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Oatmeal Mush

A simple oatmeal porridge made by boiling water, adding salt and oatmeal, then simmering until thick.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Oatmeal Mush

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil.

  2. Add ¼ teaspoon salt.

  3. Sprinkle in 1 cup of oatmeal while stirring.

  4. Boil rapidly, stirring frequently until it thickens.

  5. Reduce heat and simmer for about 2 hours, or until fully cooked.

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
Provides the starch and fibre that thicken the water into a porridge as it cooks.
Water
Hydrates the oats so their starch swells and gelatinises into a soft, spoonable texture.

The step that matters

Stirring while adding the oatmeal. Sprinkling in the oats while stirring keeps them dispersed, so they hydrate evenly instead of clumping into lumps that stay dry in the centre.

“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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