Where's the porridge?
Feb 15th 2019, 2:13 pm
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Where's the porridge?
I know my eyesight is getting worse, but on a number of visits to Portuguese supermarkets I couldn't find any porridge (or cottage cheese).
Have I been looking in the wrong place, or wrong supermarkets?
Have I been looking in the wrong place, or wrong supermarkets?
Feb 15th 2019, 2:24 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
Porridge ? I think you are looking for oats or oatmeal
aveia em flocos or just AVELA
aveia em flocos or just AVELA
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Feb 15th 2019, 4:00 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
We use Avela for Breakfast during the wintet, cannot really tell the difference between it and Scott's Porridge Oats..
Feb 15th 2019, 4:03 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
Cottage cheese in Aldi
Feb 15th 2019, 6:50 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
I thought avela was hazelnut.
Feb 15th 2019, 8:15 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
You don't say where you are Ricko..
Feb 16th 2019, 6:24 am
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Re: Where's the porridge?
Hazelnut is avelã. Avena is Spanish for oats and that's what'll be seen as well as aveia on the packets here.
Feb 16th 2019, 7:21 am
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Feb 16th 2019, 10:13 am
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Feb 16th 2019, 12:53 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
A lot of the supermarkets have a separate health / natural foods section as well as a breakfast cereals aisle. The better selection is usually in the former if that's the case.
Feb 16th 2019, 1:10 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
... and sometimes you need to check the ethnic foods section for products that don't necessarily appeal to the local population as much as to some other nationalities.
Feb 16th 2019, 5:56 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
Lidl, own Crownfield brand, stocked usually with the breakfast cereals. Packets marked Copos de Avena(es)/Flocos de Aveia. Comes in two flake sizes, Grosso (yellow packet) or Fino - you’ll want Grosso for porridge, Fino more like oatmeal.
Feb 16th 2019, 6:13 pm
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Re: Where's the porridge?
This is the brand that my daughters found, as per #8, marked "suaves", but it was OK for porridge.
