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Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 11 ingredients

  1. One teaspoonful of sugar
  2. one teaspoonful of condensed milk
  3. Crackers
  4. One quart of boiling water
  5. one half teaspoonful of salt has been added
  6. One tablespoonful of flour
  7. Two teaspoonfuls of cornmeal
  8. One cup of milk
  9. Cream
  10. two tablespoonfuls of hard-bread powder
  11. One teaspoonful of salt
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Flour Source of phosphorus · Source of copper · Source of manganese · +1

    Source of phosphorus · 106 mg per 100 g, 15% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Phosphorus contributes to normal function of cell membranes.
    • Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal teeth.

    Phosphorus is a mineral contained in each cell in our body. Most phosphorus is in the bones and teeth, and some is in your genes. NIH fact sheet

    Source of copper · 0.2 mg per 100 g, 17% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
    • Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Copper contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    5 more authorised claims
    • Copper contributes to normal hair pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
    • Copper contributes to normal skin pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Copper contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. Your body uses copper to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels. NIH fact sheet

    Source of manganese · 0.6 mg per 100 g, 28% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Source of selenium · 10 µg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Selenium contributes to normal spermatogenesis.
    • Selenium contributes to the maintenance of normal hair.
    • Selenium contributes to the maintenance of normal nails.
    3 more authorised claims
    • Selenium contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Selenium contributes to the normal thyroid function.
    • Selenium contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Selenium is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy. Your thyroid gland needs selenium to produce hormones and function properly. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Flour, 00”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

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.

Method

  1. Water crackers are good, cream crackers are better ;
  2. mix the salt and sugar with the crumbs, pour on the boiling water, put in the milk, and simmer it for two minutes.
  3. The gruel does not need long cooking, for the cracker crumbs are already thoroughly cooked.
  4. Do not strain.
  5. Indian-meal Gruel {from Food, January, i8p4).
  6. — Two teaspoonfuls of cornmeal.
  7. One tablespoonful of flour.
  8. One teaspoonful of salt.
  9. One teaspoonful of sugar.
  10. One quart of boiling water.
  11. One cup of milk.
  12. Mix the cornmeal, flour, salt, and sugar into a thin paste with cold water, and pour into it the boiling water.
  13. Cook it in a double boiler for three hours.
  14. No less time than that will cook the cornmeal thoroughly.
  15. Then add the milk, and it is ready to serve.
  16. Hard-bread Gruel (U.
  17. S.
  18. Army Hospitals).
  19. — Toast hard bread thoroughly and grind it into a powder.
  20. To one pint of boiling water, to which one half teaspoonful of salt has been added, add two tablespoonfuls of hard-bread powder.
  21. Boil ten minutes and then strain.
  22. Flavour with one teaspoonful of sugar and one teaspoonful of condensed milk to each cupful of the gruel.
  23. Bread Jelly (Chrystie).
  24. — Pour boiling water on stale bread, and let it soak for an hour.
  25. Pour off the water, add fresh water, and boil down until a thick mass is obtained which becomes jellylike on cooling, and may be eaten with milk or cream and sugar.
  26. Milk Porridge (U.
  27. S.
  28. Army Hospital Receipt for Tzvelve Men).
  29. — Milk, eight pints ;
  30. flour, twelve ounces ;
  31. water, three pints.
  32. Directions.
  33. — The flour to be used for milk porridge should be previously prepared by being tied up closely in a bag and boiled four or five hours.
  34. It can then be grated to powder, which should be mixed into a smooth paste with cold water.
  35. Add to the milk the prescribed quantity of water, and stir in the flour, with a little salt.
  36. Let it boil ten minutes, stirring all the time.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grater
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve