Do you 'cook' porridge

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Alan 13~7

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Oct 2, 2014
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I like the texture & chewyness too, I didn't know this but Mary says rolled oats are de husked & steamed so technically it's not raw... I don't think we are odd I think maybe we just have more refined pallets...
 

bigbear

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May 1, 2008
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Oh yes, skirlie, mmmm,mmm,mmmm.
For traditional foods Dorothy Hartley's Food in England is a good starting point.
I always thought it was a spirtle, but am clearly wrong.
Hey ho.
 

Goatboy

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Jan 31, 2005
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Oh yes, skirlie, mmmm,mmm,mmmm.
For traditional foods Dorothy Hartley's Food in England is a good starting point.
I always thought it was a spirtle, but am clearly wrong.
Hey ho.

Depends if you're from Edinburgh or Miss Jean Brodie. :D

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Goatboy

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Jan 31, 2005
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:D Glottal stop seems to be common in a few places in Scotland. Dundee is bad for it too.
Another common one is the habit of saying "torlet" instead of "toilet".
I can't speak though as a work mate used to wind me up for the way I pronounce cemetery, it seemingly comes out as symmetry.

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mrcharly

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Boucaneer

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Dec 2, 2012
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Yep, or nope, rolled oats, powdered milk with very cold water and a few table spoons of asda's coco powder. It's like a healthy coco pops breakfast and cheap too. 😊


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S.C.M.

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Jul 4, 2012
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I suspect I'm in the "doing it wrong" camp : I take a bowl, whack in enough (rolled) oats and a honking great teaspoon of honey (or two of sugar if I only have that) and then pour "enough" water from the freshly boiled kettle into the bowl. I also make tea and walk away from it (shower, chickens, making sure the sky hasn't fallen, it depends on the day). When I come back I have tea (sometimes overbrewed) and porridge!
 

nic a char

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Dec 23, 2014
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There's no "doing it wrong" with porridge - there's traditional, which varies by country & county, and there's what YOU like!
When I'm outdoors, I never cook it fully - I just do as you do, or take it cold, adding anything I like - especially wild blaeberries! And call it muesli.
 

S.C.M.

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Jul 4, 2012
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Algarve, Portugal
There's no "doing it wrong", as long as you get where you meant to go (easier and harder still apply, there may be better way :rolleyes:)

But! there's a "doing it wrong" camp! It's the one everyone goes by and says "tsk, you should be doing it like this not that!" the native of this camp will ignore all such comments and grin when their method works, especially if it's faster/easier than the proper way (which is different for every outsider that comes by!):D
 

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