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Skim-milk Porkedge

A thin porridge made from groats, skim milk, water, sweetener, and flavoring.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Skim-milk Porkedge

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Make a thin gruel by cooking groats in water.

  2. Strain the gruel.

  3. Add equal parts of milk and water to the strained gruel.

  4. Sweeten and flavor to taste.

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

Groats
Form the base of the porridge, thickening as they cook into a thin gruel.
Milk
Adds creaminess and a mild, rich body to the strained gruel.
Sweetener
Adds sweetness to balance the mild, grainy flavor of the gruel.

“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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