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is then made into cakes, cut into small pieces or scraped into 
powder and boiled with milk or milk and sugar and water, when it 
forms a thick drink like gruel which is highly nutritive, and has 
some of the physiological effects of tea and coffee. Taken wuth a 
little bread it readily relieves hunger, but its stimulant qualities are 
slight compared with these latter beverages. 
