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Scotch Oatmeal Brose

A warm Scottish drink made by cooking oatmeal with water and milk or buttermilk.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place the oatmeal in a large bowl.

  2. Add the coarse sea salt.

Make and serve

  1. Pour the boiling water over the oatmeal and stir with a spoon handle until lumps form. Do not break the lumps.

  2. Pour in the sweet milk or buttermilk.

  3. Serve immediately after cooking.

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
Forms the body of the brose, with the boiling water hydrating its starch into soft lumps.
Sweet milk or buttermilk
Adds moisture and creaminess, and buttermilk adds a slight tang.

The step that matters

Stir just until lumps form, then leave them whole. Vigorous stirring breaks the oat clusters and releases starch, which makes the porridge gluey instead of soft and textured. Gentle stirring keeps the lumps intact.

“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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