What *IS* porridge? and have you ever actually had any?

[underpants]

I was thinking about this the other day as I was reading to my daughter.Porridge has been in my life for as long as I can remember but I have never actually seen any.

:shrug:

[TZ]

1. For that matter...

What the heck is "curds and whey?"

[Gormy Cuss]

12. It's the stuff used to frighten away evil vegan spirits on Halloween.

sorta like this stuff:


;)

[DS1]

2. think of it as oatmeal

[underpants]

9. googled "porridge"

[Mutley]

3. I always pictured porridge as looking like oatmeal.

No basis for that. Just the way my brain worked. :P

[Lars39]

4. Cream of wheat maybe?

[SmokingJacket]

5. It is oatmeal.

When it's uncooked, it's oatmeal. When it's cooked, it's porridge.

That's from the British Isles side of the family...

[underpants]

7. Oh

thank you

you changed my life

[Parche]

6. Run Porridge Run

Dont you remember the Porridge Family?

They had that TV show in the late 60's early 70's???

:rofl: :rofl::rofl: :hi:

[lost-in-nj]

8. porridge

from WIKI:
Porridge, or porage, is a simple dish made by boiling oats (normally crushed oats, occasionally oatmeal) or another cereal in water, milk, or both. Dishes made from cornmeal to which boiling water is added are a variant of porridge, though these are more often described by regional/national variant names such as polenta and grits and are prepared and served according to special regional traditions. Oat and semolina porridge are the most popular varieties in many countries, other cereals used for porridge include rice, wheat, barley, and cornmeal.



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lost

[Chan790]

10. A porridge is a type of food...not a specific dish.

It's grain boiled in water until a thick consistency is reached...ie. a hot cereal. Oatmeal is a porridge. So is grits. Cream of Wheat. etc.

The most common are oat porridge and semolina porridge.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. yeah that. also yes, i used to eat porridge as a child. as an adult i eat the same thing and call it

oatmeal