Kajikit wrote:
>
> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:20:09 -0700 (PDT), Manda Ruby
> > wrote:
>
> >What's the difference between porridge and oatmeal?
> >
> >What's the fastest and cheapest way to make porridege as well as
> >oatmeal ?
> >
> >
> >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.
>
> AFAIK no difference at all except which side of the Pond you're on...
> porridge is English and oatmeal is American but they're exactly the
> same dish.
>

LOL but they aren't. Porridge can be made from any sort of grain.
However porridge (or porage) oats are indeed sold in the UK and look
remarkably like US oatmeal