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Oatmeal Again

A preserved oatmeal cooked in water, left to sit, then reheated and seasoned with coarse sea salt.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook the oatmeal in plenty of water for two hours.

  2. After cooking, transfer it to a bowl and let it sit for three to four days.

  3. Reheat the oatmeal before serving, adding water to achieve the desired consistency.

  4. Season with coarse sea salt to taste.

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 absorbs water and swells as it cooks, thickening the mixture into a porridge.

“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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