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To Cook Cracked Wheat, Oatmeal, and Hominy

A simple porridge made by boiling cracked wheat, oatmeal, or hominy in water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Cook Cracked Wheat, Oatmeal, and Hominy

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Ensure the meal is dry and slightly warm.

  2. Bring 2-3 quarts of water to a boil.

Cook

  1. Add the cracked wheat, oatmeal, or hominy to the boiling water.

  2. Stir well and keep the water boiling throughout the cooking process.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Cracked wheat, oatmeal, or hominy
Starch that absorbs water and swells as it cooks, thickening the liquid into a porridge texture.

The step that matters

Keep the water boiling and stir well after adding the grain. Grain starch swells and gelatinizes only in hot water. If the water stops boiling, the grain can clump and cook unevenly, and stirring keeps the pieces separated so they hydrate evenly.

“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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