# Porridge: Oats, farina (Cream of Wheat), or corn (grits)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porridge-oats-farina-cream-of-wheat-or-corn-grits/617394>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 31, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porridge-oats-farina-cream-of-wheat-or-corn-grits/617394 "2012-03-31T16:29:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porridge-oats-farina-cream-of-wheat-or-corn-grits/617394/41 "2012-04-02T13:22:32Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> My answer is none of the above: I prefer Malt-O-Meal, which is a combination of malt and **farina**

Malt-O-Meal counts. 😉

(But I didn’t care for it as much as a kid – even the chocolate kind.)

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porridge-oats-farina-cream-of-wheat-or-corn-grits/617394/42 "2012-04-02T15:12:08Z")

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I put oats, but actually my all time favorites is Bob’s Red Mill 7 Grain cereal mix --wheat, rye, oats, triticale, barley, brown rice, oat bran and flaxseed. I get it at our local health food store, although I have seen it in infrequent trips to Whole Foods. Very filling and yummy.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porridge-oats-farina-cream-of-wheat-or-corn-grits/617394/43 "2012-04-02T15:31:38Z")

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> [@limegreen](#):
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> I put oats, but actually my all time favorites is Bob’s Red Mill 7 Grain cereal mix --wheat, rye, oats, triticale, barley, brown rice, oat bran and flaxseed. I get it at our local health food store, although I have seen it in infrequent trips to Whole Foods. Very filling and yummy.

I’d never heard of it before, but I just three days ago bought a bag of the 10-grain version–contains the 7-grain ingredients plus corn, soy, and millet–at my local grocery store. (I was actually looking for Roman Meal cereal, which they didn’t have.) I haven’t tried it as cereal yet; I bought it to make pancakes with.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porridge-oats-farina-cream-of-wheat-or-corn-grits/617394/44 "2012-04-02T15:48:55Z")

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Voted for oats - steel cut of course.  
I think I’m going to have to find a semolina pudding recipe.  
I love a sweet cornbread the next morning on a cold day with warm milk.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porridge-oats-farina-cream-of-wheat-or-corn-grits/617394/45 "2012-04-02T21:05:46Z")

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All of them. I love all of them. When we were little, we used to have Maypo, and I found it on the store shelves again a few years ago, but of course it wasn’t the same.

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