Mieum (food)

Mieum

Sieved rice mieum as baby food
Type	Gruel
Place of origin	Korea
Associated cuisine	Korean cuisine
Main ingredients	Rice or foxtail millet
Media: Mieum

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Mieum (Korean: 미음; Hanja: 米飮) is a thin, strained gruel made from white rice, white glutinous rice, foxtail millet, or glutinous foxtail millet.^[1][2] It is often used in liquid diet for patients and for recently weaned children.^[2] A thinner mieum, made from rice water or mixed with powdered milk, is sometimes used as a breast milk substitute for younger babies.^[2][3]