"ChrisW" > wrote in
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> "Dee Dee" > wrote in message
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>> Rolled oats and oat flakes are the same. You see them mostly in the
>> form that you see the Qauaker traditional rolled oats that you speak
>> about. This is what here in the U.S. we call oatmeal. As in "I'm
>> going to have some oatmeal for breakfast."
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> Ok, so just to clarify, if I wanted to make the meatloaf with mushroom
> gravy, that is in another thread here - where it calls for oatmeal, I
> use rolled oats? Where I mainly see this term is for baked goods and
> the finished pictures actually make it difficult to see the actual oat
> pieces. The term oat flakes used here would have me thinking of
> something like Kelloggs Corn Flakes, only oats. :-))
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> Chris
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Definitely porridge oats, as far as I'm aware.

K (in Melbourne)