Oat Meal
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the oatmeal
Boil 1 quart of water in a pot.
Add a small handful of coarse sea salt.
Stir in enough oatmeal to create a soft mush.
Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.
Serve
Serve warm.
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
- Supplies the starch that swells and thickens the water into a soft, mushy texture.
- Water
- Hydrates the oats and carries heat so they soften evenly during simmering.
The step that matters
Simmering for 1 hour on reduced heat. Oat starch thickens and can settle and scorch on the bottom of the pot during a long simmer. Keeping the heat low and stirring now and then helps the mush cook evenly.
“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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