Oatmeal Gruel (for Invalids). Maltese Cross
2 cups Irish or Scotch oatmeal.
2 quarts water.
1 teaspoonful salt.
Set the oatmeal to soak over night in half the water. In the morning strain through a coarse tartelane bag, pressing through all the farinaceous matter that will go. Add the rest of the water with the salt, and boil down until it begins to thicken perceptibly. Let it cool enough to become almost a jelly, and eat with powdered sugar and cream.
It is very good for others besides invalids.