Porridge
noun
A type of food made by boiling grains or legumes in milk or water until they become soft.
I ate a bowl of porridge for breakfast today
Often appears as...
- bowl of porridge
- oatmeal porridge
noun
A messy and disorganized situation.
The current political situation is a complete porridge
Often appears as...
- complete porridge
- fuss in porridge
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of food made by boiling grains or legumes in milk or water until they become soft.
I ate a bowl of porridge for breakfast today
Often appears as...
- bowl of porridge
- oatmeal porridge
noun
A messy and disorganized situation.
The current political situation is a complete porridge
Often appears as...
- complete porridge
- fuss in porridge
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Staple
Porridge has cultural significance in many countries, often associated with warmth and comfort.
In Scotland, porridge is revered as a traditional national dish.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatile Dish
Porridge can be adapted with various toppings, like fruit or honey, to cater to different tastes.
I like my porridge with a spoonful of peanut butter and sliced bananas.
Pro Tip 3/3Breakfast Food
Porridge is typically eaten for breakfast but can be enjoyed any time of day.
For a change, I had porridge as a comforting supper.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Staple
Porridge has cultural significance in many countries, often associated with warmth and comfort.
In Scotland, porridge is revered as a traditional national dish.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatile Dish
Porridge can be adapted with various toppings, like fruit or honey, to cater to different tastes.
I like my porridge with a spoonful of peanut butter and sliced bananas.
Pro Tip 3/3Breakfast Food
Porridge is typically eaten for breakfast but can be enjoyed any time of day.
For a change, I had porridge as a comforting supper.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Staple
Porridge has cultural significance in many countries, often associated with warmth and comfort.
In Scotland, porridge is revered as a traditional national dish.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatile Dish
Porridge can be adapted with various toppings, like fruit or honey, to cater to different tastes.
I like my porridge with a spoonful of peanut butter and sliced bananas.
Pro Tip 3/3Breakfast Food
Porridge is typically eaten for breakfast but can be enjoyed any time of day.
For a change, I had porridge as a comforting supper.
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Ory Okolloh: The making...
but I know what it is to grow up without having money, or being able to support family. Euvin was talking about bellwether signs. The bellwether for whether our family was broke or not was breakfast. You know, when things were good, we had eggs and sausages. When things were bad, we had porridge.
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
love this guy so much and I'm so happy that he is so thin as we should all be but I was really he was then because I thought oh my god when he was in that hunt and they were passing out those those cups of porridge if it was a really heavy person it would have been so much worse than that
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Rob Hopkins: Transition...
where you had a pot where if you knew the magic words, this pot would just make as much food as you liked, without you having to do any work, provided you could remember the other magic word to stop it making porridge. Otherwise you'd flood your entire town with warm porridge.
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The history of tea -...
is the same type that's grown around the world today, yet it was originally consumed very differently. It was eaten as a vegetable or cooked with grain porridge. Tea only shifted from food to drink 1,500 years ago when people realized that a combination of heat and moisture
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How to make a profit...
it would fill up with sweet porridge. And if you said, "Stop, little pot, stop," it would stop. But if you got the words wrong, it wouldn't listen, and things could go terribly awry. So I think when it comes to markets, we have a little bit of a similar fable in our heads.
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
I'm not very optimistic when it comes to the pen and I think they would lose their culture and their way of life no doubt and if they would be happy to do so that would be fine if they were saying you know yeah I am so sick and tired of eating this sago porridge it's
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The legend of Annapurna,...
the compassionate Parvati could no longer stand by and watch her devotees wasting away. To walk among them and restore their health, she took the form of a new avatar, carrying a golden bowl of porridge and armed with a jewel-encrusted ladle.
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How nationalism and...
how would you make it without the tomatoes of the New World? No, instead, you would be served probably a lot of porridge, some vegetable -- mostly cabbage -- some cheese, and maybe if you're lucky, the absolute delicacy of that time --
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Amy Smith: Simple...
under the name of "manioc." In fact, it's grown all over the world -- yucca, tapioca, manioc, cassava, it's all the same thing -- a very starchy root vegetable. And you can make a very thick, sticky porridge out of it,
Video examples
Taboo? Scarification PIPE...
will make a knife to use on mangu its initiation day mangu fortifies himself with millet porridge and his mother offers a quick sip of homemade alcohol
Video examples
Ory Okolloh: The making...
but I know what it is to grow up without having money, or being able to support family. Euvin was talking about bellwether signs. The bellwether for whether our family was broke or not was breakfast. You know, when things were good, we had eggs and sausages. When things were bad, we had porridge.
Video examples
TED2016 in review PIPE...
love this guy so much and I'm so happy that he is so thin as we should all be but I was really he was then because I thought oh my god when he was in that hunt and they were passing out those those cups of porridge if it was a really heavy person it would have been so much worse than that
Video examples
Rob Hopkins: Transition...
where you had a pot where if you knew the magic words, this pot would just make as much food as you liked, without you having to do any work, provided you could remember the other magic word to stop it making porridge. Otherwise you'd flood your entire town with warm porridge.
Video examples
The history of tea -...
is the same type that's grown around the world today, yet it was originally consumed very differently. It was eaten as a vegetable or cooked with grain porridge. Tea only shifted from food to drink 1,500 years ago when people realized that a combination of heat and moisture
Video examples
How to make a profit...
it would fill up with sweet porridge. And if you said, "Stop, little pot, stop," it would stop. But if you got the words wrong, it wouldn't listen, and things could go terribly awry. So I think when it comes to markets, we have a little bit of a similar fable in our heads.
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
I'm not very optimistic when it comes to the pen and I think they would lose their culture and their way of life no doubt and if they would be happy to do so that would be fine if they were saying you know yeah I am so sick and tired of eating this sago porridge it's
Video examples
The legend of Annapurna,...
the compassionate Parvati could no longer stand by and watch her devotees wasting away. To walk among them and restore their health, she took the form of a new avatar, carrying a golden bowl of porridge and armed with a jewel-encrusted ladle.
Video examples
How nationalism and...
how would you make it without the tomatoes of the New World? No, instead, you would be served probably a lot of porridge, some vegetable -- mostly cabbage -- some cheese, and maybe if you're lucky, the absolute delicacy of that time --
Video examples
Amy Smith: Simple...
under the name of "manioc." In fact, it's grown all over the world -- yucca, tapioca, manioc, cassava, it's all the same thing -- a very starchy root vegetable. And you can make a very thick, sticky porridge out of it,
Video examples
Taboo? Scarification PIPE...
will make a knife to use on mangu its initiation day mangu fortifies himself with millet porridge and his mother offers a quick sip of homemade alcohol
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jessica Lowndes
Canadian Actress
I live a healthy lifestyle and I crave healthy food. I love porridge - I have bizarre cravings for it. I love it with brown sugar and bananas, and I'm a huge fan of cinnamon - I put cinnamon on everything. I also have a sweet tooth and I don't like to deprive myself. I think everything in moderation is the key.
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Drew Daywalt
American Director
I just want to be entertained. The stories that have aged the best are the ones where the wolf eats grandma, or the woman is going to bake children in an oven, or the bear is going to eat the girl for eating the porridge. There are lessons in there, but they're deeply engrained and hidden.
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Kevin Barry
Irish Author
I go into my workroom seven mornings a week. There will only be one or two mornings a week where it seems to be going well, but to earn those days you have to go through slow, slodgy days where your mind feels like porridge.
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Marianne Faithfull
British Musician
The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I'm there and bring it back with me.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
I would experiment with porridge - make porridge pancakes, fry porridge - and so friends started calling me 'Porridge.' But I got to feel that I was becoming a character, a work of fiction, in a sense.
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Jimi Manuwa
British Athlete
On fight day, I usually have peanut butter and porridge in the morning; bananas and a nice fruit salad. Then, as the day goes on, I'll have some carbs.
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Fleur East
English Musician
I've been hyper-conscious about staying away from rubbish. I don't eat white bread, white rice or cereal unless it's porridge.
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Alan Turing
English Mathematician
We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
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Fergus Henderson
English Chef
Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Swiss Critic
I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
Quote examples
Jessica Lowndes
Canadian Actress
I live a healthy lifestyle and I crave healthy food. I love porridge - I have bizarre cravings for it. I love it with brown sugar and bananas, and I'm a huge fan of cinnamon - I put cinnamon on everything. I also have a sweet tooth and I don't like to deprive myself. I think everything in moderation is the key.
Quote examples
Drew Daywalt
American Director
I just want to be entertained. The stories that have aged the best are the ones where the wolf eats grandma, or the woman is going to bake children in an oven, or the bear is going to eat the girl for eating the porridge. There are lessons in there, but they're deeply engrained and hidden.
Quote examples
Kevin Barry
Irish Author
I go into my workroom seven mornings a week. There will only be one or two mornings a week where it seems to be going well, but to earn those days you have to go through slow, slodgy days where your mind feels like porridge.
Quote examples
Marianne Faithfull
British Musician
The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I'm there and bring it back with me.
Quote examples
Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
I would experiment with porridge - make porridge pancakes, fry porridge - and so friends started calling me 'Porridge.' But I got to feel that I was becoming a character, a work of fiction, in a sense.
Quote examples
Jimi Manuwa
British Athlete
On fight day, I usually have peanut butter and porridge in the morning; bananas and a nice fruit salad. Then, as the day goes on, I'll have some carbs.
Quote examples
Fleur East
English Musician
I've been hyper-conscious about staying away from rubbish. I don't eat white bread, white rice or cereal unless it's porridge.
Quote examples
Alan Turing
English Mathematician
We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
Quote examples
Fergus Henderson
English Chef
Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
Quote examples
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Swiss Critic
I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
Example 1 of 10
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