Hello mummies!
RE. Tiger Food Jar
today is the 3rd time I'm using it and the porridge turned out PERFECT! Texture was as nice as double boiled! So happy. The first 2 times, the porridge turned out like softer verson of teochew porridge, today it was just nice. I realised the proportion of water and rice is quite important. Today, as suggested by Flo, I reduced the water used and after 3.5 hours, the rice has absorbed most of the water. At first the grains looked big but when scooped out and stir a little, it's nice and soft, yet not watery. I was outside, so didn't managed to take a picture. I used 2 soup spoon of rice to around 230 to 250ml of water, pre-warmed the flask and boiled the rice for about 3 to 5 mins before throwing into the jar. Not sure if that helps.
cookie,
I wouldn't recommend lunch and dinner in the same jar as well. In fact, I think it is not practical cos although the jar is very good, I doubt the heat can last more than 6 to 8 hours. And Sophia is right about introducing air and stirring the porridge when taking out for lunch. By dinner time, the porridge might turn watery, not to mention much cooler. You might want to consider getting another Tiger Food Jar if you want to feed porridge for dinner as well.
When you are in Gold Coast and will be out the whole day, I suggest you use the jar to make porridge for lunch. Dinner, feed either jar food, bread (can get those yummy tasting ones from bakery) or cereal. Cereal will be a good idea cos you can always get warm water to make FM to mix into the cereal easily.