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A hot porridge made from oatmeal cooked in water and served with buttermilk poured over.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a pot, bring water to a boil.

  2. Add oatmeal and cook until thickened, stirring occasionally.

  3. Serve hot with buttermilk poured over the top.

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
Forms the thick body of the porridge as its starch absorbs water and swells during cooking.
Buttermilk
Adds tang and creamy moisture to the finished oatmeal when poured over the top.

“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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