Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the water in a saucepan with salt.
Gradually sprinkle in the oatmeal while stirring briskly to avoid lumps.
Once thickened to your preference, reduce heat, cover, and let simmer until ready to serve.
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
- Coarse oatmeal
- Forms the body of the porridge as its starch swells and thickens in hot water.
The step that matters
Sprinkling in the oatmeal. Adding oatmeal gradually while stirring briskly separates the grains so they hydrate evenly, preventing lumps from clumping together in the hot water.
“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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