WATER GRUEL

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time
Cook: 90 min Total: 90 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (5)
  1. Boil one spoonful of oatmeal in three pints of water for an hour and a half, or till it is fine and smooth.
  2. Take it off the fire and let it stand to settle.
  3. Pour it in a China bowl.
  4. Add white wine, sugar, and nutmeg to your taste.
  5. Serve it up hot with a buttered toast upon a plate.
Original Text
To make WATER GRUEL. TAKE one spoonful of oatmeal, boil it in three pints of water for an hour and a half, or till it is fine and smooth, then take it off the fire and let it stand to settle, then pour it in a China bowl, and add white wine, sugar, and nutmeg to your taste, serve it up hot with a buttered toast upon a plate.
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