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Irish Oatmeal

A simple porridge made by boiling water, salt, and oatmeal for several hours.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large pot, bring 4 cups of water to a boil.

  2. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 cup of oatmeal.

  3. Boil for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.

  4. Reduce heat and simmer over boiling water for 8 hours.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Oatmeal
Its starch swells in the hot water and thickens the liquid into a porridge with body.

The step that matters

Boil for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Oats settle and stick to the bottom of the pot as the starch thickens. Constant stirring keeps the mixture even, prevents scorching, and helps avoid lumps.

“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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