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Cracker Gruel

A simple gruel made by mixing powdered crackers with milk and boiling water, then simmering and seasoning with salt.

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

Cracker Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a pot, combine the powdered cracker, milk, and boiling water.

  2. Cook for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.

  3. Add salt.

  4. Serve.

  5. For better flavor, brown the crackers before rolling.

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

Powdered cracker
Its starch thickens the liquid as it cooks, giving the gruel body.
Milk
Adds richness and a creamy mouthfeel to the gruel.

The step that matters

Cook for ten minutes, stirring occasionally. Milk can scorch on the bottom of the pot, and cracker starch can clump if it is not stirred. Regular stirring keeps the heat even and the gruel smooth as the starch swells and thickens.

“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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