Morning Porridge

3 cups milk
1 cup water
½ cup freshly ground corn (we like yellow popcorn, ground medium to coarse in the mill)
½ cup freshly ground soft wheat (again, medium to coarse. Too finely ground=gluey)
Pinch salt
Four tablespoons brown sugar

In a heavy pot, heat the milk, water, salt, and sugar over a medium low flame ‘til wisps of steam rise off the liquid. Mix the corn and wheat together and sprinkle the mixture over the hot milk, whisking in each tiny addition thoroughly before adding more. Stir and simmer until thick and smooth. Ladle into bowls and top with a teeny dot of butter and milk, if you like.