Coarse cereals, like rice and hominy, should be cooked in a large quantity of water, and stirred as little as possible.
Fine cereals, like wheatena, wheat germ, and others, are more easily kept from lumping by first mixing them with a small amount of cold water, and then adding to the boiling water.
Rolled Oats
- 1 cup rolled oats
1-¾ cups boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients, and cook in double boiler thirty minutes to one hour.
Old-fashioned Oatmeal
- 1 cup oatmeal
4 cups boiling water
1½ teaspoons salt
Mix ingredients, and cook in double boiler six to eight hours.