Arrowroot Gruel

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Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

1 level tablespoon arrow- 1% level teaspoon salt.
root.
2 tablespoons brandy or wine.
1 cup milk.
A very little sugar if desired.
Mix the arrowroot smoothly with a little of the milk, heat the remainder and, when boiling, put in the arrowroot and cook gently for ten minutes;
add salt and sugar and, at the moment of serving, the brandy or wine.
Arrowroot contains little nutriment, but is useful as a vehicle for the serving of stimulants.
Irish Moss 1 small handful Irish moss.
14 teaspoon vanilla or other 8 cups milk, flavoring.
1 level tablespoon sugar.
Wash and pick over the moss carefully, add it to the milk in a saucepan, and simmer the two till the moss begins to dissolve.
A double boiler is preferable as it prevents too rapid cooking.
In about twenty minutes, if the moss is dissolving, strain through cheese cloth, add sugar and flavoring, and turn into wet moulds or cups to cool.
Serve with cream and sugar.