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Indian Meal Gruel

A simple gruel made by cooking Indian meal in cold water, seasoned with salt and optional cream.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Make the gruel

  1. Combine cold water and Indian meal in a bowl, stir thoroughly, and strain into a porcelain kettle, discarding the meal.

  2. Cook slowly for 10 to 15 minutes.

Season and serve

  1. Add salt to taste and a little cream if desired.

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

Cream
Adds richness and a softer, creamier mouthfeel to the thin gruel.

“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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