The spoon has to stand up
@Ineeddentures (13220)
August 4, 2025 7:37am CST
The spoon really does have to stand up in the porridge
Scottish people make porridge using porridge oats, water and salt
Yuck horrible
So I make mine the way the army chef did in England
Well Yvonne made it today
2 parts porridge to 4 parts milk
Nuke it in the microwave until it thickens to a point where the spoon stands up, erect and proud, in the porridge
Pour or rather ladle into bowls
And like sugar on top
I don't thank England for very much
But they sure can make Porridge
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
@porwest
Fair enough.
What sort of oats did you use
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
The thicker the better Jim
Why do you not eat it anymore
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@much2say (57715)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Aug
@Ineeddentures We'd have to cook it on the stove . . . can you believe we have not had a microwave in almost 20 years?
That stuff sounds so thick it could be used as building mortar 
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
It is super thick.
One must increase the porridge to milk ratio and heat on full power stirring every minute or so.
Watching it cook is good fun.
Then trick is to stir it just as it gets to the top of the bowl
Fail to stir and it's a big job cleaning the microwave
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
@much2say
It's not the same on the stove.
It sticks
It burns
I am not sure we would cope without our microwave lol
Or Air Fryer
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@snowy22315 (200288)
• United States
4 Aug
As long as you like it, it is all that matters.
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@snowy22315 (200288)
• United States
4 Aug
@Ineeddentures I do like oatmeal, although not usually that thick.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
@snowy22315
This is not Oatmeal
These are rolled Oats
See on a cold winter morning, a bowl of this stuff sets you up for the day.
Slow release, keeps you satisfied until lunch time
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
I bet that most people would like it
It seems that it's easier to dismiss something out of hand than actually say I wouldn't mind trying something just to see what it was like
You would like it, lol
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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5 Aug
But when it's thinner it can fall of the spoon as one puts the spoon in the mouth
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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7 Aug
@Jenaisle
So how thin?
Compare to soup from a can like chicken soup
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@Traceyjayne (6724)
• United Kingdom
4 Aug
I like my porridge thinner than that ,,,,each to their own.
I have heard about putting butter and salt into porridge too.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
In Scotland in the old days
Porridge would be made thick like this, salt added, and then poured into a drawer.
It would then be sliced like a cake and served on a flat plate cold
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@Traceyjayne (6724)
• United Kingdom
4 Aug
@Ineeddentures really …I never knew that. Thats interesting.. so when it was sliced like a cake , would you still eat it for breakfast, or as a snack anytime ? …..maybe the beginnings of the flapjack !
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
@Traceyjayne
Anytime.
It was a farming thing
Farmworkers diets were quite basic.
So porridge was really cheap and easy to make and long lasting , didn't go off because it was made with water and salt
My dad made it and put it into a drawer.
He lined the drawer with greaseproof paper.
It was let's say yuck
When I first came home from the army and made him ":English porridge" he called me a traitor
But ate it gleefully
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
I was really pleased for you until I read the word salt.
No sugar fair enough, but salt, oh no lol
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@NJChicaa (125634)
• United States
4 Aug
@Ineeddentures yeah I like a nice pinch of salt on it. No fruit or syrup or anything sweet.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
@NJChicaa
I can eat it without anything on it at all.
I prefer it with sugar
But I also like Strawberries or Raspberries with porridge, and then no sugar
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@Fishmomma (11629)
• United States
5 Aug
I have never eaten porridge, but would be willing to try it. No salt for me, as love some sweetness whether it be sugar or fruit.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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7 Aug
Salt is not good in porridge.
Sugar or fruit.
Either or
Maybe both
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
Why?
What harm would that be that it would get a soanking for
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@LadyDuck (489208)
• Italy
5 Aug
@Ineeddentures Milk and sugar is so much better.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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5 Aug
I never understood why Scottish people decided salt and water were a good thing in regard to porridge
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
Ah thinner
Not sure how I would manage to eat thinner stuff
It wouldn't stay on the spoon and land all over my shirt Raquel
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@Marilynda1225 (87521)
• United States
5 Aug
Glad that Yvonne made your porridge perfectly
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@Marilynda1225 (87521)
• United States
5 Aug
@Ineeddentures how lucky for you that she likes her porridge the same way you do. At least you know when she makes it that it's going to be perfect 
@Ineeddentures (13220)
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5 Aug
Aye
And now she likes her porridge like this as well.
She did so from the first time I served it to her for breakfast back in 1997.
She had never had it quite so thick before
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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7 Aug
Oh Jessica, sweet Jessica,
My porridge is though thick and satisfying that it has won awards..
This is very different from oatmeal.
This is rolled oats
When I mentioned rolled oats to Yvonne she brought up the time we got jiggy in a field of oats
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@LindaOHio (208640)
• United States
5 Aug
We make our porridge (oatmeal) much thinner.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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5 Aug
I see a lot of people do like it thinner than we make it Linda.
I haven't tried it thinner in a lot of years
@GardenGerty (166781)
• United States
4 Aug
I would probably try it, but I do not make mine that thick. I do use rolled oats and I do cook it in the microwave. I add lots of interesting things to it, though.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
What exactly do you add to it Heather
I have added Sultanas, Strawberries and Raspberries
@Ineeddentures (13220)
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5 Aug
I know what you are saying
But porridge needs to be thick lol.
So it sets in the bowl
And when the sugar melts on the top, it lays there soaking into to the thick loveliness
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@xstitcher (37066)
• Petaluma, California
4 Aug
Wow. I don't care for it (well, I eat oatmeal) that thick myself.
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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5 Aug
It's so satisfying when it's really hot and thick
Sticks to the ribs Stacey.
Great on a cold Scottish winters morning
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@Ineeddentures (13220)
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5 Aug
I have enjoyed my porridge like this for a long time Judy.
The thicker the better
@Ineeddentures (13220)
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4 Aug
Rolled Oats are by far the best
Watery porridge is not good.
Mine may be really thick but by god it's tasty and satisfying
Yvonne loves it, and it helps keep her healthy
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