Invalid's Porridge

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Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

This may be cooked in a buttered bag alone, or cooked in a dish enveloped in a bag.
Both methods are excellent.
For the first, take a pint of milk and add when boiling enough rolled oats to make a batter;
add salt to taste, and put into a well buttered bag and cook twenty minutes.
If a dish be used, the porridge may be made thinner, and must be cooked longer, about thirty minutes.
If the ordinary medium oatmeal be used, it must be soaked in cold water overnight, in a pie-dish.
Next morning, add as much more water as will be needed, add a little salt.
Put the dish into a greased bag and cook forty-five minutes.
This porridge is not suitable for invalids, but is excellent for children.