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

Having eaten some, he quickly said unto me, "Do thou, O Krishna, take some of this frumenty and smear all thy limbs with it!"

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.

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

O my guest," said he, "sawst thou ever aught better than this frumenty?

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