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Default Oatmeal as a side dish

On Tue 08 Jul 2008 05:01:37p, ghodur told us...

> On Jul 7, 5:07*pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
>> "John Kane" > wrote:
>>
>> > > I really hope not.
>> > Indeed!
>> >I was shuddering at the thought.

>>
>> I put it in meatloaf once and am still creeped out by the results.


Gag! I tried it twice, and both attempts yielded a meatloaf with a gooey,
sliimy texture. It almost put me off meatloaf altogether for a while.


>> Cookies? Hot cereal? Cold cereal? Snack bars?
>>
>> You bet. Main and side dishes? Not so much.


Absolutely!

> Where's your spirit of adventure? And BTW, I found the recipe by
> searching for oatmeal pilaf. You toss 1 3/4 C. old fashioned oats with
> an egg (or two egg whites). Sautee your veggies (onion, pepper,
> whatever) then add the oatmeal and sautee til it is dry and separate.
> Add 3/4 C. chicken broth and any herbs or spices you want and cook til
> the liquid is absorbed.


This might be an interesting experiment, given the instructions you wrote.

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