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Hi Denis

 DM> Quick-cook porridge

Are you talking about "Instant" oats or "Quick" oats?

 DM> Can I substitute milk for the water?

You can certainly do a 50/50 mixture without difficulty.

 DM> But it seems to me that ground or rolled oats need
 DM> to absorb a certain amount of liquid.

Steel cut pinhead oatmeal and old fashioned rolled oats are raw
grains and need 25-30 minutes of simmering in a pot on the stovetop.
You need 3-4 cups of water for each cup of oats. 25 minutes and 3
cups of water yields chewy oats; 4 cups of water and 30 minutes
or more makes for creamy soft oats.

Quick oats have been steamed and then dried so they only need to be
cooked 3-5 minutes. You need just 2 cups of water for each cup of
oats. 

Instant oats only need to steep in boiling hot water for 1-2
minutes. 1 cup of water is enough for 1 cup of cereal.

I prefer pinhead oatmeal to the others; it's worth being patient
for it to cook! It has a chewy texture and a grainy, nutty taste.

 DM> дет ориджин. (2:5064/54.1315)

You are somewhere in Russia?

Cheers

Jim in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.



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