Oatmeal, Mush
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick over the oatmeal to remove any debris.
In a pot, bring 3 cups of water to a boil.
Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the boiling water.
Cook
Stir in the oatmeal and reduce heat to low.
Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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
- Rolled oats
- Absorb water and swell as their starch gelatinizes, thickening the porridge.
The step that matters
Stir in the oatmeal and reduce heat to low. Oat starch swells quickly in hot water and can clump or stick to the bottom of the pot and scorch. Stirring as the oats go in and keeping the heat low spreads them evenly and lets them cook gently.
“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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