Oatmeal Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
In a pot, bring 1 quart of water to a boil and add ¼ teaspoon of salt.
Gradually sprinkle in 2 large handfuls of coarse oatmeal while stirring continuously to prevent lumps.
Cook and serve
Allow the mixture to simmer gently for 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally until thickened.
Serve hot with milk.
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
- Coarse oatmeal
- Its starch swells and gelatinizes in hot water, thickening the liquid into porridge.
- Water
- Hydrates the oats so their starch can swell and soften during simmering.
The step that matters
Sprinkling in the oatmeal while stirring. Dry oats added to hot water clump quickly when the outer starch gels before the inside hydrates. Adding them gradually while stirring keeps the grains separated so they hydrate 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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