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Oat-meal or Cracked-wheat Water

A simple beverage made by heating oatmeal or cracked-wheat porridge with water and straining.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Oat-meal or Cracked-wheat Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Add 1 to 3 tablespoons of well-cooked oatmeal or cracked-wheat porridge to 1 pint of water.

  2. Heat the mixture almost to boiling, stirring constantly until smooth.

  3. Strain the mixture.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Well-cooked oatmeal or cracked-wheat porridge
Provides the starch and grain flavour that give the water body and a light, 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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