Name: Bread Gruel
Ingredients: one cupful of coarsely grated stale bread; one pint of water till almost dissolved; salt

Bread Gruel

Bread gruel is a simple dish made by simmering coarsely grated stale bread in water until almost dissolved, then strained and salted.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription

By Clarke, Mary Lamson. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients

Bread Gruel

Ingredients

one cupful of coarsely grated stale bread
one pint of water till almost dissolved
salt

Directions

Simmer one cupful of coarsely grated stale bread in one pint of water until almost dissolved.
Strain the mixture.
Salt to taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

455Calories

13 gProtein

1 gFat

95 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Clarke, Mary Lamson. [from old catalog]. 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.