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Frame Food Porridge

A simple porridge made from cooked wheaten powder and water, served warm.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Frame Food Porridge

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine ½ ounce of cooked wheaten powder with a breakfast cup of water.

  2. Stir well until smooth.

  3. Heat gently until warm, then serve as a meal or gruel for invalids.

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

Cooked wheaten powder
Forms the thickened body of the porridge as its starch gelatinises with gentle heat.

“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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