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CEREALS

bran the husks of grain sifted from the flour; the coarsest part of the ground husks, formerly prescribed medically, now eaten generally as a health food; (verb) to soak in water mixed with bran.
branny having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran: BRANNIER, BRANNIEST.
brochan gruel, porridge.
brose a dish of oatmeal with boiling water or milk poured on it.
brosy having the quality of BROSE. No comp!
buckwheat a cereal plant, the seed of which is used for horse and poultry food, and in N. America is milled for making breakfast pancakes.
bulghur bulgur burghul a form of cooked, broken wheat.
burgoo burgout a kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.
corncob the cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.
cornflake a crazy or silly person; (in pl.) toasted flakes of maize, eaten esp. as a breakfast cereal.
cornstarch starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
couscous couscousou cuscus khuskhus kouskous the grain of the African millet.
crowdie crowdy a mixture of meal and water, aka BROSE.
cuscus see COUSCOUS.
drammach drammock drummock meal and water mixed raw.
farina a fine flour or meal made from cereal grains.
fromenty frumenty furmenty furmety furmity food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc.
graddan parched grain; (verb) to parch in the husk: GRADDANED, GRADDANING.
grits coarsely ground grain, esp. oats or hominy; a boiled dish of this.
hegari a kind of sorghum grain. Pl. HEGARIS.
hominy maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.
kaoliang sorghum grain of several varieties; an alcoholic drink made from it. [Chinese 'tall grain'].
kasha a porridge or gruel-like dish made from crushed buckwheat.
khuskhus see COUSCOUS.
kouskous see COUSCOUS.
mabela+ ground kaffir corn used for making porridge.
mahewu+ in S. Africa, fermented liquid mealie-meal porridge, used as a stimulant.
mamaliga a type of corn meal mush eaten by Rumanians.
masa in Mexican cooking, a dough made from masa harina, ground, dried maize and used to make tamales etc. [Sp. masa, dough, from L. massa, a lump].
mealie mealy mielie+ an ear of maize.
mongcorn mungcorn a mixed grain, esp. rye and wheat, aka MASLIN.
muesli a dish of rolled oats, nuts etc. eaten as a breakfast cereal.
mush meal, esp cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until thick.
nocake meal made of parched Indian corn. [Narragansett nokshick].
oatmeal meal made of oats; the colour of this.
parridge parritch porridge.
pinole an American Indian food consisting of parched ground cereal grains. [Sp. from Aztec pinolli].
polenta a porridge made from maize flour.
porridge a kind of food usu. made by slowly stirring oatmeal or rolled oats in boiling water or milk.
porridgy resembling porridge.
posho+ (Swahili) corn meal.
posole+ pozole+ maize hulled and broken, and boiled in water
praiseach a kind of oatmeal porridge. [Irish, from brassica, cabbage].
sadza a type of porridge made from maize flour.
samp a coarsely ground maize. [Narragansett].
seiten seitan+ wheat gluten, widely used in Far Eastern and vegetarian cookery.
sowans sowens a kind of oat porridge, a traditional dish for Hallowe'en. N.B. there is no sing. SOWAN*, SOWEN*.
stirabout a dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
succotash a traditional American dish made from corn kernels and lima beans. [Narragansett].
supawn suppawn a kind of maize porridge.
tamal tamale cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed.
ugali+ (Swahili) a type of stiff porridge.
wheatgrass+ a relative of wheat, popular as a health food.
wheatmeal wheat flour with some of the germ and bran removed.
wheaty tasting of wheat: WHEATIER, WHEATIEST.