Oativeeal Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Boil water in a saucepan with a little salt.
Stir in oatmeal until it reaches a proper thickness.
Let it boil for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pour into a dish and serve with cream or milk.
Optionally, serve with porter and sugar or ale and sugar.
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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