Oatmeal

Oatmeal or porridge (English for porridge ) is a porridge ( porridge ), which is prepared from oatmeal or oat flour and water and / or milk. The oatmeal cooked in water and milk for as long as needed to obtain a creamy consistency. It is often flavored with cream, sugar or salt. Depending on your taste may, for example, apples and raisins simmered or other ingredients are added after cooking (for example, fruits such as bananas, cherries or blueberries or maple syrup, nuts, cinnamon, etc.).

Instant meals from the food industry are available in the type of porridge now. These are available in various flavors such as raisins, nuts or cinnamon and sugar. In return, some chefs go on to develop their own variations of the Court.

Porridge is regarded as gentle on the stomach and is also applied in occurrence of diarrhea, since it is suitable due to its high content of liquid next to soup or rice porridge good to compensate for the fluid loss occurring here. The diluted version is called porridge or gruel. In this manner, he is also occasionally used as a food in sports, so for example when Rennsteiglauf.

United Kingdom

Porridge is eaten in the UK, but also in other countries as a hot buffet meal and was earlier working-class families and the lunch or supper be. Originally the court of Scotland. In the Scottish Highlands it is said Brochan in Gaelic. It was customary, the porridge itself nothing to add, but to make cold milk, cream or butter milk as a kind of sauce on the table and then dip the spoon full when eating there. Sweetened porridge in Scotland only for children, while the English usually inflicted sugar.