How to Use porridge in a Sentence

porridge

noun
  • Teff can be cooked as a side dish or used to make porridge or bread.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • That inspired me to add porridge to the menu.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Oatmeal is a type of porridge made with oats.
    — Cynthia Sass, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
  • One bowl of porridge is too cold, one bowl is too hot, and one bowl is just right.
    — Michael Beller, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The prison guards brought her a milky porridge with a piece of oily fish that sickened her.
    — J Wortham, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The same goes for her rice paper egg rolls and chicken porridge videos.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Women cooked pease porridge and potatoes and onions over a wood fire.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 23 May 2017
  • Stevenson liked to start the day with black coffee and porridge.
    — Edmund Vallance, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Goldilocks opens the door and goes in helping herself to three bowls of porridge.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 6 June 2018
  • Heinz baked beans on toast and black treacle porridge biscuits.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the work for the congee can be done ahead, like making the porridge base.
    — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Even when refugees could cook, the food was limited to porridge, corn and salt.
    — Magdalena Del Valle, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
  • Turn off the hob and leave the porridge to infuse for about 5 minutes.
    — Anna Bader, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Queen Elizabeth is as bland and cold as a dish of old porridge.
    — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • It is often used to make porridge, bread, stir-fries or tossed in salads, much like quinoa.
    — Leah Zerbe, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Adding baobab fruit is a common way the porridge is dressed up for the occasion.
    — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The dish is simply a breakfast porridge mix made from ground wheat kernels.
    — Southern Living, 15 June 2018
  • The morning porridge has worms – not all the time but enough that the kids remember.
    — Lisa Falkenberg, Houston Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Nshima, a porridge made from ground cornmeal.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lily has three versions of chao, Vietnamese rice porridge, on the menu.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The bones are grilled and used to make a stock with kombu, ginger and scallion for the porridge.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The rice over the pork transforms into a soft, thin porridge, scented with sweet spices.
    — Bill Addison, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • For climbers, Champa, a porridge made of barley, was the main dish.
    — Bhadra Sharma, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The finished eggs will look a little like golden porridge and the small curds will melt in your mouth.
    — Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Our only disagreement was over how to cook the porridge.
    — Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Is there a fairy tale goldilocks porridge recipe for Lyme in a five yr old or nursing mom?
    — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The two women also share the same breakfast food—porridge.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the pre-set modes on this rice cooker include baby food, porridge, white rice, and steam.
    — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The porridge, smoky and studded with meatballs, remains the same.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
  • And though breakfast is simple — porridge, toast, and eggs — dinner each evening was worth the wait.
    — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023

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