Wheaten Grits
Ingredients
Directions
Cook
Combine the wheaten grits and warm water in a double boiler.
Cook steadily on one side of the stove for 4 hours.
Serve
The next morning, warm the porridge and add salt to taste.
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
- Wheaten grits
- Provide the main body of the porridge as they soften and swell in water.
- Warm water
- Hydrates the grits so they soften and thicken into a porridge during long gentle cooking.
The step that matters
Cook steadily on one side of the stove for 4 hours. Gentle, indirect heat in a double boiler keeps the water from boiling hard, so the grits soften evenly without scorching or drying out. Too much heat can burn the bottom or boil the water away.
“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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