Oatmeal Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Bring 1 quart of water to a boil and add 1 teaspoon of salt.
Sprinkle in 1 heaping cup of oatmeal while stirring gently.
Boil for 20 minutes without stirring too much to avoid a starchy texture.
Stir only as needed to prevent sticking at the bottom.
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 absorbs water and swells as it cooks, thickening the liquid into porridge.
The step that matters
Controlling the stirring. Stir gently while adding the oatmeal, then leave it mostly alone during the boil. Over-stirring releases extra starch from the oats, making the porridge gluey, while stirring too little lets it stick and scorch on the bottom of the pot.
“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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