Oatmeal
Ingredients
Directions
Add oatmeal slowly to boiling salted water.
Boil for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Then cook slowly, preferably over water, for 30 minutes longer to develop flavor.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Oatmeal
- Forms the bulk of the porridge, and its starch thickens the water as it cooks.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the oats so they soften and swell into a thick, smooth porridge.
The step that matters
Adding the oatmeal slowly to boiling water. Pouring oats in slowly while stirring keeps them from clumping into lumps. Starch on the surface of each flake gels as it hits hot water, so dispersing them early gives an even, smooth texture.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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