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Arrowroot Gruel

A simple gruel made by mixing arrowroot with water and sweet milk, sweetened with white sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 1 ingredients
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Arrowroot Gruel

Arrowroot Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour a pint of boiling water over 1 tablespoon arrowroot.

  2. Add a pint of sweet milk.

  3. Add a little white sugar to taste.

By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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. See the original page.

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What each ingredient does

Arrowroot
Thickens the liquid into a smooth, light gruel as it is heated with the water.

“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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