How to Use porridge in a Sentence

porridge

noun

• Most of the work for the congee can be done ahead, like making the porridge base.
  — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 28 Dec. 2021
• Turn off the hob and leave the porridge to infuse for about 5 minutes.
  — Anna Bader, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2024
• Teff can be cooked as a side dish or used to make porridge or bread.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Goldilocks opens the door and goes in helping herself to three bowls of porridge.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 6 June 2018
• The children leave a bowl of porridge for the gnome, and in return, the julenisse brings presents to their front door.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Stevenson liked to start the day with black coffee and porridge.
  — Edmund Vallance, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• Boil the frozen rice for just 20 minutes, instead of the full hour, to achieve the same porridge-like texture.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
• Even when refugees could cook, the food was limited to porridge, corn and salt.
  — Magdalena Del Valle, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
• At one point, 4-year-old Elle likened the approach to Goldilocks searching for just the right bed, chair and bowl of porridge in the home of three bears.
  — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 25 Apr. 2018
• Lily has three versions of chao, Vietnamese rice porridge, on the menu.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• The same goes for her rice paper egg rolls and chicken porridge videos.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Queen Elizabeth is as bland and cold as a dish of old porridge.
  — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• Adding baobab fruit is a common way the porridge is dressed up for the occasion.
  — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 27 Feb. 2023
• 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
• Think veal tongue stewed in cherry and morel sauce, or spelt wheat porridge with omul caviar and smoked sour cream.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 May 2016
• The porridge, smoky and studded with meatballs, remains the same.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
• In Bucko’s slight Polish accent, the last word rhymed with porridge.
  — Fred Bahnson, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• Women cooked pease porridge and potatoes and onions over a wood fire.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 23 May 2017
• The rice over the pork transforms into a soft, thin porridge, scented with sweet spices.
  — Bill Addison, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
• It’s the starchy stem and roots that can be fermented into dough for bread and porridge.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
• The Pilgrims had been shown how to grow corn by the Wampanoag, so there was lots of corn as well as cornmeal for things like porridge.
  — Leah Hall, Country Living, 10 Aug. 2020
• Use the cooked groats in salads and soups, or mix them with other grains for a breakfast porridge.
  — Anya Tchoupakov, Bon Appetit, 22 Aug. 2017
• Marjorie praised him for sleeping through the night and went to make Jamaican porridge.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• The West African grain can be used for soups and baking, in porridge or as a starch like polenta.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2017
• Is there a fairy tale goldilocks porridge recipe for Lyme in a five yr old or nursing mom?
  — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
• Teff flour can be used as the base of injera, a delicious spongy bread that’s widely consumed in Ethiopia, as well as in pastas and porridges.
  — Anthea Levi, Health, 16 July 2024
• Most machines have a button for porridge, but this one has specific settings for both.
  — Genevieve Yam, Bon Appétit, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024