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

Then he called out, "Ho, boy! bring the frumenty first and do not spare butter on it."

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

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

"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

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

From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Schayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch