Rolled Oats Mush
Ingredients
Directions
Add the oats and salt to the boiling water, stirring constantly.
Boil for five minutes, then steam in a double boiler for two hours.
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
- Rolled oats
- Their starch swells and gelatinizes as they absorb water, thickening the porridge and giving it body.
The step that matters
Stir constantly when adding the oats. Oat starch begins to swell on contact with hot water, so if the oats are not stirred in as they go, they clump into lumps and the texture turns uneven.
“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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