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Oatmeal Porridge

A simple oatmeal porridge made with boiling water and salt, served with milk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Oatmeal Porridge

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the porridge

  1. In a bowl, mix the oatmeal and cold water.

  2. Add the salt and pour in the boiling water.

  3. Boil for 40 minutes, stirring often.

Serve

  1. Serve with milk.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Oatmeal
Provides the body of the porridge, as its starch swells and thickens in liquid.
Boiling water
Hydrates the oats and carries the heat that cooks them into a soft porridge.

The step that matters

Boil for 40 minutes, stirring often. Stirring keeps the oats suspended and prevents them from sticking to the base of the pan and scorching. It also breaks up lumps so the starch thickens 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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