Even grown-up people frequently enjoy a small portion of porridge served with treacle and milk.

Oatmeal is either 'coarse,' 'medium,' or 'fine.' Individual taste must determine which of these three varieties shall be chosen.

Scotch people generally prefer the coarsest kind.

The ordinary way of making porridge is the following--Put as much water as is likely to be required into a saucepan with a sprinkling of salt, and let the water boil.

Half a pint of water will make a single plateful of porridge.