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

At first, the reciter, clad in good robes and smeared with perfumed paste, should, O king, be duly fed with honey and frumenty of the best kind.

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

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.

"The man is quivering like a frumenty now," said one guard.

From The Saracen: The Holy War by Shea, Robert

"And we are going to have real frumenty and Yule cakes, such as Mamma used to tell us of when we were abroad."

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