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Gruel

Gruel is a food consisting of some type of cereal—such as ground oats, wheat, rye, or rice—heated or boiled in water or milk. It is a thinner version of porridge that may be more often drunk rather than eaten. Historically, gruel has been a staple of the Western diet, especially for peasants. Gruel may also be made from millet, hemp, barley, or, in hard…

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Main ingredients
Cereal meal or flour, water or milk
Type
Porridge
Variations
Congee

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related to Etymology · 17
Gruel → Danish, Dutch, Elfdalian, Faroese, Icelandic, In, Late Latin, Middle English, Modern French, North America, Norwegian, Old Frankish, Old French, Swedish, The Old French, The Old Norse, The Oxford English Dictionary
related to In fiction · 16
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related to Variations · 16
Gruel → Asia, Asian, Central America, Chinese, Common, English, Filipino, Horchata, In, It, Japanese, Korean, Rice, Spanish-speaking, Tamil, Vietnamese
related to history · 7
Gruel → For, Greeks, In, Middle Ages, Roman, This, When
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Gruel → food consisting of some type of cereal, subtype.The German Grießmehl
Main ingredients · 1
Gruel → Cereal meal or flour, water or milk
Type · 1
Gruel → Porridge
Variations · 1
Gruel → Congee

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food porridge water ground often also meal milk grain eaten rice staple cereal gruels dish modern drink word made times

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GruelMain ingredientsCereal meal or flour, water or milk1.00infobox
GruelTypePorridge1.00infobox
GruelVariationsCongee1.00infobox
Gruelis afood consisting of some type of cereal0.90text
Gruelis asubtype.The German Grießmehl0.90text
vanillainstance ofand seasonings0.80text
cinnamoninstance ofand seasonings0.80text
served over ice.Rice gruels eaten throughout Asia are normally referred to in English asinstance ofand seasonings0.80text
Gruelrelated to EtymologyThe Oxford English Dictionary0.60section
Gruelrelated to EtymologyMiddle English0.60section
Gruelrelated to EtymologyOld French0.60section
Gruelrelated to EtymologyLate Latin0.60section

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