Gruel is a food made from a cereal, such as ground oats, wheat, rye, or rice, heated or boiled in water or milk to a consistency thinner than porridge, often drunk rather than eaten with a spoon. It has served historically as a dietary staple for working-class populations in Western societies, and can also be made from millet, barley, or hemp, or, in times of scarcity, from substitutes such as chestnut flour or certain acorns. It has traditionally been used to nourish the sick and young children being weaned from nursing.
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In lieu of cooking the resulting paste on the hearthstone, it could be simmered in a cauldron with water or, luxuriously, with milk.
- Uses Ingredient: Milk, Infobox main_ingredient field: Cereal meal or flour, water or milk
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