Oat Meal Gruel

#251
Breakfast

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Original recipe card for Oat Meal Gruel

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Oatmeal
  • 1 quart Boiling Water
  • 1 level teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  1. The water should be salted and boiling.
  2. When the meal is sprinkled in with one hand, while it is lightly stirred in, with the other.
  3. When all mixed, it should boil without being stirred more than is necessary to keep it from burning on at the bottom, or it can be cooked in a double boiler.
  4. Cook 40 to 60 minutes.
  5. Strain and sweeten to taste.