The spoon has to stand up
@Ineeddentures (13319)
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 (13319)
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10h
@porwest
Fair enough.
What sort of oats did you use
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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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11h
The thicker the better Jim
Why do you not eat it anymore
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@snowy22315 (193958)
• United States
11h
As long as you like it, it is all that matters.
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@snowy22315 (193958)
• United States
10h
@Ineeddentures I do like oatmeal, although not usually that thick.
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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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10h
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 (13319)
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10h
@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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@much2say (57791)
• Los Angeles, California
8h
@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 (13319)
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8h
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 (13319)
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8h
@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
@Traceyjayne (3968)
• United Kingdom
11h
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 (13319)
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11h
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 (3968)
• United Kingdom
11h
@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 (13319)
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11h
@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
@NJChicaa (124052)
• United States
9h
@Ineeddentures yeah I like a nice pinch of salt on it. No fruit or syrup or anything sweet.
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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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9h
@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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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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9h
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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@LooeyVille (56)
• United States
11h
@Ineeddentures I didn't realize there's a difference
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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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10h
@LooeyVille
It's a subtle difference
But you can't make porridge like my porridge with oatmeal
You need what's called Rolled Oats.
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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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11h
Oh right.
This is not oat meal.
These are porridge oats
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@GardenGerty (165186)
• United States
7h
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 (13319)
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7h
What exactly do you add to it Heather
I have added Sultanas, Strawberries and Raspberries
Indeed, the spoon can stand on its own.
@Ineeddentures (13319)
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11h
Why?
What harm would that be that it would get a soanking for
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@xstitcher (35011)
• Petaluma, California
1h
Wow. I don't care for it (well, I eat oatmeal) that thick myself.
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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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1h
It's so satisfying when it's really hot and thick
Sticks to the ribs Stacey.
Great on a cold Scottish winters morning
@Ineeddentures (13319)
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9h
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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@Ineeddentures (13319)
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9h
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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