Oatmeal Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
In a basin, mix the oatmeal with cold water.
Pour the mixture into a saucepan with boiling water.
Add salt.
Stir continuously, sprinkling in small amounts of oatmeal until it boils and reaches the desired consistency.
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
- Provides the starch and body that thicken the porridge as it cooks.
The step that matters
Stir continuously while adding the oatmeal. Adding oatmeal in small amounts while stirring keeps it from clumping into lumps. Constant stirring also distributes the starch evenly so the porridge thickens smoothly rather than scorching on the bottom of the pan.
“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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