Frumenty

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Frumenty (sometimes furmity) was a popular food dish in the Middle Ages in Europe. It was made primarily from boiled wheat. Different recipes added milk, eggs or broth. Frumenty was served as a side-dish to meats, traditionally venison.

For several centuries, frumenty was part of the traditional celtic Christmas meal.

See also: Wikibooks Recipe

The dish, described as 'Furmity' and served with fruit and a slug of rum added under the counter, plays a major role in the plot of Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.