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 frumenty or frumentee
Examples
- Furmenty was a popular medieval dish served at feasts and celebrations.
- The recipe for furmenty calls for wheat grains, milk, sugar, and spices.
- In old English cookbooks, furmenty appears as a common dessert.
- She prepared furmenty for the holiday dinner, following her grandmother's traditional recipe.