Hempseed is a complete protein. That’s what Scrooge was eating in A Christmas Carol. Mostly because it was the absolute cheapest thing he could eat that would barely meet all his needed nutrients. Apparently gruel is hempseed porridge.
Gruel isn’t porridge, it’s thinner. And though it has, on occasion, been made from hempseed, it’s more often made of more commonly available cereals such as wheat, barley, oats, rice or rye. That’s because it was a famine food, made from whatever happened to be available that was edible.
Hempseed is a complete protein. That’s what Scrooge was eating in A Christmas Carol. Mostly because it was the absolute cheapest thing he could eat that would barely meet all his needed nutrients. Apparently gruel is hempseed porridge.
Gruel isn’t porridge, it’s thinner. And though it has, on occasion, been made from hempseed, it’s more often made of more commonly available cereals such as wheat, barley, oats, rice or rye. That’s because it was a famine food, made from whatever happened to be available that was edible.