To Cook Oatmeal
Ingredients
Directions
Fill both parts of a double boiler with water.
When the inner part is boiling, stir in the oatmeal and salt.
Place the inner part in the outer compartment, which is also boiling.
Cover tightly and turn off the stove.
In the morning, it will be 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
- Oatmeal
- Forms the thick body of the porridge as its starch swells and gelatinises in hot water.
The step that matters
Cover tightly and turn off the stove. A tight lid keeps steam and heat in, so the oatmeal cooks slowly and gently in the residual heat overnight. Losing heat or steam can leave it undercooked or dry.
“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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