See, if mom made stuffed peppers or pigs in the blanket, or if Dad made LaChoy, we could always look forward to warm rice porridge with milk, butter, and sugar cinnamon, reheated in the microwave before school, the next morning… One of my favorite breakfasts.
Steel cut oats with a light dusting of sugar and some fruit.
Cream of Rice with sugar and some flavouring.
Coco Wheats plain! No sugar.
Cream of Wheat makes me feel like I’m eating grit. Not like grits, but grit, like when you’re walking by the side of the road on a dry day and a truck whooshes by and next time you swallow you taste grit. Nasty.
Instant oatmeal if it’s strawberry and cream flavoured.
I had NO IDEA I wasn’t the only person in the world who loves leftover rice, milk and sugar!
Yep. I buy about one box a year. It’s hard to find outside of the Great Lakes region, though.
Cornmeal mush is great. I like it better sliced and fried, with maple syrup. They used to sell it in blocks, like Velveeta, ready to slice and fry. I miss it.
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Fried mush is pretty easy to make from scratch too. Just make a double batch of mush and put half of it into a greased loaf pan. Refrigerate and slice it up to fry for supper or breakfast the next morning. Like you, I like it with maple syrup. Cane syrup is good too, but that’s a rare treat (damn Type II diabetes ).
I love all kinds of porridge (sweet, that is) - oats, wheat, maize. But my absolute favourite is malted sorghum porridge (Maltabella). There’s nothing else like it.