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Answer for the clue "Porridge made of rolled oats ", 6 letters:
burgoo

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. porridge made of rolled oats [syn: oatmeal ] a gathering at which burgoo stew is served thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context nautical English) A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter. n. (context nautical English) A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Burgoo is a spicy stew, similar to Irish or Mulligan stew , often served with cornbread or corn muffins . It is often prepared communally as a social gathering. It is popular as the basis for civic fund-raisers in the American Midwest and South .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burgoo \Bur"goo\, n. [Prov. E. burgood yeast, perh. fr. W. burym yeast + cawl cabbage, gruel.] A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.

Usage examples of burgoo.

Most of the people I talk to seem to think burgoo is some kind of cleaning product.

Jacksonville or Nome or Hot Burgoo, South Dakota, I would have gone to one of those places.

I only came aft to say Killick has a pot on the hob and a dish of burgoo, and should you like it on deck or below?

They went below and took their infinitely welcome burgoo and coffee in the gunroom, still talking very quietly, although by this time the idlers had been called and the grind of holystones cleaning the deck in the darkness rumbled through the ship.

Covers were laid for a hundred guests, the chair being taken by the Right Honourable Lord Burgoo, Chairman of the Company.

Lord Burgoo, our chairman, asked me about it this afternoon in Piccadilly.

Vess was again untypical in that she set a bountiful table, and there was no hesitancy or finicking in the way the men pitched into the burgoo of squirrel and deer meat and mixed vegetables.

On the table before the lieutenant was a white wash-hand basin, nearly half full of burgoo, a composition of boiled oatmeal and water, very wholesome, and very hot.