: a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
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Fortunately, just like in Goldilocks, the porridge won’t be too hot or too cold.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Tip: Try making a porridge with teff and topping it with berries and cacao nibs.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 June 2025
Featuring a chocolaty sweet treat, a cozy chickpea porridge, inspo from the Mediterranean, and so much more.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 May 2025
Falling in almost the exact midpoint between these two literal line-around-the-block hits, Jaws is the perfect third bowl of porridge.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Tip: Try making a porridge with teff and topping it with berries and cacao nibs.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 June 2025
Featuring a chocolaty sweet treat, a cozy chickpea porridge, inspo from the Mediterranean, and so much more.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 May 2025
Falling in almost the exact midpoint between these two literal line-around-the-block hits, Jaws is the perfect third bowl of porridge.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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“Porridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porridge. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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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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