Oatmeal Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the oats
Roll the oat meal until very mealy.
Put the oat meal into a large tumbler and fill with water.
Stir well and let it settle for a moment.
Pour off all but the bran and repeat this process two more times.
Cook and serve
Bring the remaining water to a boil quickly.
Cook for twenty minutes, stirring often.
Add salt to taste and thin with milk, cream, or beef tea.
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
- Oat meal
- Provides the grain base, and its starch thickens the water into a porridge as it cooks.
The step that matters
Cook for twenty minutes, stirring often. Oat starch thickens as it heats and can settle, scorch, or form lumps on the bottom of the pan. Frequent stirring spreads the heat evenly and keeps the porridge smooth.
“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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