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Cracker Gruel

A simple gruel made by mixing cracker crumbs with boiling water, salt, and milk, then boiling briefly.

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. Slowly pour the boiling water over the cracker crumbs while stirring.

  2. Add the salt and milk.

  3. Boil for 1 minute and serve.

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

Cracker crumbs
Thicken the liquid as their starch swells, giving the gruel body.
Milk
Adds richness and softness, rounding out the flavor and texture.

“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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