Recent Examples on the WebEverything, including the porridge left in cooking pots, crashed through the burning wicker floors into the thick, sticky reed beds below and stayed there.—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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The sound change is peculiar. Perhaps there was some anticipatory voicing of -tt- and the resultant voiced stop was taken as a rhotic tap. Compare the same change in porringer.
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