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Meanings of porridge in English

Russian
каша
Portuguese
mingau
Spanish
gachas
Catalan
farinetes
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Food commonly eaten as a breakfast cereal dish, made by boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants, typically grain, in water or milk.

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каша
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Examples for "parritch"
Examples for "parritch"
1
You are not a true Scotchwoman, if you don't like the 'parritch.'
Eight Cousins
2
Healsome parritch, chief o' Scotia's food, wholesome porridge, chief of Scotland's food.
Selections from Five English Poets
3
Ye micht think I cam for the parritch, an' no for the prayers.
Donal Grant
4
You'd best eat your parritch to keep your strength up.
The Angel Stone
5
The smoking porridge, or parritch, of oatmeal, which is the great staple dish throughout Scotland.
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1
1
The porage (which does a cracking impression of risotto) seems to have been subtly flavoured with nutty chocolate.
The Guardian
Usage of porridge in English
1
In the morning Mr. Piperson made more porridge; the weather was warmer.
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
2
Making instant porridge is easy, being an instant family far from it.
The South African
3
She lit the fire and put the porridge saucepan on the stove.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
4
The family ate porridge, and believed in everything, even the weather forecast.
Reginald
5
How to serve your porridge is entirely a matter of personal preference.
The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf...
6
They also dislike the soup, or porridge as it is often called.
The Irish Times
7
Mr. Sorrel said nothing, but spooned some lumpy porridge onto a plate.
The story of cirrus flux
8
It was only a portion of corn-meal porridge in a pewter plate.
The Green Door
9
I passed the paper to my neighbour Evadne, healthily deep in porridge.
The Mountebank
10
The ration is biscuits and three ounces of mealie meal for porridge.
Ladysmith: The Diary of a Siege
11
A mixture of the wheat and barley makes a very good porridge.
Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) / Up-To-Date Health Cookery fo...
12
He seated himself at the table and waited for his morning porridge.
Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 2
13
Harder and harder he stirred to keep the porridge from boiling over.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
14
The barley-cakes, porridge, and cheese were left untouched by the shame-faced group.
Some Three Hundred Years Ago
15
The next day, at midday, he ate some more of the porridge.
Fairy Tales from Brazil: How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-L...
16
She laid down the porridge spurtle like a queen abdicating her sceptre.
The Dew of Their Youth
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Russian
каша
Portuguese
mingauporridge
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