagus, fresh, cooked with butter or margarine [Other vegetables and combinations]
a little pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (9)

Stir the water and oatmeal together.
Let it boil up three or four times, stirring it often.
Do not let it boil over.
Strain it through a sieve.
Salt it to your palate.
Put in a good piece of fresh butter.
Brew it with a spoon until the butter is all melted.
It will then be fine and smooth, and very good.
Some love a little pepper in it.

Original Text

To make Water Gruel.
YOU muſt take a pint of water, and large ſpoonful of oatmeal; then ſtir it together and let it boil up three or four times, ſtirring it often. Don't let it boil over, then ſtrain it through a ſieve, ſalt it to your palate, put in a good piece of freſh butter, brue it with a ſpoon till the butter is all melted, then it will be fine and ſmooth, and very good. Some love a little pepper in it.

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