meelbol, noun

/ˈmɪəlbɔl/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, meel flour + bol ball.
Infant food, made by either boiling a bag of tightly-packed flour, or baking it in an oven, after which it is finely crushed and mixed with milk; meal-ball.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 315Meelbol, Flour or meal pressed hard into a cloth and boiled, after which it is crushed fine, mixed with milk and used as food for infants and invalids.
1930 M. Raubenheimer Tested S. Afr. Recipes 119‘Meel-bol’ or Baked Meal for Baby. From the fourth month this is a very safe and nourishing food for a normal baby...For a young baby a teaspoon to a breakfast cup of water is sufficient.
1941 Fouché & Currey Hsecraft for Primary Schools 46Meelbol (Dextrinized Flour). Pack..tin or cup tightly with white flour. Put into a cool oven. Bake till biscuit coloured...Roll to a fine powder...Use for infants and invalids. For infants’ food milk must be used..and..only given after the teeth begin to appear.
1948 V.M. Fitzroy Cabbages & Cream 59‘What are you feeding it on?’ ‘Meelbol, missis.’ I remembered Meelbol. I had once tried the boiling and baking of that ball of meal for Digory at weaning time.
1968 K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 60There were no baby foods as such in Granny’s young days so, after infants had been weaned, they were given ‘meel bol’.
1974 Bona Mar. (advt)The richest part of the wheat and nourishing natural bone meal in Ouma Meelbol.
Infant food, made by either boiling a bag of tightly-packed flour, or baking it in an oven, after which it is finely crushed and mixed with milk; meal-ball.
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