# So, Who Remembers Gruel?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-remembers-gruel/478945>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 28, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-remembers-gruel/478945 "2008-12-28T09:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-remembers-gruel/478945/21 "2008-12-29T01:45:47Z")

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> [@TWDuke](#):
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> Note the second definition for gruel: “Severe punishment.”

Gruel and unusual.

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**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-remembers-gruel/478945/22 "2008-12-29T05:56:38Z")

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> [@Evil\_Captor](#):
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> Mush is just cornmeal and water, like most forms of gruel. Grits are corn ground to a certain consistency so that they’ll have that “gritty” texture.

Nope. Grits are made from hominy, which is corn that has been soaked an a lye solution.

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-remembers-gruel/478945/23 "2008-12-29T07:53:13Z")

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And mush is typically thicker than gruel.

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