Indian Meal Gruel. ✠
2 quarts of boiling water.
1 cup of Indian meal, and
1 tablespoonful flour, wet up with cold water.
Salt to taste—and, if you like, sugar and nutmeg.
Wet the meal and flour to a smooth paste, and stir into the water while it is actually boiling. Boil slowly one hour, stirring up well from the bottom. Season with salt to taste. Some sweeten it, but I like it better with a little pepper added to the salt.
If a cathartic is desired, omit the wheat flour altogether.