Oat-meal Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the oat-meal with a little cold water to form a smooth paste.
Pour the paste into 1 pint of boiling water.
Let it boil for 30 minutes.
Sweeten to taste and serve with toast.
Add a little salt if desired.
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
- Oat-meal
- Oatmeal swells and thickens in boiling water, giving the gruel its body and texture.
The step that matters
Make a smooth paste before adding the boiling water. Stirring the oatmeal into cold water first separates the grains so they hydrate evenly. Adding dry oatmeal straight to boiling water tends to form lumps that stay dry in the center.
“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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