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Water-gruel

A simple gruel made by boiling oatmeal in water, seasoned with sea salt and optionally butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Water-gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine oatmeal and water in a pot and stir well.

  2. Bring to a boil three or four times, stirring often.

  3. Strain the mixture through a sieve.

  4. Add coarse sea salt to taste.

  5. If desired, add a piece of fresh butter and stir until melted for a smooth consistency.

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
Provides starch that thickens the water into a light, gruel-like porridge.
Fresh butter
Adds fat and richness, smoothing the texture as it melts in.

“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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