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In the old days , which the senior could remember , porridge was so universally the morning meal that they called it by that name instead of breakfast . They still breakfast on porridge , but often take tea `` above it . '' Generally milk is taken with the porridge ; but `` porter '' or stout in a bowl is no uncommon substitute . Potatoes at twelve o'clock -- seldom `` brose '' nowadays -- are the staple dinner dish , and the tinned meats have become very popular . There are bothies where each man makes his own food ; but of course the more satisfactory plan is for them to club together . Sometimes they get their food in the farm-kitchen ; but this is only when there are few of them and the farmer and his family do not think it beneath them to dine with the men . Broth , too , may be made in the kitchen and sent down to the bothy .