Oatmeal Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the porridge
Add salt to boiling water in a saucepan.
Sprinkle in oatmeal while stirring constantly.
Boil gently for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add more boiling water if too thick and boil for another 5 minutes.
Serve
Serve with milk, cream, sugar, or treacle as desired.
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 fiber that thicken the water into a porridge.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the oats so they swell and soften as they cook.
The step that matters
Sprinkle in oatmeal while stirring constantly. Adding oats to water without constant stirring lets them clump and stick to the pan bottom. Stirring disperses the grains so they hydrate evenly and the porridge cooks smooth rather than lumpy or scorched.
“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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