porridge
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Fighting peat fires requires saturating the ground so thoroughly that it becomes "like porridge", Sujatmoko explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The exercise and fresh air work their plain Victorian magic; soon she is ravenous for the porridge waiting at Misselthwaite Manor.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Planetary scientists call this the "Goldilocks zone", after the fairy tale girl who was fussy about the temperature of her porridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Without energy exposure, it can put you right off your porridge.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“That sounds like something that would grow on a bowl of porridge left out for too long.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Hygiene products like wet wipes, gels, soaps, toothpastes and porridges are also flying off the shelves in Poland, according to drugstore chain Rossmann.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2022
Because polenta and grits are both cornmeal porridges, it seemed a fun and tasty way to take the Italian-Southern food connection a bit further.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2019
Jenn Louis sometimes serves savory porridges at Ray, her Israeli-inspired restaurant in Portland, Ore., and she includes a Thai-style coconut-milk rice congee in her latest cookbook, “The Book of Greens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2018
Mr. Mohinani had watched street fare evolve from stews and porridges to fried rice and knockoff Cheetos.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
Mama was always cooking up nourishing broths and porridges for forgotten old men and pale young mothers—on days, that is, when she herself was strong enough to stand at the stove.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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