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    Gruel - Wikipedia
    TypePorridge
    Main ingredientsCereal meal or flour, water or milk
    VariationsCongee
    What is Gruel? (with pictures) - Delighted Cooking
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    History

    Gruel predates the earliest civilizations, emerging in hunter-gatherer societies as a meal of gathered grains soaked in water. For these societies, the application of water and especially heat to grain improved its digestibility … See more

    Variations

    In many Spanish-speaking countries, several gruels are made; the masa-based drink or spoonable food called atole or atol de elote is a staple throughout Central America, served hot. It can range in consistenc… See more

    Etymology

    The Oxford English Dictionary gives an etymology of Middle English gruel from the same word in Old French, both of them deriving from a source in Late Latin: grutellum, a diminutive, as the form of the word demo… See more

    In fiction

    In the English-speaking world, gruel is remembered as the food of the child workhouse inmates in Charles Dickens's Industrial Revolution novel Oliver Twist (1838); the workhouse was supplied with "an unlimite… See more

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