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Oatmeal Porridge

A simple hot dish made from oatmeal, salt, and cold water, cooked until thickened.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Oatmeal Porridge

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Mix the oatmeal and salt in a bowl.

  2. Pour in the cold water.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened.

  2. Serve warm.

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 oatmeal
Its starch absorbs the water and swells as it heats, thickening the porridge.

The step that matters

Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Oat starch thickens as it heats in water. Stirring keeps the oats from settling and scorching on the base while the mixture thickens evenly.

“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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