By Morning Oat Porridge
This recipe actually suggests using leftover Stewed Apples & Prunes (another recipe in the book) as a topping, but since I haven’t made that yet I decided to go with one of their other suggestions: brown sugar and/or cinnamon.
Porridge, according to this cookbook, was a generic term for any boiled grains and would have consisted of oats, wheat, semolina, bulgur, or barley in Tolkien’s day. This particular recipe calls for oats, though.
Step 1: Toast your grains. I actually haven’t done this with other recipes before, and it turned out quite nice. Just melt butter and cook the oats in it for a couple of minutes.
Step 2: Boil the oats. Self-explanatory, but the recipe does call for some salt added in addition to the boiling water. Leave them to simmer about 35 minutes.
Step 3: Add in the milk and cook another 10-12 minutes.
Step 4: Ladle into bowls, top with your topping, and serve!
Taste: 8/10
The recipe calls for “Porridge Oats” which, at least here in LA, are not a thing. I opted for Steel-Cut Oats since they’re most used in porridge/oatmeal.
I thought the oats could have been a bit softer, which means cooking a bit longer. But the taste was pretty good. The brown sugar and cinnamon topping was the best part, of course!
Difficulty: Easy
Very little effort is involved here. If you can work a stove, you’ll be fine. This is not rocket science.
Cost: Cheap-Average
While I’d like to say this is definitely a cheap recipe, it really depends on what you already have in your kitchen and what toppings you choose. I already had butter, steel-cut oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon, so really milk was my only cost.
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