Stoorum

Oatmeal, salt, water, milk. Put a heaped teaspoonful of oatmeal into a tumbler; pour a little cold water over it and stir well. Fill up half-way with boiling water, then to the top with boiling milk. Season with salt and serve. This is said to be splendid for nursing mothers. In Shetland the name stoor-a-drink is given to a mixture of oatmeal and water or swats. In Aberdeen Stouram is a kind of gruel. In the Hebrides, a similar drink is made with barley-meal; if made with water, a morsel of butter is added.

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