Porriage - how do you like to have yours?

[Jewel]

I've been wondering how other people like to have their porriage.
What do you add to it before you eat it? sugar? anything else?

I'm not a big porriage eater so I rarely have it, but my DP loves it. He adds a few things into his margarine being one of them.
I just wondered what other porriage eaters added into theirs.

xox

[Rach75]

umm I cook it on stove top with milk then serve with more milk and sugar (well lately half a sachet of sugarless) I am not one for honey or brown sugar or anything I like good olefashion porridge

[littlelara]

Soft brown sugar or more recently golden syrup - yum!
The cubs have mashed banana or cinnamon cos they don't get sugar

[Indadhanu]

I love my porridge, brown sugar and milk for me, nothing fancy.

I do, however, prefer it cold.

[Mak]

I love it too - I add some sultanas and some cinnamon. It is super good for you too. Oats help your body expel excess cholesterol and cinnamon is supposed to be good for regulating blood sugar levels... margarine sounds interesting!

[tk1999]

I add either honey, a bit of sugar, sliced banana, a bit more milk and then sometimes I have it without any of the additives

I can eat it cold like Leasha or warm but never too hot - if it is too hot then more milk gets added lol

[Ryatha]

When I was little I used to have milk around the edges, a dob of butter in the middle and cinamon sprinkled over the top. Now I have milk and cinamon and sugar if I'm lazy or add sultanas or a dried fruit/nut/seed mix if I'm organised.

However I stayed with a friend on the weekend and she puts in a big dollop of honey (it was for 4 of us) just towards the end of cooking and it was brilliant! I'll probably do that from now on.

Does anyone use a slow cooker to make theirs or just the instant ones in the saucepan?

[Indadhanu]

I used to use whole rolled oats until I found the quality really lacking (too many husks in every brand I tride!) so I just buy instant now, cooked in the saucepan on the stove. Have never heard of using a slow cooker! I've tried the microwave but thats way more trouble than its worth.

[Life is Good]

I make it with milk and cook it until it is super stiff. Then I break it up a bit (make canals for the milk haha), pour golden syrup over it and add cold milk. I really don't like runny porridge! As a kid this was how my mum made it for me and i used to love how she could make rivers of milk in my porridge!!! I guess it stuck...

[heliana]

yum I love porrige. I had some this morning actually
I like rolled oats, not instant. And you add lots of cold liquid ie, 1 part oats, 1 water, 1 1/2 milk. Then bring to boil then add in chopped dates and some sultanas and a nob of butter, and reduce to low. Today I added in a grated apple and a cinamon stick.
Then it takes a while to cook, but i stir it while im making lunches (its no wonder I don't get out of the house till 9:30 really)
when its ready I put a bit of vanilla in the bowl, then porrige, then a little bit of honey, sometimes chopped banana and milk. Sometimes some lsa sprinkled on top.
mmmmmm yum!
Only thing is, I think it must speed up your metabolism or something. Im allways starving by 10am when I eat porrige for breaky.

[Jellyfish]

Make it with milk and add brown sugar just before eating! Mmm...

[Indadhanu]

My granddad used to soak rolled oats in honey and milk overnight in the fridge to make it softer and cook faster. Tasted GREAT too!

[Snowy Love]

I used to cook it with salt(my step-Dad is Scottish & they add salt), water & milk in the microwave, but cut out the salt when DS started eating porridge (I added it to my serve). DS has just milk, I used to have brown sugar & milk, but since being pg I don't want the sugar any more. THis morning I added a handful of dried fruit & it was yum!

I use rolled oats - don't like the texture of instant.

[Ryatha]

mmm soaking it overnight sounds great, might have to try that tonight.

[Phteven]

I use rolled oats not instant and I cook it with water and milk and a pinch of salt.
Once it's in the bowl I add milk then dribble golden syrup over it. Yummy!!!
If there's no golden syrup I'll settle for brown sugar but it's a poor substitute.

[dusty]

Ummm I love the start of the cold weather cause I can buy oats for another winter season of breakfasts!

Always rolled oats here. Sometimes I soak them overnight but doesn't really matter. I cook it with water and sultanas. Then just as it looks cooked I add a bit of cold milk to make it creamy. Like Sambo I like mine thick so I let it rest for a few minutes then dish it out with a dolop of honey, I used to use brown sugar but love honey on it now, with cold milk.

Sometimes I add some sliced overripe bananas just before serving so they are warm but not mashed. Also sometimes some ground cinnamon.

Amazing how many ways people like their porridge!

[Jewel]

I think I might try a couple of ways some of you have yours. They sound so yum!!!
We have rolled oats here. The soaking overnight sounds good so I might try that first.

I really did wonder if many people did put margarine in their porriage. I always ask DP why he adds it since he's had it without it before and he didn't say it tasted any different. Lol.

[Janie]

I like it with either sliced banana and honey, or chopped up dried apricot and brown sugar. YUM, I love porridge!