What is porridge and how is it different from oatmeal?!
Answers: Porridge is made by rice , cook about 40 minutes , 1 cup of rice, fill with about 10 times of the rice portion of water , cover half the cooker , cook for about 40 minutes, until it is thicken , you can add salt, pepper, any kind of meat or seafood, is very common served in Asian Restaurant.
Porridge can be made from plant products other than oats.
Porridge is a simple dish made by boiling oats (normally crushed oats, occasionally oatmeal) or another cereal in water, milk, or both. Oat and semolina porridge are the most popular varieties in many countries.
oat porridge - can be made with steel-cut oats (traditional in Ireland and Scotland) or with rolled oats (traditional in England and the United States); known simply as porridge in the British Isles and Canada, and as oatmeal or oatmeal mush in the United States
porridge: Breakfast food made of oatmeal cooked in water or milk
oatmeal: coarse flour made from oats
.......a very boring dictionary answer
porridge: something you throw at a wall,and then try to guess the shape of the splatter pattern........ (like cloud watching)
oatmeal: horse feed, unless mixed w/brown sugar and baked on top of chopped, and sugared apple/rhubarb
...........my definition.............. :D