Blair P. Houghton wrote:
tenplay wrote:

Do any of you eat hot oatmeal cereal in the morning? I remember my
grandmother eating it a lot. I've heard that it is a healthy and
filling alternative to the usual eggs and bacon. Is there a fast and
easy way of making oatmeal cereal without using the instant oatmeal
packages that are overly processed? Someone suggested using steel-cut
oats. Thanks for any suggestions. Mike


Steel-cut oats take forever to cook, and don't taste like what you
think of as oatmeal.


Thats why I eat them because they aren't that gooey, sticky stuff many
were given as children.


Get McCann's rolled oats. Safeway has them, but they're cheaper at
Trader Joe's. Quaker Oats are a bit too dusty, making the result more
gummy. Safeway also sells a store-brand "country oats", which are a
little bigger and much less dusty, making them a little crunchy when
cooked (the best kind for oatmeal cookie texture). I add about 10%
country oats to McCann's to make the texture just right.

Follow the directions on the package. Takes about 5 minutes. I
sweeten mine by slicing banana into it. Melon also works surprisingly
well. Some swear by apple and cinnamon. Maple Syrup or honey
shouldn't be necessary (and kind of defeat the purpose of eating
oatmeal instead of sugary packaged cereals).

--Blair

Peter A wrote:
In article ,
says...
same here, i just can't stand it and whenever I tell people I get the same
response as when I say I don't like mushrooms "you just haven't had them
prepared correctly".

cut them with steel or moon beams or space lasers, they still taste and feel
and smell like grossness..


I did manage to get oatmeal palatable - but it involved so much butter,
cream, raisins, and maple syrup that it hardly seemed worth it! With my
1/2 Scottish heritage you'd think I would have the gene.

--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths pages at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

I learnt this from someone, basically sprinkle a thin layer of sugar on
the surface of a bowl of porridge, then eat that layer of porridge,
then sprinkle another thin layer of sugar on the surface, and eat that
layer... repeat etc. It's quite nice.

The Bubbo wrote:


I will admit that I despised beets for years until I realized that I just hate
the canned beets of my youth. Fresh roasted beets are heavenly.

Mushrooms, however are the most vile and evil of all substances.


I hated mushrooms when I was a kid. I like them now. They change a lot with
preparation. A lot of people slice them and fry the daylights out of them. I
prefer them lightly sautéed in butter with little salt and pepper and a few drops
of lemon juice.

In article , wrote:
Do any of you eat hot oatmeal cereal in the morning? I remember my
grandmother eating it a lot. I've heard that it is a healthy and
filling alternative to the usual eggs and bacon. Is there a fast and
easy way of making oatmeal cereal without using the instant oatmeal
packages that are overly processed? Someone suggested using steel-cut
oats. Thanks for any suggestions. Mike

When I was a kid we had hot rolled oats for breaky every second day,
and cold boxed cereal (corn flakes, rice bubbles, vita brits) the
other days. We had these in addition to boiled egges and toast,
scrambled eggs, omlettes, etc. (AFAICR *bacon* and eggs were reserved
for the weekend.)


Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

Phred wrote

When I was a kid we had hot rolled oats for breaky every second day,
and cold boxed cereal (corn flakes, rice bubbles, vita brits) the
other days. We had these in addition to boiled egges and toast,
scrambled eggs, omlettes, etc. (AFAICR *bacon* and eggs were reserved
for the weekend.)


We had porridge almost every day. Most often it was oatmeal but for a variation we had
Cream of Wheat, Vita B or Red River. My mother made a pot of porridge for my father
and then stuck in on the double boiler to keep warm for us. I always liked it and I
still do.
Same her for bacon and eggs. They were a weekend thing.

"dee" wrote in message
oups.com...

I learnt this from someone, basically sprinkle a thin layer of sugar on
the surface of a bowl of porridge, then eat that layer of porridge,
then sprinkle another thin layer of sugar on the surface, and eat that
layer... repeat etc. It's quite nice.

Oh, that's smart!. Brown sugar, I hope? You might also try my trick: dip
each spoonful into a little bowl of heavy cream.

Felice

"LurfysMa" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 May 2006 00:16:36 -0600, "D.Currie"
wrote:



I used to despise oatmeal. Couldn't choke it down. Then I tried the steel
cut oats. It's not the same at all, texture-wise. It's more like eating
barley or something similar. It's definitely not the gluey stuff that I
always thought oatmeal was.

If you don't like the taste, then it's probably not going to make a
difference, but texture-wise, it's not at all the same.

To me, even the taste is different -- more nutty. Unless it's me
that's more nutty.


Well, I'm definitely nutty. Honestly, it's been a while since I've tried to
eat rolled oats, that I couldn't compare the flavor very well. One spoonful
of that stuff and I was done. Just couldn't get past the texture.

Donna

"George" wrote in message
...
Blair P. Houghton wrote:
tenplay wrote:

Do any of you eat hot oatmeal cereal in the morning? I remember my
grandmother eating it a lot. I've heard that it is a healthy and
filling alternative to the usual eggs and bacon. Is there a fast and
easy way of making oatmeal cereal without using the instant oatmeal
packages that are overly processed? Someone suggested using steel-cut
oats. Thanks for any suggestions. Mike


Steel-cut oats take forever to cook, and don't taste like what you
think of as oatmeal.


Thats why I eat them because they aren't that gooey, sticky stuff many
were given as children.


Exactly! And I don't feel a need to sweeten them a lot, either. A little
butter is nice, though.

Donna

I make about a week's worth at a shot in my slow cooker, cooks while I
sleep... first morning I have it fresh made, the other mornings I
reheat in the nuker. I buy steel cut oats for 75¢/lb including
shipping in 50 pound sacks from: http://www.store.honeyvillegrain.com
This tastes much better than McCain's...

Absolutely. And I was a McCann's devotee for 20 years.

oats... with McCain's you're paying mostly for cans.

Hey thanks for the honeyvillegrain.com link!

I used to eat the McCanns - lol about the cost of the cans.

Now I get groats aka uncut oats from the local yuppy whole food store
- aptly named Wild Oats. I forget the exact price but it is slightly
over a buck a pound. I store it in large glass jars.

When it is cold, and I have to be effcient in the morning, I cook it
in a small crock pot on a timer. I also add some brown sugar,
raisins and dried cranberrys. About 3 hours does it for me - might
be a bit mushy for some.

On more leisurely mornings, I cook it on the stove. I let it come to
a boil and then turn the stove down to low. Sorry I don't have any
exact times.

Jay

"LurfysMa" wrote in message
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On 14 May 2006 10:36:01 -0700, "Blair P. Houghton"
wrote:

tenplay wrote:
Do any of you eat hot oatmeal cereal in the morning? I remember my
grandmother eating it a lot. I've heard that it is a healthy and
filling alternative to the usual eggs and bacon. Is there a fast and
easy way of making oatmeal cereal without using the instant oatmeal
packages that are overly processed? Someone suggested using steel-cut
oats. Thanks for any suggestions. Mike

Steel-cut oats take forever to cook, and don't taste like what you
think of as oatmeal.

Dead wrong on count 1 and how do you know what the OP or anyone else
thinks of as oatmeal?

Get McCann's rolled oats. Safeway has them, but they're cheaper at
Trader Joe's.

There are other, even better choices. I buy mine from Honeyville Farms
in 70g tins through Amazon. Honeyville Farms is in Utah, but I think
the oats come from Canada. I was a McCann's devotee for 20 years
before I discovered these. They are much fresher, much, much cheaper,
taste even better (and I love McCann's), and zero husks.

Quaker Oats are a bit too dusty, making the result more
gummy.

Yes, very much so.

Safeway also sells a store-brand "country oats", which are a
little bigger and much less dusty, making them a little crunchy when
cooked (the best kind for oatmeal cookie texture). I add about 10%
country oats to McCann's to make the texture just right.

For you, of course.

Follow the directions on the package. Takes about 5 minutes. I
sweeten mine by slicing banana into it. Melon also works surprisingly
well. Some swear by apple and cinnamon. Maple Syrup or honey
shouldn't be necessary (and kind of defeat the purpose of eating
oatmeal instead of sugary packaged cereals).

That's a bummer and I hate buying McCann's. I can't get those oats in
Canada!


--
CHI-MUM

LurfysMa wrote:
On 14 May 2006 10:36:01 -0700, "Blair P. Houghton"
wrote:

tenplay wrote:
Do any of you eat hot oatmeal cereal in the morning? I remember my
grandmother eating it a lot. I've heard that it is a healthy and
filling alternative to the usual eggs and bacon. Is there a fast and
easy way of making oatmeal cereal without using the instant oatmeal
packages that are overly processed? Someone suggested using steel-cut
oats. Thanks for any suggestions. Mike

Steel-cut oats take forever to cook, and don't taste like what you
think of as oatmeal.

Dead wrong on count 1 and how do you know what the OP or anyone else
thinks of as oatmeal?

Any product for which the instructions for reducing the cooking time
involve soaking overnight can be considered to need a very long cooking
time.

The OP sounded like they'd eaten oatmeal but had no experience with
steel-cut oats. They do not taste the same. Not even close. Barely
recognizable as the same grain. And I've eaten both types from
McCann's.

And you? Why do you insult my intelligence by questioning obviously
true observations?

Get McCann's rolled oats. Safeway has them, but they're cheaper at
Trader Joe's.

There are other, even better choices. I buy mine from Honeyville Farms
in 70g tins through Amazon. Honeyville Farms is in Utah, but I think
the oats come from Canada. I was a McCann's devotee for 20 years
before I discovered these. They are much fresher, much, much cheaper,
taste even better (and I love McCann's), and zero husks.

Quaker Oats are a bit too dusty, making the result more
gummy.

Yes, very much so.

Safeway also sells a store-brand "country oats", which are a
little bigger and much less dusty, making them a little crunchy when
cooked (the best kind for oatmeal cookie texture). I add about 10%
country oats to McCann's to make the texture just right.

For you, of course.

You bet. Did the sentence imply anything else to a rational person?

Follow the directions on the package. Takes about 5 minutes. I
sweeten mine by slicing banana into it. Melon also works surprisingly
well. Some swear by apple and cinnamon. Maple Syrup or honey
shouldn't be necessary (and kind of defeat the purpose of eating
oatmeal instead of sugary packaged cereals).

You are sure full of rules. ;-)

More like experience worth sharing.

--Blair