Name: Oatmeal Mush
Ingredients: 1 cup oatmeal; 2 cups water

Oatmeal Mush

Ingredients

1 cup oatmeal
2 cups water

Directions

Soak the oatmeal overnight in enough water to cover it.
In the morning, bring 2 cups of water to a boil.
Stir the soaked oatmeal into the boiling water.
Cook for a few minutes until thickened.

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: Forms the body of the porridge as its starch swells and thickens in hot water.
Water: Hydrates the oats during soaking and cooks them into a soft, spoonable porridge.

“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.