Kitchen Garden Forum

The Memsahib and I are now into the porridge season. Looking in the supermarket at the various brands and more importantly the unit prices. Wondered are there different grades of oats.If so what one is the best.

I don't do porridge, never been caught yet, but do make my own muesli. I like jumbo oats for it but they are hard to find. The oats for porridge that you usually find seem to be full of dust - flour I suppose it is really. Perhaps it is because I usually select 'value range' or similar as I can't believe there is much difference in the original grains. It will be interesting to see if people believe there are different qualities other than milling variations.

Hello S M
I have spoken with the Kitchen Lady (DW) who makes the most excellent porridge for us several times a week. She says there is only one make worth getting and its called Mornflake and to forget about the rest. Its in most supermarket sheds.
We dare not argue with her on kitchen matters so there you have it - problem solved!

John

The Kitchen Lady is absolutely right.

John wrote:Hello S M
I have spoken with the Kitchen Lady (DW) who makes the most excellent porridge for us several times a week. She says there is only one make worth getting and its called Mornflake and to forget about the rest. Its in most supermarket sheds.
We dare not argue with her on kitchen matters so there you have it - problem solved!

John

Spot on, totally agree. Pointless paying out for the big brand names. Tastes good

Personally I only get the aldi stuff lol. It's all down to personal choice. Although I find what you add to it makes a bigger difference than the oats

There's nae but wan way tae mak porridge an that's wi pinhead oatmeal. And dinnae forgit tae stir it wi a spurtle!

Scotch Porridge by Robert Bird

Ower Scotland's corn the laverocks whustle,
Amang the rigs the corncraiks rustle,
Frae gowden taps the millstanes jostle
And hoop wi' health,
Auld Scotland's cog o' grit an' gristle -
A nation's wealth.
Ye wha wad ken life's pleasures sweet,
Wad haud the doctor in the street,
Wad mak' the tichtest twa en's meet
Whan scant o' siller,
Taste parritch fine! and thy glad feet
Will chase the miller.

In boilin' water, salted weel,
'Tween fingers rins the ruchsome meal,
While the brisk spurtle gars them wheel
In jaups an' rings -
Ae guid half-hour, syne bowls may reel
Wi' food for kings.

Nae butter, syrup, sugar brown,
For him wha sups, shall creesh thy crown,
But milk alane, maun isle thee roun',
Till thou dost soom,
Then a' man needs is ae lang spoon
And elbow room.

Gie France her puddocks and ragouts,
Gie England puddings, beefs, and stews,
Gie Ireland taties, shamrocks, soos,
And land sae bogie,
True Scotsmen still will scaud their mou's
Ower Scotland's cogie.

Puir parritch! here thou'rt scant respeckit,
For frizzled fare, thou'rt aft negleckit;
But Grecian Sparta sune was wreckit
'Mang drinkin' horns,
And Scotia's thristle may be sneckit
Whan thee she scorns.

But, mark the Scot ayont the sea
Welcome his meal, wi' dewy e'e,
He gars the first made parritch flee
Frae oot the dish,
While, that his pock ne'er toom may be,
Is a' his wish.

Proud Scotland's sons, o' hill and glen,
Ha'e round the world frae en' tae en'
Wi' doughty deeds o' tongue and pen,
Coal, steam, and steel -
O! what has made those mighty men,
But Scotland's meal?

On Bannockburn, and freedom's day,
When Britons met in war's array,
E'en though the Northmen knelt to say
Their creed or carritch,
What made the differ' in that fray
Was Scotland's parritch.

For makin' flesh and buildin' banes,
There ne'er was siccan food for weans,
It knits their muscles steeve as stanes,
And teuch as brasses;
Fills hooses fu' o' boys wi' brains,
And rosy lassies.

My blessing on the dusty miller
Wha gi'es me gowden health for siller!
My blessing on each honest tiller,
Wha breaks the clod,
And gars green corn, Death's foe and killer,
Spring frae the sod!

We always buy Quaker but when it's cold I feed the chickens porridge in the mornings ,I always buy the cheapest I can find they never complain

robo wrote:We always buy Quaker but when it's cold I feed the chickens porridge in the mornings ,I always buy the cheapest I can find they never complain

and my cousins chickens will only eat the best... thats strange that is

Many thanks to all who took the trouble to reply.