Oatmeal Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the water in a saucepan.
Stir in the oats once the water is boiling.
Place the saucepan on the side of the stove on an asbestos mat.
Stir occasionally to prevent burning.
For thinner porridge, use 1 cup of oats to 1 pint of water.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Oats
- Absorb the water and swell, thickening the porridge as their starch gelatinizes.
- Water
- Hydrates the oat starch and softens the oats as they cook into porridge.
The step that matters
Stir occasionally to prevent burning. Oats and their starch settle to the bottom of the pan and can scorch or stick while the porridge thickens. Regular stirring keeps them suspended and heat evenly distributed.
“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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