Definition of porridge
:a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
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Use the cooked groats in salads and soups, or mix them with other grains for a breakfast porridge.
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The day starts with breakfast at 6:30 a.m., featuring a buffet of eggs, beans, mushrooms, bacon, cold cuts, cereal, porridge, yogurt, fruit and fresh coffee — up to eight large vats are drunk on board each day.
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Start with this alt grain porridge with kimchi and jammy eggs, and move on to these other sweet and savory breakfast recipes.
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Porridge is topped with cranberry molasses or miso butter.
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Now there's highlighter—a whole lot of it—and finding your perfect highlighting powder, strobe cream, or glow stick is a little like Goldilocks testing out porridge.
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Police didn’t say if porridge was involved in the home invasion.
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Dishes made from porridge and dates were reportedly served ahead of sundown.
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In Malaysia, try the Bubur Ayam McD, a local porridge with chicken strips.
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Origin and Etymology of porridge
PORRIDGE Defined for Kids
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Definition of porridge for Students
:a soft food from meal or a vegetable that is boiled until thick
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