frumenty

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Alongside meat, people ate pies, puddings and frumenty – a sweet porridge made with wheat, eggs, milk and sugar.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

"Honey sweet, Curds to eat, Cream and frumenty, Shells and beads, Poppy seeds, You shall have plenty."

From Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems by De la Mare, Walter

Here, as in the case of the Yorkshire frumenty, the eating has a distinctly ceremonial character.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

But, to Daoud's relief, Fra Tomasso only shut his eyes and shook his head, his cheeks quivering gently like a bowl of frumenty.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert

The ascetic then caused thy mother, whose body was smeared over with frumenty, to be yoked unto a car without any delay.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan