noun
- A dish made of hulled wheat grains boiled in milk, often sweetened and spiced; a medieval and early modern English food.
Usage: archaic; historical; also spelled frumenty or furmenty
Examples
- Fromenty was a common dish served at medieval feasts and banquets.
- The recipe for fromenty called for wheat, milk, eggs, and spices like cinnamon.
- In old English cookbooks, fromenty appears as a festive dessert or side dish.
- The cook prepared fromenty by slowly simmering the hulled grains until tender.