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What does porridge mean?

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Noun
  1. A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
  2. (chiefly Britain) A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
  3. (British slang) A prison sentence.
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At one stage they even refused to return their porridge bowls to prison orderlies.
I start with porridge, and then mid-morning I have six egg whites on brown toast.
Add the milk and allow the porridge to boil for 30-35 minutes on low heat while stirring occasionally.
Within hours, Frost had been sheltered in a hut, where he was given milk and porridge and berries and ale.
Another traditional dish is gruel or porridge made with the dried fruit of sago palms.
Salami, curd cheese, eggs, porridge and bread are combined with any supper left over from the evening before.

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