Oatmeal
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Bring water to a boil in a pot.
Add salt to the boiling water.
Slowly add oatmeal while stirring constantly.
Cook
Boil for 10 minutes, then reduce heat.
Cook slowly for at least 1.5 hours, preferably over water.
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 fibre that thicken the water into a porridge.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the oats so they soften and swell as they cook.
The step that matters
Adding the oatmeal while stirring. Stirring as the oats go in keeps them from clumping and sticking to the bottom of the pot, so the porridge cooks evenly and becomes smooth rather than lumpy.
“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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