# Your porridge, farina or oatmeal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134 "2013-11-30T13:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/41 "2013-12-04T01:24:01Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > This. I can’t vote in a poll that lists grits (divine) in the same option as Cream of Wheat (nasty). I voted oatmeal - fresh organic oats which I eat in hot milk with some nuts and Stevia in winter - but grits are awesome and Cream of Wheat is horrible library paste. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/42 "2013-12-04T01:27:52Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > So, did any of the oatmeal fans come to oatmeal as an adult, vs. being raised with it? > So did anyone come to rolled oatmeal porridge first long after childhood and loves it anyway? I missed this. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/43 "2013-12-04T02:19:16Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > This. I can’t vote in a poll that lists grits (divine) in the same option as Cream of Wheat (nasty). Now this is fascinating to me… Granted one is wheat the other corn and the grit is slightly larger with the corn… But they’re awfully similar for you to find such a wide difference… What is it about cream of wheat that you think is nasty? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/44 "2013-12-04T02:20:32Z")
By the way, any of the grits/mush crowd ever tried chilling it, slicing, then frying it crisp? Absolutely heavenly… ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/45 "2013-12-04T02:37:31Z")
It’s a tossup. Oatmeal is good as long as it’s not too slimy. Cream of rice is the sheeeit. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/46 "2013-12-04T03:45:02Z")
I like oatmeal, with Cream of Wheat a close second. Oddly, the reason I liked CoW as a kid was “A Wrinkle In Time” - I was sure that it’s what Charles Wallace was on about when he said everything tasted like sand. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/47 "2013-12-04T05:03:25Z")
Quaker regular oats for me but Cream of Wheat is okay. When I was growing up it was either one. I make the oatmeal with a minimum of (skim) milk because I like it to have some texture as opposed to being more soupy. I did buy some Cream of Wheat a few years ago. It wasn’t quite the same, though, because when I was a kid we’d have it with actual cream added, and I never have cream around now. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/48 "2013-12-04T06:18:09Z")
Cream of wheat is my favorite. I want it cooked in milk (1 cup milk, 1 cup water). I’ve tried it cooked only in water and there’s just no taste. Raisins and 1 tablespoon honey. Oatmeal is ok. I don’t want it very often. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/49 "2013-12-04T06:51:55Z")
Oatmeal … with peanut butter and raisins in it. Cream of Wheat, etc., no thank you. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/50 "2013-12-04T20:44:31Z")
Steel-cut oats are the top tier, followed by standard grits. Normal oatmeal and cream-of-wheat / farina are second tier. Anything with “Instant” in the name is garbage. All of the above (except grits) with a splash of cream or whole milk and a couple spoons of dark brown sugar. For grits, it’s butter and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134/51 "2013-12-04T22:05:02Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > That’s definitely a Catch 22: If you need coffee, you are incapable of making coffee and vice versa. My only response is to note that timer programmable coffee makers do exist. The down side is that leaving ground coffee sitting out overnight—unlike oatmeal—will impair its flavor. So I had to revisit this comment. This morning, I got to the office and made a pot of coffee. I thought everything was fine until I heard lots of hissing and popping and realized I’d put everything in the machine… :smack: … except the pot. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-porridge-farina-or-oatmeal/675134.md?page=2)