what do you like on your porridge?

[dan gulberry]

Me, I like cashew nut butter. mmmmmmmm.

[V Knid esq]

Soft brown sugar, and milk.

[dan gulberry]

mmm, that sounds nice. I'm knew to this porridge thing.

Ever tried cooking it with half water/ half soya milk. I did; twas lush.

dg

[tsr_tomas]

i like to mixdown half a apple and add sugar, cinnamon and milk afterwards.

[dan gulberry]

tsr-tomas, you are a connoisseur!

[Orang Utan]

My mum likes it with salt and water - but she's Scottish and comes from a Presbytarian background - they won't let people enjoy even their breakfasts.

[scott confusion]

My da used to make it with salt n water.. But i prefer it with milk n brown sugar.

[invisibleplanet]

i'm a sassenach: soft brown sugar and gold top milk on organic oats. it has to be organic oats (cooked 1 cup oats, 2 cups water for two servings)...no other oats will do.

[cut out]

off-topic, but d'ya see that 'fat farm' program the other night where some lady eat a deep fried mars bar, with salt and vinegar - and ketchup?

damn sick.

[tsr_tomas]

Originally posted by dan gulberry
tsr-tomas, you are a connoisseur!


öhm , connoisseur?

[lucid rinehead]

milk and salt

[Lady E]

normal breakfast: organic oats cooked with semi-skimmed milk

special breakfast: the above with swirl of cream on top + some kind of syrup - possibly maple...or brown sugar sprinkled liberally. YUM!

[scott confusion]

In coatbridge near glasgow they sell buckfast black pudding and deep fried mars bars.. fekkin mingin! 8-()

[mr.lizard]

salt on porridge is strictly for the hardcore. i hope to wean myself onto that eventually.

right now maple syrup and milk does it for me...

[V Knid esq]

But you have to add a pinch of salt when you make it, even if you sweeten it later - it makes the flavour come alive!

[mr.lizard]

oh.

i never make it, you see. my girlfriend does. she's scottish, and has a GCSE in Porridgemaking and Dour Pessimism.

[Orang Utan]

I have it everyday for me breakfast at work but I can only do it in the microwave - I add just milk and then brown sugar on top.
I will try it with maple syrup though.

[Orang Utan]

Is it true they do deep-fried cream eggs at Easter?
I have also heard of deep-fried Curly Wurlys.

[lucid rinehead]

Originally posted by scott confusion
In coatbridge near glasgow they sell buckfast black pudding and deep fried mars bars.. fekkin mingin! 8-()

i was in asda in coatbridge the other day and there was a nun at the door with a ghetto blaster playing a bluegrass version of 'oh when the saints' with wee kids singing along. i creased myself.

btw, the deep fried mars bar was invented at the bervie chipper in stonehaven, about 15mins from where i grew up.

[eclairfi]

i love porridge , if its fine oats then i like it with a lump of jam or if its lumpy course porridge then with brown sugar and creamy milk ...its nice with honey too

[eclairfi]

Originally posted by lucid rinehead


btw, the deep fried mars bar was invented at the bervie chipper in stonehaven, about 15mins from where i grew up.

cheers for the knowledge, learn something new everyday.... my great great granny was a stonehaven fishwife... i like this fact :)

[grobelaar]

OK folks here's the lowdown - not just organic oats - but Jordan's Organic Oats - these are seriously the best porridge oats available easily - trust me I've tried them all in a quest to find the best... Jordan's do some slow steam process that gives them super chewy flavour. They also make super-kickass chewy flapjack, ones you can really get your teeth into...

As to cooking generally most of the creaminess comes from the oats - you don't need much milk at all a bit of milk just give it a slightly nicer texture - pure water porridge is a little glue-like, remeniscent of wall-paper paste (but still creamy). Half milk, half water is about the maximum you need milkwise - I suggest trying less milk... but dare I say it, its down to personal taste - I wouldn't want to come across as a porridge fascist.

Any road - I currently have honey and a splash of milk - although its just occurred to me that make a splash of gold top or even cream may just be a trick - will try it tomorrow... Yeah, yeah I know what I said about the creaminess coming from the oats - but porridge is as much about the mixing that bit of cold milk in after it has cooked - so the porridge forms into this big porridge burger float in milk...

Then intermittently intersperse it with the odd bit of fruit...

raisins (thrown in for the last few minutes of cooking,.
Chunks of bananas.

Someone scottish recommend making it with just water and the sprinking cinnamon and/or nutmeg and brown sugar, which is nice occasional,

Essentially I have an armoury of things to spice the porridge up with, make it different each day... (I think I may have thought about porridge a bit too much...)

my dad used to put Condensed milk on his - but that's a bit attack of the rationing days and full-on sugar rush...

Of course just salt if you wanna pretend you're living like Rob Roy, taking refuge in the highlands while being hunted by those English scum bastards....

[eclairfi]

i agree with you on the jordan's oats .......i work in a health food shop so we sell alot of different oats and these are the best selling ones and by far the nicest

[scott confusion]

I find it hard to eat breakfast.. but porridge is perfect in the micro with milk and my flatmates brown sugar.

[grobelaar]

Originally posted by scott confusion
I find it hard to eat breakfast.. but porridge is perfect in the micro with milk and my flatmates brown sugar.

If you are microwaving I reccomend putting the best onto medium power to get the slow cook effect...

When I was in the Scouts I saw some outdoors type book, it may even be the SAS Survival Handbook, but it had this handy tip for porridge, essentially mix up your milk and porridge oats - pour into container, seal, pack around with straw, stick in wooden box. Go on big hike - presumable attack enemies, beat of mutant post nuclear types etc etc...

Then sit down and enjoy nice warming bowl of porridge, apparently the stuff cooks off inside the insulated straw box...

[Me?]

Condensed milk on porridge, that sounds divine, dont know why I never thought of that as they are 2 of my favourite things :)

[emef]

eeewwwwah condensed milk reminds me of my grandad
only surpassed by steralised milk in its ralph factor :)

semi skimmed and white sugar on mine

[FiST]

Originally posted by lucid rinehead



btw, the deep fried mars bar was invented at the bervie chipper in stonehaven, about 15mins from where i grew up.

no it was invented in falkirk, that's why i moved to glasgow, cos it's healthier thru here.

[Daddys Girl]

I don't actually like Porridge, but it used to smell kinda lovely when my Dad would make it in the mornings - sounds weird that I've never really liked it then...

He used to make it like V.Knid - simple and sweet.
Guess the closest I came was Weetabix....

D_G ;o)

[emef]

offtopic slightly but shredded wheat with hot milk is my favourite winter breakfast

[bill]

shredded wheat with warm milk is fantastic....bit of brown sugar as well in the mix.
cream of wheat anyone? haven't found it in Germany yet

[lucid rinehead]

Originally posted by FiST


no it was invented in falkirk, that's why i moved to glasgow, cos it's healthier thru here.


lies! its a teuch invention!

i bet every second town in scotland claims to have invented it...i can't personally vouch for the truth of the bervie chipper story, but its quite famous. i probably got it from the P&J [northern scottish paper], so it must be true :D

[Orang Utan]

I'm stunned by the amount of porridge knowledge displayed here - keep it coming!

[Paddy]

Originally posted by grobelaar


If you are microwaving I reccomend putting the best onto medium power to get the slow cook effect...

When I was in the Scouts I saw some outdoors type book, it may even be the SAS Survival Handbook, but it had this handy tip for porridge, essentially mix up your milk and porridge oats - pour into container, seal, pack around with straw, stick in wooden box. Go on big hike - presumable attack enemies, beat of mutant post nuclear types etc etc...

Then sit down and enjoy nice warming bowl of porridge, apparently the stuff cooks off inside the insulated straw box...

thats fuckin hardcore right there grobs!lol

[Paddy]

im personally a fan of grobs's 'porridge burger', as this is how ma mammy used tae cook it fur me. with a wee bit ay milk (cold) and some broon sugar. that tastes braw.

although i do find it rather tasty with apple and cinnamon and all that kinda shit.

[bitch one]

make it with water, plenty salt, a little milk. then add a dessert spoonful of honey. sometimes half a banana, sliced, or some raisins. and a bit of double cream for a treat.

[Mui]

always got to add a bit of milk, then some honey or if we've got some: golden syrup....
I don't really like porridge tho.....I'm a bacon & eggs or pancakes or french toast man myself..

[mr.lizard]

and what of Ready Brek? Is it to porridge what Famous Grouse is to, say, Ardbeg?

[bitch one]

mmm ardbeg. i was drinking that last night. if you want a really big treat i'd put some of that in the porridge too...

[goone]

acid
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[TroyMoyOnions]

Ready brek makes you *glow*

but Ardbeg makes you *glow* more :)

[grobelaar]

I was reading in the tabloids that some ponsey meusli has become all the rage in all the rage in Jamaica. Apparently men eat it every morning with Guinness on and reckon the high fibre gives them extra staying power in bed. They had some geeky Sun reporter testing out with a day of muesli and chatting to some Page 3 bint…

When I was out in the hills me and my mate would have Guinness on our Weetabix in the morning – sets you up for the day good and proper – and well tasty too.

[wheezer]

I discovered plain cheerios a while ago, just skim milk and plain cheerios, bottle of pepsi max on the side cause I'm freaky like that.