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

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

I like steel cut oats. You can make a big batch and put it in the fridge
and then nuke a serving.

It tastes even better if you toast it. I like this version:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._17140,00.html

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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



Mix 1/4c steel cut oats with 1c water and a wee pinch of salt. Simmer
for 15-20 min preferably in a nonstick pan. Not fast but I don't think
you can speed it up.

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

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.

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

tenplay wrote:
[snip] .... Is there a fast and
easy way of making oatmeal cereal without using the instant oatmeal
packages that are overly processed? [snip]

What does "overly processed" mean to you? That is, what are you trying
to avoid? Rolled oats cook fast -- about 5 minutes start to finish --
while steel cut oats cook slowly. Both contain nothing but oats. Both
provide the oatmeal fiber that many believe to be healthful.

I can't speak to the microwave-in-a-minute instant products because
I've not looked at them. The four-minute time difference is more
easily addressed by setting the alarm that much earlier. :-)

The real differences between rolled and cut oats are taste and texture.
Only you can decide whether you like the slow-cooking version enough
to warrant the expenditure of time. It's not a nutrition or
"processing" issue. -aem

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

I eat oatmeal porridge almost every morning. It takes about 12 minutes to
cook the large flake rolled oats, a little longer than the minute or quick
cooking oats, but it is a lot tastier. Steel cut oats are good but IMO the
extra cost and extra cooking time isn't worth it for a daily breakfast. I
treat myself to them once in a while.

Dave Smith 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


I eat oatmeal porridge almost every morning. It takes about 12 minutes to
cook the large flake rolled oats, a little longer than the minute or quick
cooking oats, but it is a lot tastier. Steel cut oats are good but IMO the
extra cost and extra cooking time isn't worth it for a daily breakfast. I
treat myself to them once in a while.


You can buy steel cut oats for a lot less than the Mcanns product. You
can compensate
for the longer cooking time by making a large batch and then nuke a
serving when needed.

George wrote:
Dave Smith 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


I eat oatmeal porridge almost every morning. It takes about 12 minutes to
cook the large flake rolled oats, a little longer than the minute or quick
cooking oats, but it is a lot tastier. Steel cut oats are good but IMO the
extra cost and extra cooking time isn't worth it for a daily breakfast. I
treat myself to them once in a while.


You can buy steel cut oats for a lot less than the Mcanns product. You
can compensate
for the longer cooking time by making a large batch and then nuke a
serving when needed.

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... all it says on the heavy brown
paper sack is "Steel Cut Oats" "Product of Canada". I split the 50
pounds with a neighbor. My 25 pounds will last me a year, just right
timing... and these smell so much fresher than McCain's, looks fresher
too... soon as I opened the sack I could smell freshly harvested
oats... with McCain's you're paying mostly for cans.

Sheldon

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




I despise oatmeal in any form, but several people have told me that the
steel cut oats are vastly superior in taste and texture.

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

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




I despise oatmeal in any form, but several people have told me that the
steel cut oats are vastly superior in taste and texture.


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...

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

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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

Peter A wrote:
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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.


I use it in breads but never eat it plain.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Dave Smith wrote in
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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

I eat oatmeal porridge almost every morning. It takes about 12 minutes
to cook the large flake rolled oats, a little longer than the minute
or quick cooking oats, but it is a lot tastier. Steel cut oats are
good but IMO the extra cost and extra cooking time isn't worth it for
a daily breakfast. I treat myself to them once in a while.


Seeing as it's getting into winter over here, the porridge has started
to be wheeled out at breakfast. We use the rolled oats. I use half water
and half-3/4 of milk when I'm cooking them to give a nice creamy texture
and taste. I sometimes have a banana over mine, while the SO will have
some sliced pear.

Any leftovers go to the pooch. She *loves* it!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

George wrote:

I eat oatmeal porridge almost every morning. It takes about 12 minutes to
cook the large flake rolled oats, a little longer than the minute or quick
cooking oats, but it is a lot tastier. Steel cut oats are good but IMO the
extra cost and extra cooking time isn't worth it for a daily breakfast. I
treat myself to them once in a while.


You can buy steel cut oats for a lot less than the Mcanns product. You
can compensate
for the longer cooking time by making a large batch and then nuke a
serving when needed.

I have searched the bulk stores, the feed stores and the health food stores
around her for steel cut oats and the only kind I can find are McCanns which are
about 4 times the price of large flake rolled oats, and I really, really like
the large flake rolled oats.

I have tried making the steel cut in larger batches and nuking it, but I really
don't like the results. I would rather have freshly cooked large flake than
nuked steel cut. From my experience, I have had better results nuking large
flake rolled oats than steel cut, but I have to say that I prefer it r-heated in
a pan.

Peter A wrote:

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


I despise oatmeal in any form, but several people have told me that the
steel cut oats are vastly superior in taste and texture.

I you hate them in any form don't expect them to be any better steel cut. I
like oatmeal in most forms. I like steel cut. I like large flake just as
much. I don't have much use for the quick cooking or minute varieties.