Talking about steel cut oats, raisins, nuts, etc. I like to cook them for a while :)

You need an instapot.

It won't make it faster (wall time), but it reduces your effort to virtually zero. Dump the steel cut oats/milk/water in, push the magic button, and come back in 25 minutes. I've been eating this daily for breakfast for a couple years and it's great.

No continuous stirring to prevent scalding the milk, no slightly burned milk welded to the bottom of your pot, etc.

The recipe I like, fwiw: 2 parts (I use 1/2 cup) Bob's Red Mill steel cut oats; 3 parts whole milk; 2 parts water. 10 minutes on high pressure.

Overnight oats are my way to go.

So, not porridge then?

Sorry, I might have used the wrong word, that's what we call it.

A nice almond milk frumenty with pears is always delicious.

i see "porridge" used differently in differing contexts. what do you mean by it here?

‘Oatmeal’ prepared in a rather unorthodox way apparently.

yeah i see Germans use Porridge but i can't tell if they're just using an English word from their language's recent cousin (i.e., English) or not...and i'm 1/4 German but not hip on lingo.