gruel (noun)

1. During Lent, many Christians choose to eat gruel as a form of fasting and spiritual discipline.

2. In Greek mythology, Persephone was forced to eat a bowl of gruel in the Underworld, which bound her to spend half of the year there.

3. In the classic novel, the impoverished heroine survives on meager meals such as gruel, symbolizing her humble and unfortunate circumstances.

4. Why did the bowl of gruel go to the comedy club? Because it wanted to crack some corny jokes!