"Ted Campanelli" > wrote in message
.. .
> Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so
> great) words of knowledge:
>
> The term refers to both rolled oats and steel cut oats. I realize this
> may be confusing, however you can usually tell from the recipe which they
> are referring to. In the US rolled oats require a longer cooking time
> than steel cut oats if that is any help.
>
>> In Australia we don't use the term 'oatmeal'. In recipes from the US and
>> Britain when it calls for this I can't work out from the photo what
>> product has been used. In the recent thread on oats I thought I might be
>> able to glean the info, but it didn't happen.
>>
>> We have rolled oats, which are like your Quaker traditional rolled oats,
>> and we have steel cut oats. We can use both of these for porridge.
>> There are also the quick sort of flavoured oat mixes that nuke in a
>> minute. We have oat bran as well. So what is oatmeal? Is it another
>> name for rolled oats, or is a more refined product?
>>
>> Chris

Chris, I totally disagree with the statement "US rolled oats require longer
cooking time than steel cut oats.

I cook both regularly.
Dee Dee
U.S.A.