dc: I wish I could say that I was a fan of mushy foods, such as porridge, oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc., but it is not so. Much like Sunny Baudelaire, I prefer my breakfast foods on the crunchy side.
b: I can whistle, rock, knit, play *with* crickets, eat apples, and tell tall tales. Do I pass???
jenn: open mind, please. "Porridge" is nothing more than oats, (in my part of the world an others) or a form of rice or semolina that is cooked and served, usually but not always, for breakfast It can be served sweet or savory, hot or cold, and yes, even fried!
Perhaps you've head of grits, polenta, kasha? All types of "porridge."
Thanks rolig! My new favorite backformation. And clearly porridge hasn't been getting its due of late, at least this side of the Atlantic. Why ever did it fall out of favor?
Asat, pea is a back-formation of pease, which used to be standard name of the legume Pisum sativum (a relation of yours, perhaps?). The seeds of the pease were served as a dish (or a porridge, as dontcry reminds us), which was naturally called "pease", but then people started thinking, "Well, if these tasty green seeds are called 'pease', then one of these seeds must be a 'pea'!" Hence the modern word.
More Gruel?
Why the porch practically wraps around the whole house, giving it a big hug! Waffle? I can burn it so it's crunchy...
John: You do know that they actually fly pease there, right?
*sits back on porch to finish waffles*
Now, here's a question: Is the porch attached to an actual house, or is it a free-standing structure, a la Scrubs?
Yes, Asa, it would! Especially if you deep fry it, as bilby suggests. Thanks for the kudos on the hat trick! *takes a victory lap around the porch*
I believe frying your pease porridge would help minimize the mushiness, no?
dontcry: I think your exhortation to jennaren qualifies as some kind of Wordie trifecta. Beautifully done.
Oh well, we can allocate her a mush puppy to help out.
b - Crosswords generally are done during the breakfast part of the porch day. Do you think jenn can handle the, um, mushiness?
You're in. We may even have a job vacancy for you in the Ministry of Crosswords.
dc: I wish I could say that I was a fan of mushy foods, such as porridge, oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc., but it is not so. Much like Sunny Baudelaire, I prefer my breakfast foods on the crunchy side.
b: I can whistle, rock, knit, play *with* crickets, eat apples, and tell tall tales. Do I pass???
jenn: open mind, please. "Porridge" is nothing more than oats, (in my part of the world an others) or a form of rice or semolina that is cooked and served, usually but not always, for breakfast It can be served sweet or savory, hot or cold, and yes, even fried!
Perhaps you've head of grits, polenta, kasha? All types of "porridge."
Pease, jenn, give porridge a chance.
Wow, there sure is a lot of interest in this former Air Force base in New Hampshire.
You-betcha-by-golly-wow we are. All applications in nullicate to Ambassador dontcry. Preferred Porchist citizens are those who can whistle Dixie, rock, knit, play cricket, suck apples, tell tall tales and/or improvise toejam/Uranus jokes.
The bar has been set yay high.
Ew. It still wouldn't satisfy the "bread product" requirement, and it certainly wouldn't qualify as fried *goodness*.
bilby: Is the People's Democratic Republic of The Porch accepting new citizenship applications at this time?
This is good thinking. In the People's Democratic Republic of The Porch, we can deep fry anything.
A-n-y-t-h-i-n-g.
I bet you could fry porridge.
Porridge is a pretty word for some less than satisfactory eats. Maybe if porridge denoted a fried bread product, we'd hear it more often.
I feel for you, bilby. Really I do. What's a word gotta do to get some real attention around here?
If only it ended in -udgeon or had something to do with smelly toes it would have been listed 5 times already *sigh*
Thanks rolig! My new favorite backformation. And clearly porridge hasn't been getting its due of late, at least this side of the Atlantic. Why ever did it fall out of favor?
I learned it this way:
"The man in the moon
Came down too soon,
Inquiring the way to Norwich.
The man from the south
He burnt his mouth
From eating cold plum porridge."
The man in the moon
Came tumbling down
And asked the way to Norwich.
They told him south,
He burnt his mouth,
Eating cold pease porridge
Pease pudding is the ideal accompaniment to boiled bacon, and can be bought in cans if you don't know (or can't be arsed) to make it.
Asat, pea is a back-formation of pease, which used to be standard name of the legume Pisum sativum (a relation of yours, perhaps?). The seeds of the pease were served as a dish (or a porridge, as dontcry reminds us), which was naturally called "pease", but then people started thinking, "Well, if these tasty green seeds are called 'pease', then one of these seeds must be a 'pea'!" Hence the modern word.
Pease porridge hot,
Pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot
Nine days old.
There is a T-shirt with the same phrase somewhere in the web.
Is whirled pease any different than whirled peas?
(And of what is pea a back-formation?)
I would just get a kick out of seeing the spelling pease in general use rather than peas.
All I am saying is give pease a chance.
I'd like to help the cause, bilby. Really I would. But I'm not sure how. Anyway, I have always liked peas, being a back-formation and all.
It's a Christmasy way to ask politely.
(No L.)
Why does it need reviving? Is it dying?
Pretty pease?
Wordies, can we try to revive this elegant old spelling?