smh

@Mork

tf is a pourage lmao

Pourage is a method of preparing cereal grains

Er

Porridge

pourage just redirected me to porridge

and if oatmeal is oats cooked in hot milk then it's a gruel

They miss spelled it

porridge is a gruel

Debate*

Oatmeal is processed oats

it's cereal cooked in a liquid until it's turned into a mush

Oats are a cereal grain

a bowl of cereals isn't cooked

Cereal is not defined by being cooked or not

at least not after it's taken out of the box

It's a type of grain

ok but a bowl of oatmeal/porridge isn't a bowl of cereals like you'd imagine a bowl of corn flakes or w/e it's a gruel

No one uses gruel in common speech for one

what?

it's used all the time to describe dishes what are you on about?

probably a dialectal difference idk but no-one would compare a bowl of porridge to a bowl of rice krispies

For two gruel, porridge and oatmeal are all cereal

not if by cereal you mean breakfast cereal like a bowl of coco pops

Gruel, porridge and whatever is a method of preparing cereals

ye ye

oats are cereals but oatmeal isn't

Breakfast cereal also refers to both hot and cold preparations of cereals

same as you wouldn't say flour is a cereal

Well you kind of would

Wheat is a cereal

"Gruel. Gruel is a food consisting of some type of cereal—oat, wheat, or rye flour or rice—boiled in water or milk."

But breakfast cereal is a preparation of cereals for breakfast, one of which is oatmeal

Yeah, Gruel is a preparation of cereals. It's also considered a breakfast food. As in a breakfast cereal

yes i believe so

Oatmeal may technically have the same crop that’s used in normal cereal but I’d never call it a cereal.

the concept of cereal is a social construct

considering you can also eat it as a snack

Oatmeal is hot cereal, I'm sure It says it on the packages

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