I think the only time I’ve seen or heard about porridge was in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. As far as I know I’ve never eaten it or been anywhere or been with anybody who has served it. I looked in our local supermarket and they don’t carry it.
It seems like it is popular across the pond in England, Now I live in southeast PA and I’m wondering,is porridge a regional thing in the states? Or maybe I should get out more?
thanks
If you’ve ever eaten oatmeal, you’ve had oat porridge.
Porridge.
Screw it; eat scrapple, instead.
Pease porridge is also heard in nursery rhymes and that’s just a thick pea soup, with ham or bacon added, just like most of the canned pea soups in supermarkets.
Back in the cereal aisle, Cream of Wheat used to be a popular alternative to oatmeal, and that is also a type of porridge. It’s still around, and has been for a century. Yes, that’s a real ad. Almost all advertising featuring black characters was that racist. Check out Aunt Jemima.
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Had porridge for brekkie this morning (in Merrie Olde England, mind you)
What have we done to you, that you should wish such horror upon us?
Oh, that’s cold. Or, too hot? ::Sigh:: Probably just right.
Porridge is great. I have it with chopped up apples, raisins, blueberries, and just a dash of maple syrup. It’s healthy, easy, cheap, and it tastes great. It’s basically the perfect breakfast.
Here in England, I like porridge with milk and a little sugar.
In Scotland it’s popular to have it with salt. :eek:
Depending on how you want to interpret the definition, porridge can also include farina (aka cream of wheat/rice), grits and even polenta.
Posts #2 and #4 do interpret it that way.
I used to work at Quaker Oats, as the market research manager on Quaker Oatmeal. We were once in suburban Philadelphia, conducting focus groups with people who enjoyed oatmeal.
In one of the groups, we had two very husky men, both of whom mentioned that they also enjoyed scrapple at breakfast. Not being from that area, we weren’t familiar with what scrapple was, and so, we asked them. One of the big guys grinned, and said, “it’s everything from the pig but the oink!”
Ok so what nutter advocates eating pea soup that’s been sitting in the bloody pot for 9 days?
The trouble with oatmeal is that the package directions call for seriously overcooking it, and no wonder kids hate it… Add the oats (never use instant) to boiling water, keep it on very high heat, and stir constantly until too thick to stir. Serve it al-dente with brown sugar and sour cream. The cooking water could have raisins plumped in it, with a good dose of spices like nuytmeg and cinnamon and cloves and allspice. It’s really good if cooked in apple juice instead of water.
Yep. And it’s good!
You may find it labeled something like “whole grain cereal.”
It’s interesting that we (US-ians) don’t use the generic term. We say ‘oatmeal’ or ‘Cream of Wheat’ (brand name, rather than ‘farina’), ‘mush’ or ‘corn mush’, etc. Mrs. L.A. gets irritated at me for using specific names for things. But if I started saying ‘porridge’ instead of a specific kind of porridge, she’d be irritated.
Oats are the food of the gods.
There’s nought so grateful to the eye nor stomach as fine old parritch.
We tend to call it “hot cereal” in the US these days. Oatmeal and Malt-o-Meal are both “porridge” as is any other grain boiled in water, like rice or barley or grits.
Oh, here’s a list.
