#Flahavan's porridge

[denimbex1986]

'Andrew Scott was born in Dublin in 1977 and grew up in the suburb of Churchtown. He studied in the private Jesuit-run school, Gonzaga, and went on to study drama in Trinity, but left before graduating to take a job with the Abbey Theatre.

His acting career started early with roles in ads, most famously as the jogging kid in the ad for Flahavan's porridge.

His first film role came in 1996 in the film Korea and that was followed quickly by roles in Saving Private Ryan and Nora and later by Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers and the BBC drama The Hour.

His career is defined by variety and he keeps fans guessing by switching between film and television and theatre. Scott was most recently seen on Irish screens in John Butler's film The Stag and his next role will be as the priest, Father Seamus, in director Ken Loach's Cannes Film Festival entry Jimmy's Hall.

It will tell the story of the Irish political activist Jimmy Gralton, who was deported from Ireland in the 1930s by Éamon de Valera for alleged communist activity.

Scott currently lives in London.'

[thejoyofseax]

Steel-Cut Oats

What I think of as "ordinary" porridge is made with rolled oats. However, there are also steel-cut oats (aka pinhead oats, or "Irish oats"). Steel-cut oats are the groat (the oat grain without the kernel) chopped into a few small bits. I bought a pack of them in order to try them out; they almost certainly represent a more period-accurate form of oat porridge.

They have a much longer cooking time than rolled oats (which are steamed, and thereby part-cooked); 8-10 times as long. As such, they're far more likely to burn at the bottom in a moment of inattention. Ask me how I realised this, go on.

So far, I've only made this form of porridge once, and used milk as the liquid. For completeness, I'll also try water and buttermilk. I have to say I'm not as keen on this form, so far, but I suspect that some of that is that my ASD brain has settled on rolled-oats-buttermilk-and-raspberries as the "correct" porridge, and everything else hereafter is going to be wrong unless it's distinct enough to come across as a different dish.

It does resemble the US grits a lot more than rolled oats ever do, though, and I'm given to wonder if there's a rolled corn equivalent.

Thinking about the process of preparing oats to make into porridge, I'm guessing that the actual early Irish preparation is running oat berries (maybe groats) through a quern once or twice. That would, I think, result in a variety of sizes of oat pieces; some quite large and very like this modern form, and others smaller, down to what would essentially be oat flour particles, if the quern caught it just the right way. So the cooked porridge would likely be a bit less homogenous than this, but quite possibly in a pleasing way. That'll be an experiment for a future point, when I have access to some sort of grinder. Or indeed, an actual quern.

Standard (Rolled Oats) Oatmeal Porridge

Back to The Irish Porridge Project

[queen-scottie]

Just look how tiny Andrew was as a child!!! 😍

[shegottosayit]

Jan 20, 2014

Everything relating to Andrew and the porridge is so wholesome.

The commercial

Andrew buying a bunk bed but with top bed and desk below

Andrew being such a little embarked sweetie

Mr. Flahavan keeping the tracksuit for his kids and then saving it once they outgrew it

Andrew folding the tiny jacket so perfectly

This tweet

[andrewscottblog]

Andrew Scott interesting facts

1. Had he not been an actor, Andrew would have chosen to become a painter

2. In the early years of his career, at times there were such long gaps in between his employment projects that the actor could not afford to buy his daily meals

3. He earned £78 for one of his earliest acting jobs, the Flahavan Porridge commercial with which he bought himself a bunk bed

4. The actor has earned massive critical acclaim for his work in theatre along with several awards and also is a two-time recipient of Laurence Oliver Award presented by the Society of London Theatre

5. He absolutely dislikes three quarter length trousers

6. He works as a teacher for the charity called IdeasTap, where he mentors young actors to help kick-start their career

7. He speaks fluent English, Irish and French

8. He hates it when people act rude or show bad manners

9. Andrew said that he campaigned extensively for same-sex marriage and it was the happiest day of his life when Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote in 2015

10. The actor has no official website or personal social media account because the idea of having followers ‘terrifies’ him

11. Andrew Scott left - handed

[homethoughtsfromabroad626]

Mary Flahavan’s Porridge & Yogurt Bread Recipe — Foodaware

Mary Flahavan’s Porridge & Yogurt Bread Recipe — Foodaware

Flahavan’s Porridge ‏@FlahavansIRL Apr 8 An oldie but a goodie… We never tire of Mary Flahavan’s Porridge & Yogurt Bread Recipe! http://www.foodireland.com/recipes/porridge-and-yogurt-bread/ …Mary Flahavan’s Porridge & Yogurt Bread Recipe — Foodaware

[elaines-visual-diary]

BREAKFAST!

Lets start with Breakfast!

The top image compares two different types of granola. I feel like it’s formality vs. familiarity. The dark colours and gold emboss, with the thick sans serif text is very different than the Oat Granola, which actually uses three different type-faces plus the of the Kelkin logo, on it’s product. The bright saturated red contrasted with white is very bold and eye catching. These brands are definitely not appealing to the same audience. The first super value brand is more than likely appealing to an older audience than the Kelvin brand. Price wise, the first brand is more expensive than the second, so it’s more of a “luxury” product, as the simple text and limited colours would convey.

These two porridge brands are clear examples of different target audience. Here the price is very different and that is clear in the branding. The Flahavan’s porridge has appealing images of its product, is a family brand and has a signature on the front cover. It is trying to portray a sense of quality and history that the simple white packing of the dunnes stores own brand is not. This brand is straight to the point, bold text, block colour, quick stamp of approval. Its simply letting the customer know that this is porridge that is good value.

The bottom two pictures are childrens biscuits and it’s interesting the difference in type. The rusks seem much more child orientated with its comic sans text, illustration of the bear combined with it’s scripture text. The Liga brand on the other hand is much simpler and has a hierarchy of text that is more effective in my opinion.

[itsanaturalchoice]

Porridge for the cold mornings💓⠀ ⠀ This is my freshly cooked jam before it sets over some porridge made with⠀ Provamel oat milk⠀ E. Flahavan & Sons oats⠀ Pip&Nut almond and coconut butter⠀ ⠀ Recipes to follow 💓 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLHJjvKlwdA/?igshid=2y34tz88i34q

[lawmarkuk]

Back to porridge: oats... and other ingredients

Prep Time: 10 min 

Cooking Time: 50 min

Ingredients

A. Neill’s Coarse Wholemeal Flour (1lb)

B. Flahavan’s Porridge Oats (2oz)

C. Wheat Bran (2oz)

D. Wheat Germ (2oz)

E. Sugar (1 tsp)

F. Salt (2 tsp)

G. Bicarbonate of Soda (2 tsp)

H. Buttermilk (1 pint)

I.  Egg (x1)

J. Toasted Sesame Seeds (1/2 oz) 

Method

Mix dry ingredients (A-G) in bowl

Add (H.) Buttermilk 

and (I.) Egg

Mix well with a wooden spatula

Transfer to 2x lightly oiled 1lb baking tins

Dust top with (J.) Toasted Sesame Seeds

Bake in a preheated oven at 180oC for 40 mins

Turn loaves in baking tins and bake for further 10 mins 

Wrap loaves in a moist tea-towel to cool 

... Enjoy!

[2pencemedia-blog]

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[thejoyofseax]

Standard Oatmeal Porridge

My initial feeling was that standard oatmeal porridge didn't need much describing, so this post was here more for the sake of completeness than anything else. I've since found, as I talk to people about it and read about that there are a lot of different understandings of it, though, so I've added some detail and discussion. It's made from rolled or steel-cut oats (sometimes called pinhead oats, or for some reason, Irish oats). Steel-cut oats are the groat (the oat grain without the kernel) chopped into a few small bits; rolled oats are the groat steamed and broken with rollers instead. Broadly, In this country, Flahavan's Progress Oatlets (rolled) are probably the standard one, but even that company sells half a dozen variations - Jumbo Oat Flakes, Pinhead Oatmeal, "Super Oats", and organic variations on all of those, plus "quick" porridges, to which you just add hot water, like noodle pots. Those are essentially rolled oats that have been steamed longer, so that they're already part cooked (and have a shorter shelf life).

I typically make porridge with one part rolled oats to two parts milk, by volume, and add a little salt. It all goes in the one pot, gets stirred, and then heated (while stirring) until you have, well, porridge. It takes ten minutes on a slow stove, five to six on the induction hob. I frequently add soft fruit - fresh or frozen - or chopped apple, raisins or other dried fruit, or honey. People then add cream, jam, syrup, more honey, or lots of other things on top. Something like this, though probably a bit crunchier - with something closer to steel-cut oats, allowing for the stone querns that seem to have been Ireland's main milling technology - was probably a reasonable staple across the entire island.

Other people make porridge with water instead of milk. A variation that Noble Sarah of Dun in Mara showed me has the oatmeal added to boiling water, and then left to simmer at a low heat for a few minutes. This has the added bonus of not sticking to the pot, which honestly astonished me; I've always had to clean porridge pots with considerable elbow grease.

I've also tried it with what's sold as buttermilk here (which isn't the remnant after you make butter from cream, but instead a cultured sour milk which I suspect is related to kefir and piima), and it's pretty good too.

Broadly, people seem to either like or dislike oatmeal porridge. There's little middle ground, and I suspect that that's going to influence how people receive other porridges too.

Back to The Irish Porridge Project

[queen-scottie]

8 year old Andrew Scott in a TV commercial for Flahavan’s porridge. 

[mobelmatz]

Flahavan’s Irish Porridge Oats (500g)

via Produkte – easy-shoppen.de

[hungryculchie-blog]

Kickin' off the week in healthy fashion! 🍽 Chocolate orange, sugar free protein balls 🇮🇪 @flahavans organic porridge oats, Co. Waterford ⏳ 10 minutes 💰 €6.50 makes approx 20 balls . . . #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom #snack #eatingfortheinsta #chefmode #recipe #recipies #cooking #cook #healthy #yummy #health #instafood #delicious #instafood #eat #love #instagood #hungryculchie

[homethoughtsfromabroad626]

Flahavan’s Oaty Carrot Cake by Neven Maguire — Foodaware

Flahavan’s Oaty Carrot Cake by Neven Maguire — Foodaware

Cake Ingredients:  100g (3½ oz) Flahavan’s Organic Porridge Oats 50g (1¾ oz) chopped walnuts/pecans 200g (7 oz) sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 200g (7 oz) grated carrot 125g (4¼ oz) vegetable oil 125g (4¼ oz) self-raising flour pinch of salt Icing Ingredients: 50g (1¾ oz) butter 75g (2½ oz) icing sugar 50g (1¾ […]Flahavan’s Oaty Carrot Cake by Neven Maguire — Foodaware

[itsanaturalchoice]

Start the day with a good #Brekkie Soaked oats with berries RUDE HEALTH almond milk @Glasrai berries Flahavan's Porridge oats Desiccated coconut Dried banana Soaked chia seeds Set yourself up right for a busy day (at It's a Natural Choice) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrX5o8FhuE/?igshid=1wgfjub9862am