Originally Posted by Bernie

I've always wondered ... what the heck is "oatmeal". Is it what we Aussies (and I guess Brits) call "porridge" ?? I just looked on wikipedia for both oatmeal and porridge ... Quote : "known simply as porridge in the British Isles and as oatmeal or oatmeal mush in the United States" ... so I guess its the same ... are there any well travelled cyclists on here who can confirm this ? I mean, America has this orange plastic stuff they laughingly call "cheese", and we wont even mention the wine and beer ... oatmeal could, in fact, bear little resemblence to true porridge.

By the way ... the pictures of "porridge" and "oatmeal" on wikipedia look disgusting ... If I served up that to my kids on a cold winter morning there would be a riot ... porridge should never be broken up into lumpy chunks like the picture of porridge and (heaven forbid) stirred into the milk like on the picture of oatmeal ... the milk should caress the edges of a single porridge mass (just enough so a light film of milk covers the porridge) and a generous sprinkle of sugar should be clearly evident ... I'll bet they didnt even add salt and butter while they were making it !!