noun
- A dish made from hulled wheat grains boiled in milk and sweetened, often served as a dessert or side dish.
Usage: archaic; chiefly British; also spelled furmenty or frumentee
Examples
- Frumenty was a popular medieval dish served at feasts and celebrations.
- The recipe for frumenty calls for wheat grains, milk, sugar, and spices.
- In old English cookbooks, frumenty appears as a common dessert.
- She prepared frumenty for the harvest festival, following her grandmother's traditional recipe.