Porridge

[Beatmonkey]

Takes 3 mins on the hob if you get the right oats. 2 mins to cool down. Sorted.

plus 15 mins to soak the dried oats off the pan

microwaved porridge ftw.

Fill it with water and leave it untill you return from work, comes off pretty easy if you've never let it dry out.

[baldmosher]

Leaving metal or non-stick pans with water in them for extended periods will damage the surface.

[tavdy79]

Soak the oats overnight - the porridge turns out less lumpy.

Oh, and hob-top oats are the way to go.

[leah]

first porridge of the season this a.m. hob style. with syrup. thanks to beatmonkey for the timely reminder of this quality breakfast

Leaving metal or non-stick pans with water in them for extended periods will damage the surface.

our stainless steel pans get this treatment all the time. is it more damaging than cooking in them? with hot water? and maybe even salt? (like when boiling pasta). or making a reduced tomato sauce? i'm no chemist but i would have thought that hot and salt/acidity would be worse than cold water and oat goo all day.

and since you are the chemistry bod around here, can you explain why golden syrup tastes like the tin? this has been bugging me for years...

[Sperge]

Have you eaten any tin, leah? If not, what makes you so certain that the syrup "tastes like the tin"?

[leah]

well, it tastes very metallic in a way that syrup in a jar doesn't. imo

[baldmosher]

Have you eaten any tin, leah? If not, what makes you so certain that the syrup "tastes like the tin"?

Tins/Cans aren't made from tin and haven't been for years. Nowadays they're almost always steel. Tin taints the flavour but is also poisonous, but it does last longer than steel in damp environments as it doesn't rust. If the can does contain tin, it'll be lined internally with plastic to protect the food.

Anyway, Leah's right, all metallic containers do taint the flavour which is why you should never store food wrapped in tin foil (which is made from aluminium, slightly less poisonous but a lot cheaper than tin). Also why the Chinese use wooden cutlery/utensils.

Next time your syrup can is almost empty, use a spoon to scrape it out and lick the spoon, you'll soon see what she means. It's foul.

[Sperge]

Most containers seem to have some influence on the flavour. Beer drunk out of a plastic container tastes very different to beer drunk out of a glass, for example.

In the case of Lyle's Golden Syrup, I've only ever known it from a tin and haven't had it anyway since I was a child, so I wasn't sure if they sold it in other containers these days. So I haven't really had a basis for comparison, which is why I was curious about why Leah felt the container influenced the flavour.

Regarding the use of tin in cans: close, but no cigar. Food cans are mostly steel these days but they are still plated with tin. This layer of tin is much thinner these days however:
http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/recycl ... n_cans.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_can

And while those cans usually do have a plastic lining, that in itself may be harmful: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... _n14109421

There has been a growing use of aluminium cans, of course, but in my experience these are usually drinks cans.

[baldmosher]

I love this forum, I just have to throw a maggot into the air and Sperge builds a rod, attaches the line and threads the hook, catches the maggot as it's falling, shoves it on the hook, throws it out into the river, lands a prime carp and presents it perfectly steamed on a bed of vegetables.

Thoroughly educational, and without any of the legwork!

[Sperge]

Christ, the lengths you go to, just to get the last word.

Funny how you often come out with the "I was trolling" line when you're shown to be bullshitting too.

[tavdy79]

True, but at least he's amusing.

[Beatmonkey]

Golden syrup comes in those rectangular plastic bottles with a handle on top. 5 litres I think but I might be wrong. It's a very silly amount of golden syrup anyway.

Edit: I dunno if it tastes any differnt... I stay away from it, I'm slightly scared that I'll eat a bit and not stop

[baldmosher]

Golden syrup comes in those rectangular plastic bottles with a handle on top. 5 litres I think but I might be wrong. It's a very silly amount of golden syrup anyway.

Edit: I dunno if it tastes any differnt... I stay away from it, I'm slightly scared that I'll eat a bit and not stop

I'm getting one.

[Beatmonkey]

Leaving metal or non-stick pans with water in them for extended periods will damage the surface.

Fuck it, it's a cheap old pan relegated to boiling milk and makeing porridge.

[SunburnedCactus]

Frosties and a banana is the breakfast of champions.

[leah]

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this thread is too much

[WaveyRaveyDavey]

I can't see what all the Porridge/Museli debate is all about!

Surely Porridge is just dressed down Museli hotted up!

(And remember, like revenge, Museli is a dish best served cold....)

[Beatmonkey]

Fuck musli and everything it stands for.

[baldmosher]

Multiple Über-Stinky Lick Integers?

[Sperge]

True, but at least he's amusing.

Which is more than can be said for all those copy-and-paste 'jokes' that you inflict on us. So I'm not sure I can trust your judgement on what's amusing.

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this thread is too much

Speaking of which, I seem to remember the real purists putting salt in their porridge rather than sugar or syrup.