Talk:Porridge
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The article says that "Oat and semolina porridge are by far the most popular varieties". It needs to mention country. Oat and semolina porridge are not the most popular varieties all places. Fuelbottle | Talk 23:59, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Image
That is the weirdest look bowl of porridge (in the photo) I have ever seen. Who the heck eats it like that? 84.65.153.71 20:01, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- I concur. Can we just be absolutely clear - porridge in the UK does not look anything like that - the oats are mixed evenly with milk, there is an even texture throughout. The brown stuff in this photo doesn't even look like oat? Twrist 19:51, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
- As a Swede, I can say that that looks like a perfectly normal bowl of oatmeal and milk, like I often have for breakfast. ;-) clacke 23:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Porridge has been around since time immemorial
It needs to be taken out of Scottish Cuisine and put into World Cuisine. The first grains were not wheat but likely millet and it originated wherever grain was sown. Rakista 19:23, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
I created the Category:World Cuisine and added this to it and removed the Scottish Cuisine Link as I would have to add at least 10 other countries's cuisines as categories as well. --Rakista 23:34, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Bad link
The See Also section has an entry for "mush", which is just a redirect to the unrelated concept MUSH from online gaming.
[edit] Porage
The article says porridge is often spelt "porage" in Scotland, as far as I know this isonly the brand name of Scott's (Quaker) Porridge Oats. Emoscopes 05:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Polenta Anyone?
Some corn grits are also marketted as Polenta, which is used in Italy. They pour sauce over it as if it were noodles. But I can't think of how to add a link in this article just now.Steppenvalve 00:35, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Definition a copy?
The definition (first paragraph) is a copy of http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Porage
I'm not sure of the original source, but it appears Wikipedia's is not the original. 68.187.192.107 04:34, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- No, that is just a mirror of Wikipedia. Ours is the original and they properly source us, so it's all kosher. Rmhermen 02:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Groats?
Does anybody really eat a dish called Groats that's made from unprocessed oats? I'm familiar with Oat Groats which I've used to make porridge (since substituted steel-cut oats...) which are hulled oats. Occasionally an unhulled oat slips through the manufacturing process and the hull is nothing a human would want to eat. I'd be surprised if anybody not starving and devoid of all technology would eat a bowl full of it.
[edit] Traditions & Usages
Section states "It is standard in some cultures to eat a bowl of porridge the day after a night of communal heavy drinking such as New Year." -- if anyone can clarify this with which cultures that would be useful.
--Lost tourist 13:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
