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A simple oatmeal drink made by boiling oatmeal with water and straining the mixture.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine oatmeal and cold water in a saucepan.

  2. Add boiling water carefully and stir continuously for 5 minutes to prevent burning.

  3. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve to separate the undissolved parts.

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

Oatmeal
Supplies starch and fiber that thicken the liquid and give the drink its body.
Boiling water
Hydrates and heats the oatmeal starch, causing it to swell and thicken the mixture.

The step that matters

Adding the boiling water and stirring continuously. Oatmeal starch swells quickly in hot liquid and can clump or scorch on the base of the pan. Constant stirring keeps the starch evenly dispersed and heat distributed, so the drink cooks smoothly without burning.

“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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