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Oatmeal Gruel

A simple porridge made by boiling oatmeal with water and seasoning with sugar or salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Oatmeal Gruel

Oatmeal Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the oatmeal with the cold water until smooth.

  2. Pour the mixture into a pot with boiling water.

  3. Boil for 15 minutes, stirring continuously.

  4. Add sugar or 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 thickens the water into a creamy porridge as it cooks.

The step that matters

Boil for 15 minutes, stirring continuously. Constant stirring keeps the oatmeal from settling and scorching on the bottom of the pot, and helps the starch gelatinise evenly for a smooth texture.

“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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