noun
- A dish made of hulled wheat grains boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, spices, and sometimes eggs or fruit.
Usage: chiefly British; archaic or regional
Examples
- Furmity was a common peasant dish in medieval England.
- The recipe for furmity calls for wheat grains, milk, and cinnamon.
- At the harvest festival, they served traditional furmity to the workers.
- Furmity appears in historical cookbooks as a staple winter food.