Porridge and crumpets are junk food

It's also the good aspect, too.

The "bad" aspect of pikelets is that most people slather them with butter

Ooh, yes!!

Cooked from scratch for DS, bacon egg etc every morning.
I was lucky to get as much as a crumpet down the DD in the mornings when they were teenagers.

Busy parents all cook from scratch, apparently.

None of that instant stuff.

Mine used to get toast.
Cheap and cheerful.

Oats and milk of any kind (or water) are all you need to make porridge, and it takes the same amount of time in the microwave as a packet of ready-packaged sweetened sludge (mix, stir, zap for 2 minutes, stir again, done). Porridge oats are not hard to get, they're on the same shelves as the ready-sweetened porridge substitutes so beloved of "busy" parents. Porridge is like tea and coffee - if you regularly add sugar (or sweetener), the first time you have it unsweetened it tastes terrible. But after a couple of weeks you get used to it tasting like real porridge (and not like something from the desserts aisle) and if you add even the tiniest bit of sugar it makes you gag! You can sweeten porridge with dried or fresh fruit, and get one of your 5-a-day into the bargain. Porridge is NOT junk food. As for crumpets (called pikelets where I live, btw), one pikelet contains about 95 Kcals, 0.4g of fat, 0.1g of sugar & 0.8g of salt. Also 3g of protein. The "bad" aspect of pikelets is that most people slather them with butter - but if you're a bit more imaginative with what you spread on them and think of them as an occasional treat and not an everyday staple, they'll do your kids no harm at all.

I was brought up having porridge particularly in wintertime made with real oats and milk and cooked on the stove by my mother and I done the same for my own children apparently one of the most healthiest of breakfasts. Crumpets are a bit different as mine are eaten with plenty of butter on with a nice cup of hot tea. I really enjoyed my crumpets this morning bought yesterday from Marks and Spencer. I would not have them everyday just think of the weight increase.

I am surprised to read your comment about porridge and so would the late Dr Michael Mosley who actually encouraged us to eat porridge when he did a programme about what one should eat to keep one’s brain healthy.
I have been having porridge all my life I suppose due to having had two Celtic parents who were very particular how the porridge was cooked, always using the old-fashioned way with oats and no sugar on top instead . I be put seeds on top

It should be up to us what we buy and eat! The gov't are getting too big for their boots!

Eddiecat- I fully agree😅

I'm fed up being told what we can and can't eat
No-one could tell Uncle who loved dripping and lots of sugar in his tea. He lived to over 100.

Ilovedogs22

Allira

They're surely a just a comfy treat once in a while plus they have the nutritional value of a dead badger.

Surely not, Ilovedogs22
Badgers are probably more nutritious than crumpets.
However, sourcing one might prove to be more difficult.

I have heard from a fairly reliable source (husband!) that badger is freely available at a rather posh supermarket near me.
You apparently just have to find
Big Janet & whisper ' Have you a nice bit of badger?' Apparently Janet is always very accommodating when asked! 😚

😁

We sometimes see one crossing the road outside, just have to reverse at speed.

Actually, think I'll stick to crumpets.

On a day that I don't have eggs I have porridge with honey .
I thought that it was a balanced diet .
I had trouble eating eggs today as I was nauseated and had to have porridge .
I'm fed up being told what we can and can't eat .
I very rarely have a crumpet .
Now I'll put them on my shopping list !

I cannot stand porridge oats in any form at all, but I am VERY partial to crumpets - the whiter and thicker, the better. I have two at a time - one grilled with cheese on top and one with jam. But only about once a month. I don't think they will do me much harm if the rest of my diet is reasonable.

I eat porridge nearly every morning for breakfast. I love it and it’s supposed to lower cholesterol.

Allira

^They're surely a just a comfy treat once in a while plus they have the nutritional value of a dead badger.^

Surely not, Ilovedogs22
Badgers are probably more nutritious than crumpets.
However, sourcing one might prove to be more difficult.

I have heard from a fairly reliable source (husband!) that badger is freely available at a rather posh supermarket near me.
You apparently just have to find
Big Janet & whisper ' Have you a nice bit of badger?' Apparently Janet is always very accommodating when asked! 😚

Crumpets aren't better for being more healthy.
Just as a chip sarnie is better on white, sliced bread.

Jaxjacky

I’ve never seen whole meal crumpets?

I've bought multi grain crumpets in Marks and Spencer, they're ok, but not quite as nice as the normal ones and are a bit soft and soggy.

Well, better than being left indoors to make their own breakfast, or go without.
Toast, fruit.

lovingit

I do wonder what the breakfast clubs are going to serve at school now.

Well we know 2 things that won’t be included in the funding.

I do wonder what the breakfast clubs are going to serve at school now.

When I am on holiday in England I have crumpets with loads of butter every morning. I tried eating them once I got home and it just isn't the same. Really is time for another holiday.

Oh, everything's unhealthy, until the tides turn, and a new, more unhealthy food has it's turn.
Are we all still going to work on an egg?

I do like Readybrek

I never buy Readybrek since the DC and then DGC got older. 😇

Witzend

What on earth is wrong with porridge? It’s just oats - unless it’s that sweetened stuff that comes in microwaveable sachets.

I don’t recall ever seeing crumpets advertised anyway.

The problem isn’t with traditional porridge, but with the processed ‘instant’ versions!

MissAdventure

Anyway, I'm going to check I've got some "scratch" in stock in perperation for this thread...

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