Manda Ruby wrote:
>
> What's the difference between porridge and oatmeal?

Porridge is meal from any grain. Oatmeal is porridge made from a
specific type of grain. Cream of wheat is porridge made from wheat.
Grits is porridge made from corn.

> What's the fastest and

Fast and cheap are opposites for porridge. Instant oatmeal is
fast and comparatively expensive.

> cheapest way to make porridege as well as
> oatmeal ?

Buy a hundred pound sack of grain. Smash the grains and start
boiling it slowly. Slow but extremely cheap.

> I have been using the expensive Quaker oats but saw thread in rfc
> about complaints on the prices and also learned that in US, the price
> of the traditioonal oats has also been inflated.

Rolled or steel cut oats can be found in bulk in stores that carry
bulk grains. It will be much cheaper than in envelopes.

My favorite porridge is steel cut oats. The most common
source in the US is small cans from Scotland or Ireland. They
are expensive. Not as bad as the envelopes but a lot more than
from the bulk places.