Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients

• three pints of boiling water
• half a table-spoonful of salt
• one cupful of coarse oatmeal

Method

1. 1

   Boil water and salt, gradually stir in oatmeal.

2. 2

   Boil for five minutes, then transfer to a deep bowl.

3. 3

   Bake in a pan of boiling water for two to three hours.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 302. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Oatmeal. Opinions vary as to the manner in which oatmeal should be cooked. In Scotland and Ireland, where oat- meal is a staple article of diet, the method of cooking what is there termed porridge, and what we call mush, is generally the same. This is not the case in America. In the old countries the meal always is sprinkled gradu- ally into the boiling water ; the mush being stirred con- stantly. Then it is cooked for an hour or more, being placed where it will boil gently all the time, and being stirred frequently. The people of Scotland and Ireland keep smooth iron pots for the special purpose of cooking oatmeal. These pots usually have feet, diminishing the danger of burning. This kind of pot is in common use in the South, where hominy is cooked in much the same way that oatmeal is cooked in Scotland. Hominy is as important in the South as oatmeal is in Scotland. By cooking oatmeal in the manner described, one ob- tains a sweetness and richness not found in oatmeal that has been cooked in a double-boiler. But the necessary stirring breaks the grains, and the dish may be properly 37 578 MISS PARLOA'S KITCHEN COMPANION. called mush. Now, if the grains be desired to remain whole, there should be no stirring after the first ten minutes' boiling. In baking oatmeal, you may get every grain well cooked, but whole. Put three pints of boiling water and half a table- spoonful of salt into a stew-pan, and place the pan on the fire. Gradually stir into the water one cupful of coarse oatmeal

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