thistle do nicely Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Right we've all been told milk in porridge is soft and English etc etc. and true Scots eat it with manky salt and water Assuming our starving ancestors made it, I really doubt they wouldn't use milk for extra nutrition, I mean if you are desperate enough to add blood and invent black pudding, adding milk wouldn't be a stretch. So can any oldies remember if porridge was made with milk before the war years and milk shortages? Yes it would appear I don't have much to worry about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres the pies Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 i buy the mornflake jumbo porridge oats soak the oats over night you get a better texture by doing that then the right way of cooking said oats by using water and a little bit of salt braw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I quite fancy they oat so simple pots for the work. I seen them in the store when I was getting the messages Anyone recommend them? Seemingly all you do is add hot water in and stir. Most of these easy and simple 2 minute jobs though are absolute toley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairy de janairy Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 hour ago, DoonTheSlope said: I quite fancy they oat so simple pots for the work. I seen them in the store when I was getting the messages Anyone recommend them? Seemingly all you do is add hot water in and stir. Most of these easy and simple 2 minute jobs though are absolute toley Full of sugar, avoid them. Though be better than cheerios i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 hour ago, DoonTheSlope said: I quite fancy they oat so simple pots for the work. I seen them in the store when I was getting the messages Anyone recommend them? Seemingly all you do is add hot water in and stir. Most of these easy and simple 2 minute jobs though are absolute toley If you've got access to a microwave at work I'd take my own oats, healthier and considerably cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Just enjoying the oats as you want. Although I will say in the week I go for Tesco value oats with water in the microwave, weekends a spirtle stirred full fat milk farmers market provided oats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Almond milk and cocoa powder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 1 hour ago, ParisInAKilt said: Almond milk and cocoa powder Fùcking hipster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle do nicely Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Loads of folk in my work microwave their porridge and seem to like it - probably cos they've never had my sweet sweet milky stirred from the start porridge extravaganza. My kids always moan when poor mammy makes her poor relation version. It is bogging though. Love a good spurtle but its no the best for dishing out - serious design flaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Once saw someone eating corn flakes with water cos they couldn't afford milk (student days). I guess porridge became another of our national foods cos it was easy to steal from our landowning masters who essentially fed it to their horses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 On 01/09/2017 at 7:58 AM, thistle do nicely said: Loads of folk in my work microwave their porridge and seem to like it - probably cos they've never had my sweet sweet milky stirred from the start porridge extravaganza. The power of the tamb, had a horrible dream last night where I was being followed by someone who looked like the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and he was whispering "sweet sweet milky" Creepy basteward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 On 9/1/2017 at 6:44 PM, biffer said: Fùcking hipster I've been called a lot worse . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 On 31/08/2017 at 7:35 PM, DoonTheSlope said: I quite fancy they oat so simple pots for the work. I seen them in the store when I was getting the messages Anyone recommend them? Seemingly all you do is add hot water in and stir. Most of these easy and simple 2 minute jobs though are absolute toley "Getting the messages". Retro phrase ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 I prefer Brose myself - with water and salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle do nicely Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 3 hours ago, G-Man said: The power of the tamb, had a horrible dream last night where I was being followed by someone who looked like the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and he was whispering "sweet sweet milky" Creepy basteward. If you are old enough to have watched the mary whitehouse experience its just your subconscious flashing back to the milky milky man, don't think he was child catcher scary though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindimoo Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Made with water and salt, then cold milk to serve. Only other alternative is to throw some blueberries in for last minute then add honey to serve. No argument, these are the only ways to eat it. Edited September 2, 2017 by Mindimoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 On 02/09/2017 at 4:40 PM, thistle do nicely said: If you are old enough to have watched the mary whitehouse experience its just your subconscious flashing back to the milky milky man, don't think he was child catcher scary though... Looked up the Mary Whitehouse programme and I recognise the people who were in it but not the programme. So it's you that the nightmare maker. "Lollipops lollipops." Great I'm scaring myself now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boboblanko Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 On 02/09/2017 at 4:55 PM, Mindimoo said: Made with water and salt, then cold milk to serve. Only other alternative is to throw some blueberries in for last minute then add honey to serve. No argument, these are the only ways to eat it. We sing from the same page...... no salt tho .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 My father, who was pre-war generation, would have porridge made with salt and water and cold milk to serve. He died several years back but iirc he told stories of a there being a 'porridge drawer in the house. I'm guessing that any porridge thus stored would store better if not made with milk. I could experiment to find out which would store (porride wih or without milk)best but I supect if I started putting cold porridge in the drawers my wife might have something to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle do nicely Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 Well that answers my question then! Thanks! I think the broons might have had a porridge drawer as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 20 minutes ago, thistle do nicely said: Well that answers my question then! Thanks! I think the broons might have had a porridge drawer as well.. They definitely did! I distinctly mind Paw Broon cracking his falsers on the twins toy car that he didn't know was in the drawer when pouring the porridge in ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle do nicely Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 On 9/7/2017 at 10:59 PM, McTeeko said: They definitely did! I distinctly mind Paw Broon cracking his falsers on the twins toy car that he didn't know was in the drawer when pouring the porridge in ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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