Oatmeal

Original Recipe

Soak one cup of oatmeal in a quart of water over night, boil half an hour in the morning, salted to taste. It is better to cook it in a dish set into a dish of boiling water.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup of oatmeal in a quart of water over night
  • 1 dish set into a dish of boiling water

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Soak one cup of oatmeal in a quart of water over night, boil half an hour in the morning, salted to taste.

  2. 2

    It is better to cook it in a dish set into a dish of boiling water.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)