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Gruel

A simple porridge made by boiling water and breaking bread into a smooth consistency.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Gruel

Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil 1 pint of water.

  2. Add the bread and stir until it breaks down into a smooth consistency.

  3. Serve warm.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Bread
Breaks down in the hot water to thicken the liquid into a smooth gruel.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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