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To Cook Cereals

A simple boiled cereal dish made with dry cereal, sea salt, and boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Cook Cereals

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a double boiler, combine the dry cereal and coarse sea salt.

  2. Cover with boiling water and cook on the stove for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.

  3. Transfer to the bottom of the double boiler and cook for at least 30 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

Dry cereal
Its starch swells and gelatinizes in hot water, thickening the porridge as it cooks.

The step that matters

Stirring during the first 5 minutes. Cereal starch settles and sticks to the pot while the grains are still absorbing water, so occasional stirring keeps the texture smooth and prevents scorching.

“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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