Meaning
Porridge made from oats (oatmeal), cooked with milk and sweetened and spiced the Jamaican way with condensed milk, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla — richer and sweeter than the plain oatmeal of elsewhere. A quick, comforting, and popular breakfast porridge, oats is a staple for children and a common first food for babies moving on from formula.
Examples
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Wi have oats porridge fi breakfast.
We have oats porridge for breakfast.
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Sweeten di oats wid condense milk an nutmeg.
Sweeten the oats with condensed milk and nutmeg.
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Oats porridge good fi di baby.
Oats porridge is good for the baby.
Origin
From 'oats' + 'porridge'; the Jamaican spiced oatmeal breakfast. See [[cornmeal-porridge]], [[milo]].
How it’s used
Sweetened, spiced oatmeal breakfast porridge. See [[cornmeal-porridge]], [[green-banana-porridge]].