PORRIDGE (an altered form of " pottage," Fr. pelage, soup, that which is cooked in a pot)

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PORRIDGE (an altered form of " pottage," Fr. pelage, soup, that which is cooked in a pot) , a food made by stirring

meal

MEAL

, especially oatmeal, in boiling water and cooking it slowly until the whole becomes soft. The dish and its name are particularly identified with

Scotland

SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND,
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  (1784–1873)
OF
SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF

; in Ireland it is commonly known as " stir-about." The former application to a broth made of vegetables or of

meat

MEAT

and vegetables thickened with barley or other

meal

MEAL

is obsolete, and the earlier " pottage " is the usual word employed. The form " porridge " apparently

dates

DATES

from the 16th

century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

. In " porringer," a porridge-bowl, the n is inserted as in " passenger," " messenger."

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