To Make Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Put oatmeal in a pan and moisten with cold water, rubbing until smooth.
Stir in boiling water and bring to a boil.
Cover and simmer gently for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add salt 10 minutes before serving.
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 that thickens the water into a creamy porridge as it cooks.
The step that matters
Simmering gently while stirring. Starch grains in oatmeal swell and gelatinize as they absorb water and heat. Boiling hard or leaving it unstirred can scorch the bottom and make the texture uneven.
“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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