Oatmeal Mush
Ingredients
Directions
Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil in a saucepan.
Stir in 1 cup of oatmeal and let it boil for 1 hour.
Add ½ tablespoon of coarse sea salt and boil for 1 more hour, stirring often.
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
- Oatmeal
- Its starch thickens the boiling water into a creamy, porridge-like texture as it cooks.
- Water
- Acts as the cooking liquid that hydrates the oats and carries their starch into a smooth porridge.
The step that matters
Stirring during the second hour. Oats settle and scorch on the bottom of the pot as starch thickens, so frequent stirring keeps the porridge smooth and prevents a burnt taste.
“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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