This porridge is TOOOOO hot....

First off HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Enjoy the bunny bums Porridge is probably much like oatmeal... someone stole a pack you never bought Almost as bad as my dream about my son coming home (that much is true) but I've had to call him to ask him if he will be bringing that circus carnival complete with acrobats, clowns and jugglers that I saw... The 'hob' is the top of the cooker... the hotplates or the gas rings. The stove is the whole thing... unless its a separate oven and hob of course

I remember my son asking for custard and chips (when I say chips, I dont mean potato chips which are "crisps" but proper English chips... which are wa-a-a-ay better than French fries) because he'd seen it on "Henry's Cat". He was insistent so I told him that, if I made it for him, he HAD to eat it. He did and still maintains that it was nice ... so that's next Saturday's meal sorted Oh that wasn't a nightmare, I quite liked the idea of a circus in the back garden.

Thanks for clarifying that definition for me. I saw the latest "Dr Who" last night and the new doctor ate fish sticks dipped in custard I can't get that image out of my head. I'm only bringing up the custard because I had bought a tin of "Bird's" brand custard powder a few months ago, and it has directions for "on the hob" Thought they just meant the stove in general including the burners Wow, so in your nightmares, your son has joined the circus Intersting

We usually have porridge when it's just me and the kids. My husband usually prefers porridge as a 'side' to a regular South Indian breakfast (cooking which is a lot of work!). So, I avoid making porridge when he is home..lol

Oh, thats nice ... a shared family treat with your son taking responsibility for the meal - how lovely. Thank you for sharing

Ahh, that makes it even more special.

I will be off to make todays soon. I usually put some dried apricots or something in to sweeten it and add to the taste. I hate that Ready Brek stuff.

5:30am is waaay too early.

I haven't tried those. I only make it on days that I'm not working as I wouldn't have time to cook it, let it cool a bit and eat it... unless I got up earlier but I think 5.30am is early enough.

No the kids create enough havoc as it is!

Well, you dont want Goldilocks coming in and creating havoc with your kids furniture anyway

Hiya Wizzy, Too right you would be on the scent of their trail with Baked Beans around. Not so much with Pasta though unless you put some spicy stuff in it of course. Baked Beans don´t taste the same to me anymore. Although the Brand I got here could well be an imitation of the same brand as Heinz they were awful too did not enjoy them. A million Housewives every Day pick up a tin of Beans and say Beans mean Heinz. Okay only kidding.

I did reply to your first comment here but it hit me with "page cannot be displayed" I have Asda value at the moment and make it in the microwave. The Branston beans were on 4 for £1 the other week so I stocked up because they worked out cheaper than the supermarket value brands. When I open a tin, I love to get a bit of bread & butter and "dunk" it into the sauce in the tin

Hiya Wizzy, Well I can´t think of what I have put in there that is ahem. Never mind I can´t get any brand of Beans at the moment. It´s like they have come to an agreement everywhere not to sell them at all. If I went to the Coast I can guarantee I would find them all over the place. Certainly not going that far for that they are not considered an everyday food so that is why they are really quite expensive here too like Campbells Soup I love a tin of that every so often and they make a great base for a Stew or Casserole. What I did say was I used to play the Goldilocks game and Itsy Bitsy Spider game with my Kids when they were Babies.

I am trying to be healthy and have become conscious of the amount of sugar in the most basic cereals. I like Crunchy nut Coenflakes