: a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
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Cooked amaranth has a slightly earthy, porridge-like texture that works well as a breakfast bowl with fruit and honey, as a rice substitute under curries and stews, or as a stuffing for roasted squash.
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 15 June 2026
After emerging from the cave, the first thing Mee ate was congee, a savory Asian rice porridge.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
The nose shows classic pot-still grain aromas of warm porridge, malt biscuit, and cereal sweetness, wrapped in vanilla and bourbon-cask oak.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Newsweek obtained more photos of barren food trays on the USS Abraham Lincoln holding two eggs and a gloppy scoop of porridge, among other skimpy meals.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 15 June 2026
After emerging from the cave, the first thing Mee ate was congee, a savory Asian rice porridge.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
The nose shows classic pot-still grain aromas of warm porridge, malt biscuit, and cereal sweetness, wrapped in vanilla and bourbon-cask oak.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Newsweek obtained more photos of barren food trays on the USS Abraham Lincoln holding two eggs and a gloppy scoop of porridge, among other skimpy meals.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Porridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porridge. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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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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