Ingredients

• approximately one pint skim-milk
• one tablespoonful oatmeal
• a little cold water
• a pinch of salt

Method

• Pour the skim-milk into a saucepan and bring it to the boil.
• Blend the oatmeal with cold water and pour it into the milk when boiling.
• Add a little salt, stir and bring it back to the boil.

A dish served for breakfast or supper, usually.

Rhydlewis, Cardiganshire.

Known as potes llaeth in Anglesey, it was served with pieces of bread broken into it.

Llanfachraeth, Anglesey.

Twym llaeth was the name given to the same dish in parts of Carmarthenshire.

Caeo, Carmarthenshire.