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Indian Gruel

A simple gruel made from sifted Indian meal and water, sweetened and served with toast.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Indian Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil 1 quart of water.

  2. Add 3 tablespoons of sifted Indian meal and boil for 15 minutes.

  3. Sweeten to taste.

  4. Serve with toast.

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

Indian meal
Cornmeal that thickens the water into a soft, porridge-like gruel as it boils.

The step that matters

Boiling the meal for 15 minutes. Cornmeal starches need sustained boiling to swell and cook through. Stopping early leaves a raw, grainy taste and a thin texture that does not thicken properly.

“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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