: a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
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Everything, including the porridge left in cooking pots, crashed through the burning wicker floors into the thick, sticky reed beds below and stayed there.
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
How to prepare porridge properly Fresh porridge and oatmeal should be warm and creamy.
—Anna Bader, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2024
In China, Zong was known as a legendary businessman who grew his soft drinks empire from a tricycle cart hawking ice pops to school kids into a conglomerate selling everything from milk drinks to bottled water and canned porridge.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
Turn off the hob and leave the porridge to infuse for about 5 minutes.
—Anna Bader, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2024
The bones are grilled and used to make a stock with kombu, ginger and scallion for the porridge.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
These breads use a cooked grain porridge in the dough.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Monsour’s version turns out wetter than most, taking on the pleasing consistency of rice porridge — more like Carolina bog, come to think of it.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
It’s used in dishes both savory and sweet, although it’s particularly beloved in traditional desserts such as Indian moong dal halwa, a buttery porridge often spiced with saffron and cardamom, and Korean injeolmi, glutinous rice cakes rolled in crushed nuts.
—Wei Tchou, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
How to prepare porridge properly Fresh porridge and oatmeal should be warm and creamy.
—Anna Bader, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2024
In China, Zong was known as a legendary businessman who grew his soft drinks empire from a tricycle cart hawking ice pops to school kids into a conglomerate selling everything from milk drinks to bottled water and canned porridge.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
Turn off the hob and leave the porridge to infuse for about 5 minutes.
—Anna Bader, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2024
The bones are grilled and used to make a stock with kombu, ginger and scallion for the porridge.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
These breads use a cooked grain porridge in the dough.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Monsour’s version turns out wetter than most, taking on the pleasing consistency of rice porridge — more like Carolina bog, come to think of it.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
It’s used in dishes both savory and sweet, although it’s particularly beloved in traditional desserts such as Indian moong dal halwa, a buttery porridge often spiced with saffron and cardamom, and Korean injeolmi, glutinous rice cakes rolled in crushed nuts.
—Wei Tchou, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
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porridge
noun
por·ridge
ˈpȯr-ij 
ˈpär-
: a soft food made by boiling meal or a vegetable in milk or water until it thickens
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