porridge, oooh, eeew
you should know better.

ingredients: liquid and grain in any form that works.
energy, you need it. porridge gently gives it to you. sweet tooth, add sweet stuff. want savoury? add salt. and cheese.
things you didn't think it was porridge but it is porridge
polenta = porridge. bechamel sauce = porridge. semolina? porridge. gnocchi alla romana? baked porridge. dough? uncooked porridge.
Conclusions
Eat porridge.