burgoo

A seafaring dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, butter, and sugar. (See loblolly and skilly.)

← burgonet × burley →

Burgoo
·noun A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
burgoo
A seafaring dish made with oat meal and water, seasoned with salt, butter, and sugar.--Falconer's Ma...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.