No. 9. Oatmeal Porridge for Six Persons.
To five pints of skim or buttermilk, add a couple of onions chopped fine, and set them to boil on the fire; meanwhile, mix six table-spoonfuls of oatmeal with a pint of milk or water very smoothly, pour it into the boiling milk and onions, and stir the porridge[17] on the fire for ten minutes; season with salt to taste.