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

May luck attend the milking-pail, Yule logs and cakes in plenty be, May each blow of the thrashing-flail Produce good frumenty.

From The Peace Egg and Other tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

Indeed, with the remnant of that frumenty I smeared my body and head.

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

O son, why didst thou not smear that frumenty on the soles of thy feet as well?

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

My hunger was appeased: I lay, intent upon the gleam Of arms that      in the frumenty were buried bracelet high.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John