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Again, How to Cook Oat Meal

A simple oat meal cooked by simmering in a steamer for an hour.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Again, How to Cook Oat Meal

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a two-quart basin, combine the oat meal, boiling water, and salt.

  2. Place the basin in a steamer over a kettle of boiling water.

  3. Cook for 1 hour without stirring.

  4. If using cold water, cook for an additional 15 minutes.

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

Oat meal
Forms the body of the porridge as its starch thickens during long gentle cooking.
Boiling water
Hydrates the oats and carries the heat that cooks them into a soft, creamy mass.

“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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