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To Make Oatmeal Water

A simple beverage made by simmering coarse oatmeal in cold water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine oatmeal and cold water in a pot.

  2. Simmer the mixture for at least 1 hour.

  3. Add more water as needed to achieve desired consistency.

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

Coarse ground oatmeal
Provides the starch and body that thicken the water into a light, gruel-like drink.

The step that matters

Simmering for at least 1 hour. Oat starch and soluble fibre need sustained gentle heat to hydrate and release fully, so a short simmer gives a thin, underdeveloped flavour and body.

“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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