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Oatmeal Porridge

A simple oatmeal porridge cooked with water and a little salt.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the oatmeal

  1. Moisten the oatmeal with cold water and add a little salt.

Cook the porridge

  1. Pour the moistened oatmeal into the boiling water.

  2. Boil for at least 30 minutes, stirring frequently.

  3. If the porridge is too thick, add more water.

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
Its starch swells and thickens the boiling water, forming the body of the porridge.

The step that matters

Pour the moistened oatmeal into the boiling water. Pre-moistening lets the oats disperse evenly instead of clumping when they hit the hot water. Frequent stirring during the boil keeps the starch suspended and prevents the porridge from sticking and scorching on the bottom of the pan.

“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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