Porridge and crumpets are junk food

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

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! 😚

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

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.

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 !

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.

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.

Eddiecat- I fully agree😅

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

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

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.

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.

Busy parents all cook from scratch, apparently.

None of that instant stuff.

Mine used to get toast.
Cheap and cheerful.

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.

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

Ooh, yes!!

It's also the good aspect, too.

Does anyone actually eat crumpets without a topping?

Not that I know of.
The topping's the whole point, I reckon.

Allira

^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.

Dripping in tea, is that a Northern thing?😁

Oreo

Allira

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.

Dripping in tea, is that a Northern thing?😁

😂

No, luv, he weren't Northern.

Used to love the occasional crumpet. Pikelets are thinner than crumpets. Used to love porridge with cinnamon on top but it makes my blood sugars go high, so just an occasional breakfast nowadays. However porridge never used to fill me up!!

Normal proper porridge is not junk and neither are crumpets.
What they are is filling which is what is required by children and adults to last them through until lunch on cold winter days.

A piece of fruit and a cold yoghurt would not have cut it for me
Also a hot drink of tea (or two) …but I read yesterday that a survey says that young people think that tea(ordinary cuppa) is “an old persons drink” and they prefer water or some other cold drink. Stunning!
It must be thrilling being invited around to theirs for a nice glass of water😒

Sounds delicious pascal30

My boy only drinks water.
He used to have milkshake, or a hot chocolate, but now... nope.
Water only.

Allira you don’t have to be Northern to like proper dripping…just rich 🤑 nowdays with a good piece of beef or lamb being an expensive rarity.
I do take sugar in my tea- (though there aren’t many of us left) ..my bad.. but it was encouraged by Dad not Mum and my teeth no doubt suffered - but I can’t seem to shake the habit😌