Gruel
Gruel is a food preparation consisting of some type of cereal — oat, wheat or rye flour, or rice — boiled in water or milk. It is a thinner version of porridge that may be more often drunk than eaten and may need to not even be cooked. Historically, gruel — often made from millet, hemp or barley, or in hard times, of chestnut flour and even the less tannic acorns of some oaks — has been a staple of the human diet, especially for peasants.
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Famous quotes containing the word gruel:
“Three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll on Saturdays.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“Three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll on Saturdays.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“The gruel that children’s little hands have stirred
Is sweeter than nectar.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)