: a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
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Hailing from Northern Italy, polenta is basically a cornmeal porridge (also known in the U.S. as cornmeal mush).
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Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2024
According to the National Museum of Denmark, the Vikings' plates held meat, fish, dairy products, cereals, bread, porridge, vegetables, and fruit.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
The diet during the late Viking Age primarily consisted of local produce, meat, fish, dairy, porridge, and breads made from rye, wheat, and barley.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
At its cheapest, enough water to make the family's breakfast of pap (porridge made from ground corn) and other domestic chores for a month costs ₦24,000 ($28.43).
—Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023
Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed a buffet of traditional Nigerian foods including coconut rice, rice with stew, yam porridge, abacha, moi-moi, egg rolls, meatballs, puff puff, nuts and plantain chips.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
The Zojirushi features settings for white, sushi, porridge, sweet, brown, rinse free, and quick cooking—so there’s very little thinking involved.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
The seeds of those bulbs, after being sifted and pounded and cooked over the flame, yield a greenish porridge.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
For seven months, a tiny band of idealists dressed in brown linen dined on such spartan fare as unleavened bread, water and porridge.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
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Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2024
According to the National Museum of Denmark, the Vikings' plates held meat, fish, dairy products, cereals, bread, porridge, vegetables, and fruit.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
The diet during the late Viking Age primarily consisted of local produce, meat, fish, dairy, porridge, and breads made from rye, wheat, and barley.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
At its cheapest, enough water to make the family's breakfast of pap (porridge made from ground corn) and other domestic chores for a month costs ₦24,000 ($28.43).
—Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023
Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed a buffet of traditional Nigerian foods including coconut rice, rice with stew, yam porridge, abacha, moi-moi, egg rolls, meatballs, puff puff, nuts and plantain chips.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
The Zojirushi features settings for white, sushi, porridge, sweet, brown, rinse free, and quick cooking—so there’s very little thinking involved.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
The seeds of those bulbs, after being sifted and pounded and cooked over the flame, yield a greenish porridge.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
For seven months, a tiny band of idealists dressed in brown linen dined on such spartan fare as unleavened bread, water and porridge.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
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porridge
noun
por·ridge
ˈpȯr-ij 
ˈpär-
: a soft food made by boiling meal or a vegetable in milk or water until it thickens
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