Gruel world: Oliver Twist's hated dish returns (More, sir)

www.physorg.com ^ | 1-12-2009 | Staff

[Red Badger]

...bland gloop of oats, milk and water.

We call it "oatmeal"...................

[End Times Sentinel]

The day I take culinary advice from a limey will never come.

I remember that jerk Jamie Oliver on the food network. He'd get some vegetables, fruit, and meat, put some oil on them, salt and pepper (if he were feeling fancy), expose them to some form of heat, and there you had it. The Naked Chef! Fascinating and informative there, Jamie.

Yet, he somehow managed to screw that up in his directions for a recipe.

Moron.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

“Please sir...can I have some more.”

[Nervous Tick]

Wow, poor me, I have “gruel” (oatmeal, cold, with a little milk on it) every morning for breakfast.

Dining on gruel all this time! Who knew?

And a banana. ‘cause I’m speshul.

[21twelve]

Every morning I have a big bowl of oatmeal with some sort of pumpkin granola crunchy stuff sprinkled in. It tastes great and probably fairly healthy too. (Well - except for those two big spoonfuls of brown sugar I add). And yeah - a $5 box from Costco probably lasts me 6 weeks.

[Abathar]

""I normally do fine dining. My influence is French food with a British twist,""

I guess this means he has a problem with overcooking things...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Just don’t put sugar on yo grits by mistake.

[ScreamingFist]

It was my understanding that porridge is boiled oats and gruel was about anything they could find....wheat or rice or rye or whatever.

Interesting that they would make this now, perhaps they believe mankind will be eating a lot of gruel in the coming years.....

[Col Freeper]

We call it "oatmeal"...................

LOL, My first though as well.

Have eaten many a bowl, with cinnamon and sugar, over the years.

Now MUSH, that's something else!

[Nervous Tick]

>> “If you ate only three pints of gruel a day, like Oliver, eventually you’d die,” she warned.

srsly now. You’d die eventually? Well knock me over with a feather. Thought I’d live forever.

[Vigilanteman]

Passers-by in London were invited to sample the gruel -- with some even conceding that it tasted quite good.

London = English = People not particularly noted for their culinary skills.

Which is one reason why they and the Germans had to colonize and conquer other countries in search of something fit to eat or someone who knew how to cook it so it was.

[GeronL]

love oatmenl if it has a ton of sugar and some butter instead of milk

[50sDad]

“Please sir...can I have some meat.” Sofening up the proles, mate. You'll need to like this when we take your pie and devide it up amonst people you don't know, don't care about, and don't like you.

[Red Badger]

...French food with a British twist...

Boiled snails with no garlic............

[Rockhound]

No thanks, instead of gruel, I’ll go to Whataburger and get a sausage and egg Breakfast Taquito with lots of salsa. Thank God I’m a Texan!

[pogo101]

Food, glorious food.

As another commenter already said, gruel is essentially oatmeal. And oatmeal can be either good or terrible, depending on how it’s cooked and how long it’s been ... stewing.

[Red Badger]

You’re a Texan with a super high cholesterol count!............

[Joe 6-pack]

"Just don’t put sugar on yo grits by mistake."

Of course not....honey and Tobasco is the only way to eat grits!

[Red Badger]

Mush is good if done right..............

[Eagle Eye]

3 x per week...yes, it is grueling.

A pinch of salt, sugar, and cinnamon in the water makes it endurable.