Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Mix the oatmeal with cold water until smooth.
Cook
Pour in boiling water while stirring frequently.
Cook over heat for 40 minutes, stirring often.
If too thick, add a little water.
Serve
Serve in a hot soup plate and add milk.
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 body that thicken the porridge as it cooks.
- Water
- Hydrates the oats so they swell and soften into a smooth, pourable porridge.
- Milk
- Adds richness and a mild, creamy sweetness when stirred in at serving.
The step that matters
Stirring while the boiling water goes in. Adding hot water to oats can form lumps if not stirred; constant stirring disperses the starch so the porridge cooks smooth.
“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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