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Oatmeal Mush

A simple porridge made by boiling water, oatmeal, and coarse sea salt for two hours.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil in a saucepan.

  2. Stir in 1 cup of oatmeal and let it boil for 1 hour.

  3. Add ½ tablespoon of coarse sea salt and boil for 1 more hour, stirring often.

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

Oatmeal
Its starch thickens the boiling water into a porridge as the grains soften and release it.
Water
Acts as the cooking liquid that hydrates the oats and carries their flavour and starch.

The step that matters

Stirring during the second hour. Oatmeal starch settles and scorches on the bottom of the pan as it 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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