To Cook Oatmeal
Ingredients
Directions
In the top of a double boiler, bring 1 quart of water and 1 teaspoon of salt to a boil.
Stir in 1½ cups of oatmeal thoroughly.
Place the top boiler over the boiling water in the lower boiler and cook for 1 hour.
Keep a kettle of boiling water ready to add to the lower boiler as needed.
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
- Provides the starch that thickens the water into a porridge as it cooks.
The step that matters
Stirring the oatmeal in thoroughly. Oatmeal dropped into hot water can clump, and dry pockets stay hard while the outside becomes gluey. Thorough stirring spreads the grains evenly so they hydrate and thicken uniformly.
“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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