"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> >(Carol Cohen)
> >
> >I'm writing to you because I can't think of better
>
> Why not just call the Quaker Oats Corporation?
> http://quakeroats.com/qfb_ContactUs/Consumers.cfm
>
> newsgroups to
> >answer my question, which is: I have always made oatmeal by the
> >recipe on the Quaker Oats box: 1/3 cup oats, 3/4 cup water. But the
> >new box reads: 1/2 cup oats, 1 cup water. (and of course the
> >calories which used to be 110, are now 150). When did the portion
> >size change? And why?
>
> Probably to sell more oats... who in their right mind dirties a pot for
such a
> small quantity anyway... washing the pot costs as much as the puny portion
of
> oats... for those who prepare just one serving it's more economical to buy
the
> single serving pouches.
>
Eyeeewww! Instant oatmeal! Yuk! yuk! yuk!