The Steely Dan album Pretzel logic alway puzzled me with the title. It makes no sense to me other than Pretzel is spelt correctly and incorrectly as Pretzle on the album cover. Is that the ‘logic’ expressed in the album title?
It cant be the difference between Anglo and American spelling variants because no-one over here eats Pretzels – fucking awful things.
But now I am flummoxed by Porridge which is how Quaker spells it and Porage as in Scotts Porage Oats.
I tell you it is doing my head in. Porridge is shown correctly by spellchecker and Porage isn’t – I might just ban The Scotts variant – if they can’t spell it correctly what hope for their production of the Oats?
I really felt the need to share this with you – no drugs or alcohol have been taken in the writing of this post.
Norman Stanley McFletcher – star of Porage with cell mate Jimmy MacGodber.
His nemesis being the prison guard, effete Wiltshire dilettante Nigel Ponsonby-McKay.
Not to mention hardline Glasgow screw, Henry ‘Irn-Bru’ McBarraclough.
As ever, t’internet has the answer. “Porage is a word made up by A & R Scott in Glasgow when they launched Scott’s Porage Oats in 1914, and combined the old Scots word poray with the French word potage.”
(Wait until he hears about whiskey and whisky).
Whiskey and Whisky nearly appeared in my post but didn’t want to appear that I had a problem with my Scottish friends.
‘You got a problem, pal?’
Pretzel logic means not logical because the convoluted form of the pretzel is not logical. It says over there.
As the site’s resident Quaker, I feel it my responsibility to inform you that Quaker Oats have nothing to do with Quakers and according to Wiki, manufactured armaments during WW11 (copyright N. Dorries), so don’t even attempt to adhere to Quaker testimonies.
Also, pretzels (Brezeln), as big bread loops, are very popular here in Germany – nothing like those silly little pseudo salt snacks that masquerade as the real thing.
Porridge/Porage is the Devil’s Spawn, fuckin’ awfull Shyte the sight of which turns my stomach inside out. My ma tried to get me to eat it once, I threw it up over her, she never tried again. That’s logic.
My grandchildren like to eat porridge with yoghurt on it, which concoction I have christened yoggidge. Hasn’t caught on yet.
Poghurt?
Allow it to set overnight in a porridge drawer, cut up and fry. Lovely.
At Christmas stir a spoonful of mincemeat into your porridge, garnish with holly for that perfect Christmas breakfast.
Feeling adventurous? Stir in grated Brussel sprouts, do not combine the two recipes however.
More recipes are available.
Up until about 5 years ago I would have totally agreed with you Baron now there’s a first. Now I eat it regularly topped with raspberries ( preferably Scottish) and a drizzle of honey. Yummy.
It was invented by Nigel Porage, no doubt.
The British National porage party
A mess of porage.
I love porridge. Breakfast of Champions. You try tossing your caber in front of the Queen at the Braemar Gathering with just a bowl of Alpen inside you. Not going to happen is it?
Disgusting behavyah!.
Orf with his hid!
Have you seen the cooking instructions on Scott’s “Porage” Oats? Heat it up using water – water! – and add a little salt – salt! Jesus. Ideal for sliding it gently into a nearby bin.
No, the correct way is heat it in milk – full cream preferred – in a microwave for 2 minutes, stirring halfway, and add a dollop of maple syrup, or fruit if you’re feeling flash.
*waits for MC Escher’s house to be stormed by large red-bearded men weilding claymores*
Aye, salt, water and a bitter sense of resentment and entitlement is all that is required.
They’d be flummoxed by the staircase, though.
About right – have tried Maple Syrup but prefer Honey.
The Welsh version:
Porage, porage against the dying of the light
Dylan Thomas liked oats but not with water.
His housekeeper said “now then bach what am I to use if not water? Look you. Now. “
Thomas replied “Oats under milk would be very nice while I think about what to call my play…”
Bravo, gents, bravo…
So did he call it Oats Under Milk? Well, it’s a title I suppose…
I have know it as porridge for about 50 odd years. Here I eat “oatmeal” for breakfast, basically the same, I sweeten it with half a crushed banana. Lovely stuff