- 2 tablespoons corn meal
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
2 cups boiling water
Mix corn meal, salt and milk; add boiling water and cook in double boiler two hours.
Flour Gruel
- 2 tablespoons flour
¼ cup cold water
2 cups scalded milk
¼ teaspoon salt
Mix flour with cold water, add scalded milk and salt. Cook in a double boiler thirty minutes, stirring often.
Flour Ball for Flour Gruel
Knead two cups flour into a ball, adding water to form a stiff dough. Tie ball in a linen cloth and boil in deep saucepan ten to twelve hours, keeping the cloth covered with boiling water all of the time. Dry in cloth, remove cloth, and dry ball in oven. This will keep for years. Scrape two tablespoons from the ball; add one fourth cup cold water and two cups scalded milk; cook in double boiler ten minutes, add salt, and serve.
Oatmeal Gruel
- 2 tablespoons oatmeal
2 cups boiling water
¼ cup cold water
⅛ teaspoon salt
Mix oatmeal with cold water; add salt and boiling water, and cook two hours, or better still over night, in double boiler. Strain and serve; thin with hot water or milk if not of the desired consistency.