Porridge, the Food, not the TV series!
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on May 11, 2008 – 8:01 am -Ms AAF cooks porridge once or twice a week, for the girls, before they set off to school. She maintains that it’s incredibly healthy, reasonably priced and filling. I personally hate it though I love Scottish oatcakes. Porridge is a dish which has become associated with Scotland somehow. It is made of oats stewed with either milk or water, and is served with salt or sugar and milk. Our girls love to eat it with maple syrup. Perhaps I should try. However, the porridge history interests me.
The first evidence for dishes resembling porridge is prehistoric. Neolithic farmers cultivated oats along with other crops. Various types of grains and grain meals could be stewed in water to form a thick porridge-like dish.
Tags: Breakfast, Food, Grains, Porridge
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