Ever heard of Frumety - or 'Vermity'?

On Portland, it was eaten on Good Friday, certainly when my grandmother was a girl. She would be sent to a local shop with a jug, to be filled with the steaming mixture of boiled wheat, mixed fruit, sugar, spices and milk.

You start with a pound or two of wheat, boiled in a little water until the wheat softens and bursts, then adding milk and sugar to taste, giving a porridge like consistency. From the one occasion that I have seen it made, I think that the fruit and spices are added to taste.

A north country version just has milk, sugar and boiled wheat as ingredients.