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Oatmeal Gruel

A simple gruel made by soaking oatmeal in cold water for 12 hours and then straining.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Oatmeal Gruel

Oatmeal Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine oatmeal and cold water in a bowl.

  2. Let the mixture sit for 12 hours.

  3. Strain the mixture to remove the oatmeal.

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
Provides the starch and flavor that give the strained liquid its body and taste.
Cold water
Hydrates the oats slowly so their starch and flavor steep into the liquid.

“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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