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Oatmeal Porridge with Cheese

A simple porridge made from oatmeal and grated cheese, optionally finished with milk, gravy, or sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Cheese and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,426 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Oatmeal Porridge with Cheese

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook oatmeal in water according to package instructions.

  2. While the porridge is still hot, stir in grated cheese.

  3. If desired, add a little milk, gravy, or sauce after mixing in the cheese.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cheese + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Oatmeal
Absorbs water and its starch thickens as it cooks, giving the porridge its body.
Grated cheese
Melts into the hot porridge, adding fat, creaminess and savory flavor.

The step that matters

Stirring in the cheese while the porridge is hot. Heat melts the cheese so it blends smoothly. If the porridge is too hot, especially boiling, the cheese proteins can tighten and turn stringy or grainy, so stir it in gently once the cooking is done.

“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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