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.

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Manda Ruby > wrote:

> What's the difference between porridge and oatmeal?

Dialect. As far as the actual dish goes, nothing except individual
style.

> What's the fastest and cheapest way to make porridege as well as
> oatmeal ?

In the microwave, using normal porridge oats/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.

They probably have. However, they'll still be cheaper than "instant"
and/or flavoured products.

Miche

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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.
>
Porridge us boiled grain. While oatmeal is the most common, there are
others, like Cream of Wheat, even corn. IMO, large flake is the tastiest
and easiest to cook. Steel cut is pretty good but takes a lot longer to
cook. The name brans steel cut oats tend to be pricey but I buy it in
bulk for the same price as other types of oatmeal... 75 cents per pound.
Quick cooking oatmeal is bland in comparison to steel cut or large
flake. Instant oatmeal tastes like paste.

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.

We always buy the store brand and that would be at Save A Lot. The
large box is about $1.50. And lasts us a long time, even with my
husband eating it every morning and every night and me putting 1/2 a cup
in my bread.


>

Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
>>
> Porridge us boiled grain. While oatmeal is the most common, there are
> others, like Cream of Wheat, even corn. IMO, large flake is the tastiest
> and easiest to cook. Steel cut is pretty good but takes a lot longer to
> cook. The name brans steel cut oats tend to be pricey but I buy it in
> bulk for the same price as other types of oatmeal... 75 cents per pound.
> Quick cooking oatmeal is bland in comparison to steel cut or large
> flake. Instant oatmeal tastes like paste.

Can steel oats be put in a slow cooker the night before?

On Oct 11, 10:29*pm, BK > wrote:
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> * *Can steel oats be put in a slow cooker the night before?- Hide quoted text -
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Yes.

Manda Ruby wrote:
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> 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.

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:41:29 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

>In article >,
> BK > wrote:
>
>> Can steel oats be put in a slow cooker the night before?
>
> Yes, with a little extra liquid. We make rice pudding that way, too,
>and eat it warm for breakfast.

Would you share the crockpot rice pudding recipe? Thanks!

Tara

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

Kajikit wrote:
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>> 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.

I don't know about that. I live on this side of the pond. I was raised
on porridge. We had oatmeal porridge, cream of wheat, Vita B and other
porridges.