Oatmeal Mush
Ingredients
Directions
Combine equal parts cracked oats and rolled oats in a pot.
Add water to cover the oats.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat.
Simmer without stirring until thickened.
Serve warm.
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 oats
- Provide a coarser, chewier texture and body to the porridge.
- Rolled oats
- Break down while simmering to thicken the porridge and give it a creamy texture.
- Water
- Hydrates the oats so their starch swells and gelatinizes into a thick porridge.
The step that matters
Simmer without stirring. Stirring during simmering releases more starch from the oats and can make the porridge gluey. Leaving it undisturbed lets the grains cook gently and keeps the texture soft and even.
“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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