Porridge...What did Mummy Bear make it with?

Question

Full fat milk, semi skimmed, skimmed or just water?

Answer 1

THE THREE BEAR'S HOT-AND-YUMMY
BREAKFAST PORRIDGE

1 3/4 c. water
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. raisins
1 1/3 c. (quick) rolled oats
2 tbsp. wheat germ
1 c. milk
Honey

1. Pour the water into a saucepan and turn the heat to high. While waiting for it to boil, add the salt, cinnamon and raisins. When it all starts to bubble hard, add the oats and wheat germs.
2. Turn the heat to low and cook the porridge until all the water is absorbed and the oats are soft (about 3-5 minutes).

3. Pour the porridge into 3 bowls and cover each with some milk. Dribble some honey over each bowlful, then serve.

4. If the porridge is a little too hot at first, stay close by. You never know when somebody might wander along and eat it all up!

Answer 2

Traditional Scottish Recipes
- Porridge

Ingredients (sufficient for two people):
One pint (half litre) water; some people use half water and half milk
2.5 ounces (2.5 rounded tablespoons) medium-ground oats
Pinch of salt

Method:
Bring the water (or water and milk) to a good rolling boil, preferably in a non-stick pan. Slowly pour the oatmeal into the boiling liquid, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon all the time. Keep stirring until it has returned to the boil again, reduce the heat, cover the pan and simmer very gently for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the salt at this point and simmer and stir for a further 5/10 minutes (time depends on the quality of the oats). It should be a thick but pourable consistency. Serve hot in wooden bowls if you have them.

Traditions:
Stirring the porridge should always be clockwise (though going in different directions probably mixes more efficiently).
Porridge used to be served with separate bowls of double cream. A spoonful of porridge (in a horn spoon) was dipped into a communal bowl of cream before eating.
Porridge is eaten standing up. While some people have suggested that this is out of respect for the noble dish, it probably arose from busy farmers doing other things while eating their morning porridge - or as an aid to digestion.
While some people frown at the idea of sugar on porridge others not only approve but suggest a tot of whisky. Each to their own!
Porridge used to be poured into a "porridge drawer" and, once it had cooled, it could be cut up into slices. These were easier to carry than brittle oatcakes.

Answer 3

The daddy bear had full fat, mummy bear had skimmed and baby bear had semi skimmed, which was just right for Goldilocks

Answer 4

Porridge, in the days of the fairy tales, was oatmeal. Most probably served with the cream right out of the cow.

Answer 5

I use skimmed milk, with a little Splenda, chopped banana, and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Answer 6

We don't really know.
Because that Goldilocks B1tch ate all the evidence!
And poor little baby bear was left with a little empty tummy........poor thing.

Answer 7

No, the lazy old brass used oatso simple and chucked it in the microwave-no wonder it was too hot!

Answer 8

In those days it was full fat or nothing

Answer 9

full at milk x

Answer 10

Oats and fresh blood.