Oats
Porridge
Porridge noun - Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick.
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Not the Nine O'Clock News parodied a British breakfast cereal based on porridge oats (but with lots of added sugar and other strange ingredients not to be found in regular porridge).
Source: Sickly Green Glow - As in: "Aye, he's doing porridge up in Barlinnie." (Also, obviously, a hot breakfast foodstuff made from oats and liquid.)
Source: Useful Notes / British English - They also have porridge, haggisnote Made from sheep's heart, liver, and lungs, ground up with oats, suet, onions, and spices and stuffed into the animal's stomach (or, these days, an artificial sausage casing).
Source: Hollywood Cuisine
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