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moneyistooshorttomention

Porridge - think mine are about £1.65 per kilo? From local healthfood store or T*sco Organic ones. Cooked in a saucepan.

It really doesnt take long to cook oats (jumbo oats in my case) in a saucepan - provided they've been soaked overnight in the milk.

That's what I do - my oats and their milk in a bowl in fridge overnight. Transfer bowl contents to saucepan the next day and add any extra milk I want. It only takes a couple of minutes or so to cook then and I do the drying-up of my washing up from last night's dinner whilst I wait.

AubreyMac

I don't like making porridge with a microwave as like with soup, the outside gets cooked then you need to stir half way. Also dealing with any splatters and struggling to hold a scolding hot bowl is not my idea of 'convenience'. However, I do have a really old microwave though (15 years old) and perhaps they've evolved to cook more evenly now but unless it's broken beyond repaid I'm not going to replace it.

AubreyMac

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

It really doesnt take long to cook oats (jumbo oats in my case) in a saucepan - provided they've been soaked overnight in the milk.

Are you meant to do this? I don't.


Also, why don't you soak it in the saucepan and save yourself the hassle of transferring? and eat from the saucepan too, I do that but then I do live alone.

Pollycat

AubreyMac wrote: »

I don't like making porridge with a microwave as like with soup, the outside gets cooked then you need to stir half way. Also dealing with any splatters and struggling to hold a scolding hot bowl is not my idea of 'convenience'. However, I do have a really old microwave though (15 years old) and perhaps they've evolved to cook more evenly now but unless it's broken beyond repaid I'm not going to replace it.

My microwave seems to make porridge OK.
It doesn't splatter either but I do use a deep bowl.
I don't stir halfway through either - the packet doesn't tell you to do that.

AubreyMac wrote: »

Are you meant to do this? I don't.


Also, why don't you soak it in the saucepan and save yourself the hassle of transferring? and eat from the saucepan too, I do that but then I do live alone.

I couldn't eat from a saucepan.
Even when I eat alone, I sit at the dining table and eat from plates or bowls.

There was a thread on the Old-Style board about a retired lady's moneysaving blog and she mentioned this.
Created somewhat of a discussion.

Kim_kim

AubreyMac wrote: »

Are you meant to do this? I don't.


Also, why don't you soak it in the saucepan and save yourself the hassle of transferring? and eat from the saucepan too, I do that but then I do live alone.

I soak mine overnight in water with a pinch of salt, in the jug I'm going to microwave it in, in the morning.

Makes it much creamier & quicker to cook.

moneyistooshorttomention

AubreyMac wrote: »

Are you meant to do this? I don't.


Also, why don't you soak it in the saucepan and save yourself the hassle of transferring? and eat from the saucepan too, I do that but then I do live alone.

I guess I could soak it in the saucepan overnight - but my house is kept on the warm side and I'd rather not chance the milk "turning" overnight. Basically - I soak it because it cooks a good bit quicker of a morning and I understand one has to take account of things like phytic acid (correct name?) in goods like that and soaking helps to deal with it/make it more digestible.

Personally - I prefer to eat my food from bowls/plates/etc as appropriate and I've got my favourite little porridge bowl.

suki1964

Pollycat wrote: »

My microwave seems to make porridge OK.
It doesn't splatter either but I do use a deep bowl.
I don't stir halfway through either - the packet doesn't tell you to do that.


I couldn't eat from a saucepan.
Even when I eat alone, I sit at the dining table and eat from plates or bowls.

There was a thread on the Old-Style board about a retired lady's moneysaving blog and she mentioned this.
Created somewhat of a discussion.

When hubby was working away I often had pasta as a meal, straight out of the saucepan

Never had the chance to cool down and the flavours of the coating were all there

And only one saucepan, small grater and a knife and fork to wash

Happy days

pigpen

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I guess I could soak it in the saucepan overnight - but my house is kept on the warm side and I'd rather not chance the milk "turning" overnight. Basically - I soak it because it cooks a good bit quicker of a morning and I understand one has to take account of things like phytic acid (correct name?) in goods like that and soaking helps to deal with it/make it more digestible.

Personally - I prefer to eat my food from bowls/plates/etc as appropriate and I've got my favourite little porridge bowl.

Put the pan in the fridge overnight while soaking, same as you would a jug!

And eating out of pans is just vile! .. you fill a sink to wash one pan, you can wash one pan and a bowl in the same soapy water.. there is no excuse!

Georgiegirl256

AubreyMac wrote: »

Are you meant to do this? I don't.


Also, why don't you soak it in the saucepan and save yourself the hassle of transferring? and eat from the saucepan too, I do that but then I do live alone.

Hassle? You mean lifting the bowl/jug up and pouring it into the pan? Yeah right, that's a lot of hassle!

I'd never eat out of a saucepan unless for some inexplicable reason all my crockery had disappeared overnight and I had nothing else to eat out of!

To all those who eat porridge regularly, why do people put a pinch of salt in with it?

Kim_kim

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Hassle? You mean lifting the bowl/jug up and pouring it into the pan? Yeah right, that's a lot of hassle!

I'd never eat out of a saucepan unless for some inexplicable reason all my crockery had disappeared overnight and I had nothing else to eat out of!

To all those who eat porridge regularly, why do people put a pinch of salt in with it?

Because my granny did!

Actually salt & sweet is nice :-)