To think ALL porridge oats are the same...

[WFTisgoingoninmyhead]

This is somewhat lighthearted, but can a person really tell the difference between Scott’s Porridge Oats and Harvest Morn (Aldi) Porridge Oats. My DH claims he can! The ingredients on both boxes say 100% Oats. I think he is just being a bit precious and a little snobby but I am happy to be proven wrong. I make muesli with the offending Oats and that tastes just the same to me.

Another vote for Sainsbury's Organic oats here - they make really lovely porridge. 🙃

Nah, some are dusty and gritty like Ready Brek.

DH eats a shitload of porridge. Has been eating Aldi's basic range for ages, until a couple of days ago, when he said they must have changed them, so now he's switched to some other brand, he said it was worth paying the extra 50p for!

At one point there were two types of Scotts. One was Traditional and one was Old Fashioned.
I got the wrong sort once. They ended up as flapjack.

Also I notice that Scotts spell it 'porage'.

YANBU

I don’t actually buy expensive ones - just Tesco own.

But I won’t buy Aldi or Lidl ones

Had some Asda jumbo oats recently and they were very different from our normal ones.

My DS has porridge every morning so we go through loads

I get the cheapo ones and find them fine for porridge with a bit of honey.

As long as they're not full of husk and rolled, rather than cut or milled, I'm fine with the cheaper ones. I usually get the big bags from Sainsburys. I like my porridge slow cooked, anyhow, so it thickens properly. It's less carby, that way, too, as I only need 30g of oats in 250ml of soya milk. Good jumbo oats are lovely but a bad batch never thickens.