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Has anyone ever managed to successfully pour 180ml of milk into the empty packet used for the porridge dry ingredients without spilling it? On the packet is a hovering milk jug pouring milk into a hovering open bag. I don't have the ability to do this, unfortunately.

GB

Well, I can pour a quantity of milk in, but I don't know whether it's the right amount.

You kinda have to brace the sides of the satchet between you thumb and forefinger (but not too tightly) while supporting the base with your little finger.

I made a mess of it the first few times, but it seems to have worked since.


Geggs

Thanks Geggs. A sensible answer I wasn't expecting! I wonder if I am just not dextrous enough, I can't pour the milk with my left hand (it's too weak) and I can't hold the bag properly with my left hand to allow my right hand (the stronger) to pour the milk in and hang onto it at the same time.

I do have a Pyrex measuring jug but that goes from 150ml to 200ml so using that means guesswork (I can barely read the figures that early in the morning) I really am useless until I've had breakfast

I can, but I find 180 ml too much so actually put in less.

Anyway, you should be eating proper porridge, not that instant rubbish

Yea! I successfully did it once, and was all proud of myself til I realised it was sweetened porridge.

(And Orcus is right )

Just had porridge for my breakfast this morning, as it was cold
pour in random amount of milk, add a random amount of butter, throw in some sugar and a bit of water, then heat, and chuck oats on top, add some honey as an afterthought and throw in some hazzle nuts and raisens.
Two or three minutes later I'm eating, five minutes after that I've washed up... how do these 'simpler' 'oats', make it any simpler than that?

Look people. Stop adding fruit and syrup and sugar to porridge! It's meant to be a savoury dish like mashed potato or the like. *grumble grumble*

Or if you insist on sweetening it, at least add food colouring too, so people know to avoid it.

seriously people - normal rolled oats aren't secretly called Oats So Complicated.

It takes about 30 seconds longer to use them than the instant variety and they are so much better.



And don't listen to KB. The best porridge is made with the things you like to eat. For me it's just plain porridge with no sugar but a dollop of sour cream.

I note the complete absence of syrup there, Sho. Well done!

I don't generally like sweet things so syrup is a no-no. The gruesomes like it with a dollop of maple syrup though

(and yeah, I was just messing. The best way to serve porridge is exactly the same as the best way to serve steak - the way the eater wants it. )

I tend to alternate the way I eat porridge, sometimes sweet (as today), somtimes just with butter and salt
Though, most oftne like today the way I eat it tends to just be 'messy'...
*looks guiltily at his shirt*
Well... the dollops of porridge do nicely counterpoint the coffee stains

For finer measurements, buy a baby bottle, or you may still have one somewhere in the loft. I still have one in the drawer from when my kids were babies. Because it was made for boiling and sterilising, even though it's plastic, the markings are still absolutely clear on them. Because it is so narrow, compared to a measuring jug, you can judge to 5 ml.

If you want to measure it more accurately, just use a set of scales... Though I've never foudn it really makes much differnce, with 'ordinary' oats, exactly how much liquid you use anyhow... (though of course it may make more differnce with these oats of which you speak, having never tried them myself I dunno...)

porridge should be cooked with a pinch of salt and served with milk to cool it down if needed...
honestly I'll never understand all this honey and sugar and such added to porridge...
I can honestly say I've never managed to get Oat so simple right...
which obviously makes it much more complicated than just making real porridge in a pot the way my gran used to do

Only jumbo oats for me.

I can't believe the fb thread is longer than this one

I just put twice as much (by volume) milk as rolled oats in a bowl, and microwave 1-2 minutes, watching through the door. When the contents almost go over, it's done! (Measurement for me--1 cup milk to 1/2 cup oats. Notepad takes half that, and eats most of it, and PaperKid eats half of what Notepad does. PaperKid is 9 and tall, Notepad is 3 and little. Neither is heavy. I can't figure out how Notepad can eat more than PaperKid)

In our house we refer to the product as 'Totally oatily'. But we never use it.

Mol

I've not used that type before, but can you drop the packet into a second measuring jug, so that it holds it still? You can then pour with your right and hold the packet open (but not have to hold any weight). It's how I put leftover food into a freezer bag with minimal mess.