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Cornstarch Gruel

A historical recipe from Scientific feeding, by Roper, Dora C. C. L. (Dora Cathrine Cristine Liebel) (1914).

A historical recipe

Scientific feeding, by Roper, Dora C. C. L. (Dora Cathrine Cristine Liebel) (1914). Project Gutenberg eBook #75850.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Also printed in: Vegetarian supplement to Scientific feeding, by Roper, Dora C. C. L. (Dora Cathrine Cristine Liebel) (1915).

Source and licence

From Scientific feeding, by Roper, Dora C. C. L. (Dora Cathrine Cristine Liebel) (1914). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #75850 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75850). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Mix two tablespoonsful of cornstarch with a little cold water, add three cups of boiling water, salt, a tablespoonful of milk sugar or a teaspoonful of cane sugar, boil 10 to 15 minutes.
  2. Add two to three ounces of hot cream.
  3. One-half of rice flour and one-half of cornstarch may be used in place of pure cornstarch.
  4. Flavor as desired.
  5. MILK GRUEL.
  6. No.
  7. 1.
  8. Mix a tablespoonful of rice flour and one of cornstarch with a little cold water.
  9. Add one quart of boiling milk.
  10. Boil 10 to 20 minutes.
  11. Add salt and flavor, as desired.
  12. MILK GRUEL.
  13. No.
  14. 2.
  15. Bring one pint of milk and one pint of water to a boil.
  16. Dissolve two or three tablespoons of white flour with a little cold water and stir into the hot milk.
  17. Let boil 10 to 15 minutes.
  18. A stick of cinnamon, vanilla or lemon rind can be boiled with the milk.
  19. If the flavor of almonds is desired, grate one bitter-almond on it after it is removed from the fire.
  20. The yolk of an egg may be added, if desired.