[Sca-cooks] oatmeal/hot cereal?

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

a bit more research suggests that if I take "scottish oats" from the local health food store and add them to the proper amt 
of boiling water (maybe with a pat of butter for fun) and pull the pot off the fire, clamping on the lid, the heat of the pot 
should keep them cooking enough to finish them (about 20 min). Stir in dried fruit, nuts, sugar, heavy cream, whatever and 
enjoy.

that's all theoretical, of course, but it seems like it might work. I'm also very curious to compare this to the period 
recipes for cereal dishes I've seen...

--AM

On Wed Jun 21 16:22 , "Kirsten Houseknecht"  sent:

>you should be able to do almost any kind of oatmeal, but set it near. not
>in.. the fire.
>i cooked porridge once "on the fire"......
>i put barley, and rice, and lentils in water to "soak" and forgot them
>overnight.
>they were next to the fire pit.
>they were cooked in the morning
>Kirsten Houseknecht
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>From: "Anne-Marie Rousseau" dailleurs at liripipe.com>
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>Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:01 PM
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] oatmeal/hot cereal?
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>> hi!
>>
>> has anyone had success making oatmeal/hot cereal on the fire? I'm hoping
>to find a
>> method that involves real oats (not the rolled kind, etc) that I can start
>a fire,
>> set it burbling and ignore for a bit while I chop up dried fruit, etc
>>
>> 1. what kind of oats/grains did you use?
>> 2. what were your favorite add ins?
>> 3. I remember vaguly a recipe for a hot cereal dish from le menagier?
>maybe? anyone
>> have access to their books who can look it up?
>>
>> bascially I'm looking for an easy breakfast dish to do during a weeklong
>re-
>> enactment event. the rest of camp may be happy living off smoked fish,
>hard boiled
>> eggs and such but me, I needs me some fiber ;)
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> --Anne-Marie
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