A poll

[wellinghall]

[Poll #1628304]

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[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

The bottom poll would be better with multiple options - I have salt AND golden syrup (and cream, if I am feeling luxurious).

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, I should have done it like that.

On Papa Westray, we had it with cream, whisky and raspberries, as I recall.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I add a knob of butter as well sometimes. There are few foods not enhanced by adding a knob of butter. :-)

Golden syrup... jams, particularly whortleberry or apricot... honey... cream...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Butter as well as cream, or instead of?

And this reminds me of WWII naval officers in the North Atlantic or the Arctic, who are always drinking cocoa with extra butter.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Depends how self-indulgent I am feeling ;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I must try it!

[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

John makes it with salt and sultanas, quite thick and dry, using a mix of oats and oatmeal. I like a dollop in a bowl with a knob of butter buried in the middle, a lake of single cream, and topped with sweetness - either crunchy brown sugar, or syrupy drizzles.

Possibly blueberries or other fresh fruit.

Then again, you can just stir in butter and Marmite.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

cream, whisky and raspberries

That does sound nice - sort of a hot cranachan.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It was! Everything about Papay was nice (well, except the weather; and even that wasn't as bad as it might have been).

[segh.livejournal.com]

You can have that at my house too. I do it quite often.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

*invites self round*

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Agreed - why radio buttons not ticky boxes? I say "porridge" usually but accept "porrage" as well, and my usual porridge recipe is cooked in water with a bit of melted butter, then served with salt, honey and a splash of milk or cream depending on availability. The recipe is adapted from an eighteenth century "hasty pudding".

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I've heard of hasty pudding, but never known what was in it.

[gurthaew.livejournal.com]

And for those who dislike porridge, full English.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It doesn't have to be an either / or, of course ...

[emperor]

I tend to have porridge plan (i.e. neither salt nor sugar), although I have sometimes been served it with whisky and honey, which was nice.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I've had it with whisky, cream and raspberries, on Papa Westray.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

I've answered 'sugar', but if possible I'd rather not have the horrid stuff at all...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It does rather seem to divide opinion ...

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

You missed out the option "not at all". I am fine with oats in crunchy things, but I cannot make myself like porridge. I couldn't even eat it when I was penniless and desperate.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It does rather seem to divide opinion ...

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Brown sugar, of course...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

If I was having sugar with it, it would certainly have to be brown.

[gramarye1971]

The tiniest of tiny daubs of maple cream (not syrup) if I really want it sweetened, but usually I take it plain.

(Which reminds me that I need to stock up on maple cream when I visit the Parentals next month.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

What is maple cream?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

What, with neither sweet nor salt?

[chainmailmaiden]

My Dad used to eat porridge plain and he made it with water rather than with milk. He ate it like that because it was healthy, but I have to say it was a bit tasteless.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it was.

And *waves* - I have been sadly remiss about commenting on the few times I have seen you around on LJ, but I mean to correct this state of affairs!

[elegaer.livejournal.com]

I tend to have mine with sultanas thrown in and then a bit of brown sugar melted on the top. Or honey.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Mm-hm, thanks.

[firin.livejournal.com]

It was porridge, when I was in the UK. I ate it then either completely plain or with a couple of spoonfuls of raspberry jam.

Now I'm in the USA, I've got used to calling it oatmeal and eating it with brown sugar and maple syrup.

[hilarityallen.livejournal.com]

As mentioned above, multiple options would be nice. I don't usually have sugar and honey and golden syrup, but I do use each of them as and when I feel like it (or when I've run out of the others!).

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

I would use honey if it was going to be any of those options, but I generally have mine with dried fruit (or sultanas if I can't find a bag of cheap dried mix) and a bit of lemon juice to counteract the sweetness.

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

I appear to have done this survey, as the results were displayed.

I wonder how I answered, because my answer to the first one would be "No, thank you". Or, if the question is 'what do you call this?', the answer is "schlob glob".

I have *once* eaten it (as opposed to tasting it, to see if it remains as foul as I remembered it). This was at the La Fevre House (http://www.lefevrehouse.com/dining.htm) in New Paltz, NY state. It was, I estimate, about 25% schlob glob, 25% double cream, 10% maple syrum, and 15% hazelnuts and pecans. It was a bit heavy on the schlob glob for my taste, but perfectly edible - I left about half as I wanted to enjoy my fill of the other two courses.

[crazyscot.livejournal.com]

[X] porage
[X] porridge

[X] sugar
[X] golden syrup
[X] maple syrup

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

I have my porridge with fruit (usually bananas, but sometimes strawberries or something else).

[muninnhuginn]

Any of the first lot with strawberries (fresh, preferably, but tinned is fine).

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

However you might spell porridge (and I'm going to guess that there are multiple correct spellings), oatmeal is a different thing.

And I don't have it with anything because I think it tastes disgusting, and anyway, too many oats too often don't agree with me.

[chainmailmaiden]

I eat porridge for lunch every day at work. I have Oats So Simple Golden Syrup flavour and cook it with dried blueberries. Once it's cooked I chop a banana in. It fills me up far better than sandwiches and is lower calorie too. If I'm making it at home I quite like to make it with sultanas, grated apple and cinnamon and mincemeat is nice stirred through at Christmas time.