What is about lovey oaty porridge.....

Porridge is so wonderful isn't it? I have it almost every morning, all year round. Usually I add a bit of chopped banana and a sprinkle of dried fruit. Sometimes I vary it by adding a bit of leftovers, e.g. a spoonful of apple sauce, a bit of leftover fruit crumble, or some sweet mincemeat, even a bit of crumbled Christmas cake. For speed I usually have to cook it in the microwave but agree it's much tastier when done on the stove. I have fondest memories of my childhood, with my father putting it in the Rayburn (like an Aga) the night before and leaving it to cook slowly overnight - I can never get it to taste that good.

One measuring cup of rolled oats to three cups skim milk . Thirteen minutes on the lowest microwave power and add raisins and flaked almonds or cream and syrup on dreary days . Keeps me full up and just enough time to empty the dishwasher.

Eating mine now! Very thick topped with solid honey, kept to one side so as not to melt all over porridge! (Don't like it sloppy! Bit like life really ) Has to be cooked in a pan tho'
Sains. organic in a plastic bag but prefer Jordans when I can get it.

Love porridge for breakfast. I make mine with half water, half skimmed milk, and add some fruit, before finally a spot of manuka honey, bliss.

It has to be Jordans Chunky Traditional with milk for me cooked in the microwave until it is lovely and gloopy and then I add whatever I feel like that day - nuts, dried fruit, seeds, syrup or demerara sugar. I have a big bowlful for lunch when I feel like comfort food.

Make mine with some dried fruit in it. Thus adding one of my five a day. Buy it in a 1kg plastic bag as I am not susceptible to marketing with men in kilts etc. Verdict is that the waitrose plastic bag porridge is nicer than the Tesco or Asda plastic bag kind, but only a small difference.
It's amazing all the fancy ways they are selling porridge these days at a huge markup. And the waste of a lot of individual packaging.

DH makes the porridge in our house. He uses porridge oats and half milk half water but he insists it has to be done on the hob and not in the microwave. "As it tastes better"

In Russia I am sure I had porridge with soaked raisins. Think they were alcoholic also. My hushand only has salt and milk on his porridge.
Tried to make proper Irish milled oats porridge but nothing made it edible so I stick to porridge oats microwaved.

I was going to say that I bought a big bag of oats from a well known health food shop. Only cost a couple of euro and lasts for ages. I make mine with 25g oats and 300ml milk (semi skimmed) and a pinch of salt. Takes about 3-4 mins in microwave, but I stop it to give it a stir every so often or it overflows.

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have the same effect on me as it does on jings !

As long as they don't come out sounding like bagpipes jingle. Actually, no, strike that. I love the sound of bagpipes.

That's this thread killed then.

It makes me do jolly woofters. But - hey!

Scottish dancing friend of mine used to have a bowl of porridge before a dance evening.

soop! You go and eat loads of it! Whenever you feel like it. Ok?

I have porridge every morning and I cook it in the microwave. Usually I have a spoonful of honey but for a change I bought some frozen mixed berries. Now I'm not sure whether to put them into the porridge frozen so that they warm up and thaw during their time in the microwave or do I thaw them overnight and put them on to the hot porridge after I've cooked it.

As an afterthought maybe I put them thawed on top of the porridge and then microwave it.

I'm sure someone will help me out here otherwise it's trial and error.

Yes...stop it...

stop it stop it

Mmmmm.......

A handful of porridge oats in a bowl,add water and into the microwave till it fluffs right up. Then golden syrup and a dash of milk. Comfort in a bowl.

annodomini I could not agree more. I hate it for similar reasons. It was forced on me at school.

Feetlebaum proper DIY porridge is not difficult or time consuming. 1 cup of oatmeal (not porridge oats) 1.5 cups of water, stir, cover bowl and give 5 minutes in the microwave last thing at night while taking pills. In the morning add 1.5 cups of milk, stir, another 5 minutes in microwave while making coffee - ready and delicious. Salt for me, something sweet for DH on low salt diet.

I find that rolled oats or instant produces a gloopy result whereas real oatmeal, especially if slightly toasted, makes porridge with a bit of bite to it.

First time I had porridge was in a big tent smelling of canvas, in a wet Welsh field. Was at Girl Guide camp. Loved it from then onwards.

Feetle Don't bother with soaking raw oatmeal! You would never keep that up.

Feetlebaum At weekends and Christmas I have the Jordan's jumbo oats done in the micro. Weekdays (winter) I have one and a half bags of oatsosimple. Plain, but I add tip of teasp golden syrup.

. Waste not, want not!