Indian Meal Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Boil 1 pint of water.
Stir in 1 heaping teaspoon of Indian meal, previously mixed with a little cold water.
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
- Indian meal
- Thickens the water into a gruel as its starch swells when heated.
The step that matters
Stirring in the meal. Mixing the meal with cold water first keeps it from clumping when it hits the hot water. Stirring while it cooks helps the starch disperse evenly and thicken smoothly.
“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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