Hub's porridge pancakes. A Big Hit. Wean on this, baby.

[hub2dee]

Following on from this thread where Pruni mentioned the old 'porridge drawer' in Scotland where they (allegedly) would collect the unscoffed porridge, let it set, then munch on it as a snack, and hunker's link to this BLW chat with Gill Rapley... I was wondering how I might be able to get dd to eat porridge on her own (especially in the heat)...

Maybe this has been done loads before, but it's really easy to creat a (quite delicious) porridge pancake:

Sprinke bottom of baby's bowl with thin layer of oat flakes.
Barely cover with EBM / formula / cow's milk.
Nuke in the microwave for 20 - 30 seconds.

That's it !

Leave it on the side for the oats to absorb the moisture and after a while it'll start to set. Sling it in the fridge and later it'll set lovely and juicy and you can peel the 'pancake' (nicer word than 'skin') from the bowl and serve (cold) to baby who will enjoy destroying it.

You can get a slightly firmer pancake by using a spoon to release the pancake from the bowl after it has started to set, flip it it over, and stick it in the mic again before you set it in the fridge. (Removes more moisture).

I tried adding blueberries but things went a bit mushy. Do post any recipes / ideas for anything similar. I was quite impressed by my little discovery ! (Sorry if this is old hat).

Sounds great, Hub - will try them with DS2 (DS1 eats his "podge" with a spoon ).

Shepherds used to take porridge to the hills with them, I think - in slices.

am going down now to try it.....

My dad used to make a similar thing but with muesli instead of porridge, he called it muesli pancake. We used to go blackberrying for the afternoon, then come back, make muesli pancake and scoff it in big inch-thick wedges smeared with stewed blackberries. Heaven.

The porridge one sounds delicious too, I might try it (minus the EBM )

Do post if anything works / is edible or if you can improve the recipe ! It is soooo simple, but IMHO an excellent idea. Muesli pancakes sound v. yummy for older kids / adults too...

This could make an excellent supermarket product I reckon. Really healthy / refreshing snack whilst you're out and about, and can (I imagine) be served warm in the winter !

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We have porridge every morning... apart from the fab pancake discovery we add lots of things to it to make it different (not that any of you are bothered are you lol)

I usually make sugar free porridge for one small baby one toddler and a mummy by putting in a pan

1 and a half cups of oats
1 cup milk
1 cup apple juice
half cup water
teaspoon of mixed spice/nutmeg/ginger/cinnamon

Older DS likes to eat it with his hands so before I pour the porridge in his bowl I put in fruit pieces.. his faves are sultanas and strawberries and sultanas and tangerine pieces... also if you make quite thick porridge( using a bit less water) and mix it with the fruit and bung the bowl in the fridge you end up with porridge cake, which you can turn out, slice and munch

woops, thought it was too good to be my own invention, LOL.

But, oops, you didn't call it a pancake TM © 2006.

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this is how flapjack started !!!

tell me more, mrsnoah...

hub you clearly have too much time on your hands again lol!

My Dad is an ole Glaswegian and told me stories of porridge "growing" in the bottom drawer when he was a child. (this was after he had outgrown said bottom drawer himself at age 1yr!)
Fantastic use of furniture in those days.

how can i do this without a microwave >

I guess just the same in a pan - shallow spread of flakes, just cover with milk, heat, leave to cool. I would then (after it's set) use a scraper to get the pancake / skin thing out of the pan in one piece, and stick that in the fridge.

thanks for this idea, hub, i'd been feeling guilty (naturally, for i am now a parent and everything inspires guilt) that i hadn't been giving DD any cereal in the morning and that she might have been getting too much gluten and salt from toast and bread.
anyway, we did the porridge pancakes (TM. All Rights Reserved) this morning and she loved them. so thanks.

Oops, things often get overlooked until hub takes them up as one of his causes, I find

Which reminds me hub, have still been really crap about emailing but do not fear I have all your words of wnaky wisdom safe here

Delighted to have pleased your dd's stomach, aitch. It's a great way to get a bit of slow-release carbs into them, plus the milk obv. has protein, calcium, fat etc. so all in all it is quite a nutritious food.

Lovely cold in this hot weather too !

FaZ: Surely you've spelt your name wrong ?

I have remedied it now hub

Perhaps gone a bit far in fact

Will try this out Hub, thanks.

Oh and Hub, you're so cute! Bless you!

I accept my blessing with grace.

I do hope we get some real live users posting experience of hub's pancakes TM © 2006.

Oh, and please feel free to experiment and tell me how to best make banana / blueberry ones etc. whilst maintaining consistency.

hub2dee, can i steal your recipe and post it on my wee BLW blog, please? i will give you all due credit (much to oops' chagrin).
DD had the pancakes with peaches this morning, one in each hand. loved them. i've been making them up last thing and leaving them to cool in the fridge overnight. and i've found that if you make them thicker then less of the oats fall apart so the highchair is easier to clean...

Interesting. I made a thick one yesterday and it seemed much more floppy so harder to eat...

There's not really much recipe is there ? Oats plus milk LOL. You are welcome to publish anything you want with or without credit.

Great idea except for the microwave... ...microwaves really are bad for you, it's not just snobbery. Nothing wrong with gently fried oaty pancakes for babies though, esp if you use a good olive oil.
I can't wait for the apples and blackberries to ripen, so I can make my super-duper autumn pancakes...

I've heard about the 'microwaves are bad for you' thing, TT... and did a massive google session on it. Aside from the excitation of the molecules following heating (ie. I think it's possible for milk to continue warming a little after the microwave has actually finished, and also that the milk might not be evenly warm creating potentially dangeous hotspots, and also that microwaves can hyperboil water etc.), I couldn't find anything to support the claim. All the sites which refer to this point to very dodgy research which is very thin on the ground. If there were major health risks I think there'd be LOADS more info on it tbh...

(Maybe we should start a thread ? )

I don't have evidence on hand, but know learned people who shun them for health reasons. It's not just the food, they affect the environment they are in. And they have always given me the creeps.