large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

onlyroz

Ames wrote: »

I got a special mug from Lakeland for making porridge. It's got lines on the inside to show how much oats and milk to put in, then you add dried fruit or cinnamon or whatever and bung it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. So it takes about the same length of time as a porridge pot but has far less sugar.

I've also got muffin in a mug and cake in a mug ones.

Porridge is a doddle. One part oats to two parts milk, and then 2-3 minutes in the microwave. I like mine with a spoon of honey, and maybe some fruit (I like grapes) as well.

Georgiegirl256

missbiggles1 wrote: »

During my dad's last illness he really returned to his roots and we took him in whelks (with vinegar) and brawn - heaven knows what the nurses made of it!

A couple of friends of mine love to eat those with XL cheese crisps http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/48-X-34-5G-BAGS-OF-CHEESE-XL-CRISPS-NORTHERN-DELICACY-FAST-DELIVERY-/110915433526 A lot of people seem to like the combination, but I find it abit weird! I've never tried it but I'm not too sure if I'd like the combination of crisp and chewy together?

Pollycat

missbiggles1 wrote: »

They taste, as they should, of porridge.;)

I'm afraid I think flavoured porridge is an abomination.:o

Then we are clearly not comparing like-for-like, are we?

bugslet

pollypenny wrote: »

We were out eith friends last night. Six of us, four had starters, one had extra sides, but did share, no desserts, three coffees and one tea.

It was a take your own bottle place. No one sat there with a sad face and we spilt the bill equally after a lovely evening.

I don't want to sound rude pollypenny, but patently you don't belong on this thread. Going out, having different courses and different drinks and the world not ending as you split the bill. Whatever next......:D:D:D

Pollycat

pollypenny wrote: »

Plain oats, cooked for two minute in the microwave, add honey and whatever fruit and or nuts you fancy.

I usually add half a banana and some blueberries.

But it's more of a faff to chop stuff up to add to porridge instead of opening a sachet.
And to get variety, I'd need lots of different fruit - dried (taking room up in my cupboard) or fresh.

My original point was that I buy oat-so-simple at the 'discount shops' sneered at by another poster much cheaper than the identical item in Tesco.

cbrown372

74jax wrote: »

My dad too had porridge from a pan. In his last weeks - before he couldn't move etc - I went over and made him some porridge (how hard is it to make porridge exactly how people like....) And mum thought it was wrong to sit by his hospital bed with a pan feeding him his porridge. But I carried on, it was lovely. Dad's porridge exactly how I remember him eating it for years.

Mum now doesn't eat it add much as dad made it for her, but I might get one for me.

My Dad too was the person who made his porridge in the morning,
last thing each night he put the porridge oats in the pan ready to cook in the morning.

Dad was brought up on porridge his mother having a porridge drawer and in the morning a slice would be cut from the drawer for Dad's lunch at school.

AubreyMac

I like my porridge made with oat milk and I pour plenty of maple syrup, chopped bananas and sprinkle ground cinnamon on it. Mmmm - I also always make with a pan on the cooker and not the microwave.


With gravy, the most important thing for me is the consistency. A good meal and be ruined with poor gravy. I like mine thick (the gravy in my boat turns to jelly when it gets cold) and I usually have to make my own separate one as my family likes it like stock water!

Jagraf

Pollycat wrote: »

But it's more of a faff to chop stuff up to add to porridge instead of opening a sachet.
And to get variety, I'd need lots of different fruit - dried (taking room up in my cupboard) or fresh.

My original point was that I buy oat-so-simple at the 'discount shops' sneered at by another poster much cheaper than the identical item in Tesco.

To me it's a bit hypocritical for folk to hint that you don't do porridge properly and then use a microwave

My mum makes the most exquisite porridge but in our house at 6 in the morning my DD ain't going to start faffing about with anything remotely relating to cooking. And neither am I. I buy lidl instant porridge - she eats that with a whole separate glass of milk and eats a whole banana at 8.

Pollycat

Jagraf wrote: »

To me it's a bit hypocritical for folk to hint that you don't do porridge properly and then use a microwave

My mum makes the most exquisite porridge but in our house at 6 in the morning my DD ain't going to start faffing about with anything remotely relating to cooking. And neither am I. I buy lidl instant porridge - she eats that with a whole separate glass of milk and eats a whole banana at 8.

TBH, I don't particularly care if anyone has an issue with the way I make porridge or what sort I buy.

It suits me.

The only reason I mentioned porridge was in an example of what you can buy in 'discount shops' and how much the identical item usually costs in Tesco.

Pollycat wrote: »

My original point was that I buy oat-so-simple at the 'discount shops' sneered at by another poster much cheaper than the identical item in Tesco.

Is that what you mean by 'instant porridge' (oat-so-simple') or is there another type?

onlyroz

Jagraf wrote: »

To me it's a bit hypocritical for folk to hint that you don't do porridge properly and then use a microwave

My mum makes the most exquisite porridge but in our house at 6 in the morning my DD ain't going to start faffing about with anything remotely relating to cooking. And neither am I. I buy lidl instant porridge - she eats that with a whole separate glass of milk and eats a whole banana at 8.

How does using a pan make it taste better? (I genuinely don't know because I've never tried).


I make porridge when I get into work - half a cup of oats, a cup of milk, 2 mins in the microwave, then add a spoon of honey. I certainly haven't got the time or resources at work to be doing anything more complicated when all I want is a filling breakfast that I can make in less than 5 minutes.


PS - I buy my oats from Aldi. I think it's 89p for a kilo.