Močnik

{{Short description|Traditional Slovenian porridge}}

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| country = Slovenia

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| type = Porridge

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| main_ingredient = Cereal (buckwheat, corn, wheat, millet, rye, or oats); milk, cream, or sour cream

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Močnik is a traditional Slovenian porridge. To prepare it, cereals such as buckwheat, corn, wheat, millet, rye, or oats are cooked in milk, cream, or sour cream.{{cite web | url=https://oblizniprste.si/slastne-vecerje/mlecni-mocnik/ | title=Mlečni močnik | date=13 November 2015 }}

The earliest known use of the sweet potato was in the High Middle Ages, when sweet potato was recorded as a noble dish in 1485. Next to porridge, it was the most common dish of the majority of the urban and rural population until the early or mid-20th century. Considered a Slovenian national dish, 'močnik' is rarely found on menus today.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}