Oatmeal Grits
Ingredients
Directions
Add salt to boiling water.
Sprinkle oatmeal into the water while stirring gently.
Boil steadily for 1 hour, stirring only as needed to prevent sticking.
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
- Fine oatmeal
- Forms the thick body of the porridge as its starch swells and gelatinizes in boiling water.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the oatmeal and carries the heat that cooks and thickens it.
The step that matters
Sprinkle oatmeal into the water while stirring gently. Adding oats slowly while stirring disperses them evenly, so they do not clump into lumps that stay dry inside while the outside overcooks.
“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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