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Oatmeal Porridge

A simple hot oatmeal porridge cooked by boiling water and oatmeal, served with milk or buttermilk.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Cook

  1. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil.

  2. Gradually stir in 1 cup of oatmeal until the desired consistency is reached.

  3. Continue boiling until the oatmeal is fully cooked, about 10-15 minutes.

Serve

  1. Serve hot with milk or buttermilk.

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
Its starch swells and gelatinizes in boiling water, thickening the liquid into a porridge.

The step that matters

Gradually stirring in the oatmeal. Adding oatmeal slowly while stirring keeps the flakes separated, so they hydrate evenly instead of clumping into lumps at the bottom of the pot.

“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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