porridge

Porridge is the most wonderful healthy breakfast followed by a banana...
It must be Scotts, one cup of porridge,one cup of milk (blue top)one cup of water heated to a thickish consistancy,stirred in a non stick saucepan with a wooden spoon and the most important ingredient a desert spoon of runny honey......orgasmic.
This start to the day makes all things possible

 

[size=medium]Porridge ! I can't even hear that word without trembling !
In another world, when I was a young Nurse on night duty, it was my job to make the porridge in the morning and serve it for breakfast. There was no time to stand about stirring porridge pots. I put it on about 5am and it looked after itself 'til breakfast time. There was invariably about 2" of superglue stuck to the bottom of the pot.
It was also my job to clean that pot every morning [/size]

[size=medium]One morning as I was whizzing to the ward with the trolley with the porridge pot I took a corner too fast and the pot went flying off the trolley[/size]:DOH:[size=medium] The porridge went all over and down the back of a hot radiator [/size] [size=medium]Since I had made the mess I was nominated to clean it at the end of my shift. I was still cleaning that manky radiator at lunch time [/size]

 

And there was me thinking that we'd get all sorts of expert advice from you, Alice. I wondered whether Miraflores was asking for trouble when she asked a 'Rose of England' to help her. I always think of porridge oats as a Scots dish!

I haven't made porridge for a while but I used to microwave it (instructions of Quaker oats boxes, I seem to remember) which seemed to work quite well. I love it, but only with loads of brown sugar on the top ..... which makes it less than healthy, I suppose.

 

[size=large]The expression was rather meant like "somebody local" (as opposed to Italy for example) more than anything else![/size]

 

I'm sure the porridge will be fine, as long as the weevils haven't got in it.

 

.. and the best advise you get is from a Finn.. :WINK1: No disrespect to anyone who (how shall I put it nicely...) "likes to eat sweet things", it's perfectly all right. I'm sure it's quite nice. Just that the Real People eat Real Stuff, like salty porridge with a butter eye. *GRRH* [size=x-small]Sorry, got just a bit carried away here... [/size]

Actually, there is an invention called the porridge pan. It has a lower pan which is filled with water, the actual cooking pan sits on top of it. The result is that the maximum temperature the upper pan gets is around 100 Celsius, which in turn means no burnt porridge (sauce, etc).

Another old- new comeback is the "haybox". It is in principle just a well insulated box where you leave the thoroughly heated pot to simmer. Basic idea is to mix oats and boiling liquid in the evening, put into the haybox and all is done by the next morning. Somebody also tried this with a thermal flask with good results, might work?

 

Thats a good method Reminds me of a song.

You give me weevils, weevils when you hold me tight.

Weevils, in the morning, weevils all through the night, you give me weevils.
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I use a haybox for cooking dried beans Selleri, saves a lot of gas

 

[size=large]Oh yes, Selleri, that could prove to be a great idea, a sort of "bain-marie" definitely would not burn it. I will try it![/size]

 

[size=large]I have cooked some porridge today in the steam cooker and I am so pleased with the results. [/size]

[size=large]It became a sticky rubbery texture (more solid than when cooked on the hob) that we all like . When serving I have added brown sugar, a little cold milk and a few raisins. Brilliant![/size]

 

Hi, i've had my porridge this morning - microwaved in 2 minutes and a nice blob of raspberry jam in the midde and with the nice warm glow and full of energy, i've been out in the rain to check the oil on the car! Only a couple of months ago, porridge got me through digging my car out daily with all the snow. It's great!

 

That's just the beginning, Pixie, try my suggestion of salt and butter and you'll see... Soon you'll have the energy to take over an insconspucious nation or something... Did I mention, BTW, that my proud, 5 million Nation currently (watch this space) occupying larger area than the UK actually had a colony in the Pacific around 1930, all thanks to porridge?

sorry, got carried away again... But even for a "smart casual 37.5 hours a week"- person The Thing in the morning works. Filling, easy to get down before dawn, cheap, simple. Beats cereals any time.
(I must admit that English Breakfast is on top of my wants list but if you only have 10 minutes to both cook and eat your breakfast, porridge it is. )