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Groat Gruel (2)

From The encyclopaedia of practical cookery, 1892

Serves 4

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb. of Groats
  • 1/2 gallon of water
  • a blade of mace
  • a little white wine
  • sufficient sugar to taste

Method

  1. Boil Groats in water with mace until soft.

  2. Add white wine and sugar to taste.

  3. Serve with toast.

Nutrition per serving

60Calories
0 gProtein
10 gCarbs
2 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Groat Gruel.— (1) Mix 2 dessert-spoonfuls of Groats in a basin with only sufficient water to form a cream, pour over it 1 pint of boiling water, stirring all the time, and keep it over the fire until sufficiently thick. When done, sweeten to taste, add either 1 wineglassful of white wine, brandy, or spirits, with a little grated ginger or nutmeg, and serve hot. (2) Put |lb. of Groats into a saucepan with £gall. of water and a blade of mace, put the pan on the fire, and boil until the Groats are quite soft ; then add a little white wine and sufficient sugar to taste

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