I went to Aldi today to buy lettuce. Walking down the cereal aisle
(you have to walk down the cereal aisle), I saw that they had steel
cut oats -- a 24 ounce canister was $1.89. I can get them cheaper
than that at the health food store, but it costs more than that in
gas to drive out there. So I bought the oats at Aldi.

Got home and looked at the label, and it says "quick cook". The
directions look about like for old fashioned rolled oats (except
these take more water); I think they cook in about 3 minutes.
Anybody ever heard such a thing?

I will open them up and try them tomorrow morning.

-Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
> I went to Aldi today to buy lettuce. Walking down the cereal aisle
> (you have to walk down the cereal aisle), I saw that they had steel
> cut oats -- a 24 ounce canister was $1.89. I can get them cheaper
> than that at the health food store, but it costs more than that in
> gas to drive out there. So I bought the oats at Aldi.
>
> Got home and looked at the label, and it says "quick cook". The
> directions look about like for old fashioned rolled oats (except
> these take more water); I think they cook in about 3 minutes.
> Anybody ever heard such a thing?
>
> I will open them up and try them tomorrow morning.
>
> -Bob

McCann's sells "instant" steel-cut oats. They cook quickly.

On 3/20/2011 12:18 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> I went to Aldi today to buy lettuce. Walking down the cereal aisle (you
> have to walk down the cereal aisle), I saw that they had steel cut oats
> -- a 24 ounce canister was $1.89. I can get them cheaper than that at
> the health food store, but it costs more than that in gas to drive out
> there. So I bought the oats at Aldi.
>
> Got home and looked at the label, and it says "quick cook". The
> directions look about like for old fashioned rolled oats (except these
> take more water); I think they cook in about 3 minutes. Anybody ever
> heard such a thing?
>
> I will open them up and try them tomorrow morning.
>
> -Bob

My guess is that it's rolled oats. Maybe it's pre-cooked oats like Uncle
Ben's Converted Oats. That would be cool. I'd get that for 1.89.

On 3/20/2011 5:18 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> cereal aisle), I saw that they had steel cut oats -- a 24 ounce
> canister was $1.89.

> Got home and looked at the label, and it says "quick cook". The
> directions look about like for old fashioned rolled oats (except these
> take more water); I think they cook in about 3 minutes. Anybody ever
> heard such a thing?

No, I have not seen these, but I will look for them in the store. I am
wondering if I could use those to make granola, right now I am using
rolled outs.

Becca

On 3/20/2011 6:18 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> I went to Aldi today to buy lettuce. Walking down the cereal aisle (you
> have to walk down the cereal aisle), I saw that they had steel cut oats
> -- a 24 ounce canister was $1.89. I can get them cheaper than that at
> the health food store, but it costs more than that in gas to drive out
> there. So I bought the oats at Aldi.
>
> Got home and looked at the label, and it says "quick cook". The
> directions look about like for old fashioned rolled oats (except these
> take more water); I think they cook in about 3 minutes. Anybody ever
> heard such a thing?
>
> I will open them up and try them tomorrow morning.
>
> -Bob
Don't know about that brand but I have purchased quick cooking steel cut
oats and the oats were just cut into much smaller pieces.

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:54:49 -0400, George >
wrote:

> Don't know about that brand but I have purchased quick cooking steel cut
> oats and the oats were just cut into much smaller pieces.

Do they retain that "toothy" quality of long cooked steel oats?

--

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In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> I went to Aldi today to buy lettuce. Walking down the cereal aisle
> (you have to walk down the cereal aisle), I saw that they had steel
> cut oats -- a 24 ounce canister was $1.89. I can get them cheaper
> than that at the health food store, but it costs more than that in
> gas to drive out there. So I bought the oats at Aldi.
>
> Got home and looked at the label, and it says "quick cook". The
> directions look about like for old fashioned rolled oats (except
> these take more water); I think they cook in about 3 minutes.
> Anybody ever heard such a thing?

I've bought regular steel-cut oats (both McCann's and Trader Joe's); I
handle them the same way I do rolled (but not quick-cook) oats -- nuke
'em for three or four minutes with some liquid. Works fine.

You can also use them instead of rolled oats in bread recipes.

Isaac