Brose

• oatmeal
• salt
• butter
• water

Put into a bowl two handfuls of oatmeal. Add salt and a piece of butter. Pour in boiling water to cover the oatmeal and stir it up roughly with the shank of a horn spoon, allowing it to form knots.¹ Sup with soor dook² or sweet milk, and you have a dish that has been the backbone of man