On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/19/2021 9:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-03-19 12:14 a.m., wrote:
>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 8:34:50 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It was probably pre-sweetened oatmeal.
>>>>
>>> Â* Nope.Â* Just plain old everyday oatmeal that I had to cook.Â* I can't
>>> stand that
>>> instant or flavored oatmeal and the smell is horrible.
>>>
>>
>> I add just a little very dark brown sugar for taste. It does not need
>> sweetening.
>>
> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal.Â* Is this one of
> Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>


I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the flavour.
In the list of ingredients it is the third item.

On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 3/19/2021 9:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2021-03-19 12:14 a.m., wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 8:34:50 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It was probably pre-sweetened oatmeal.
>>>>>
>>>> Â* Nope.Â* Just plain old everyday oatmeal that I had to cook.Â* I
>>>> can't stand that
>>>> instant or flavored oatmeal and the smell is horrible.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I add just a little very dark brown sugar for taste. It does not need
>>> sweetening.
>>>
>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal.Â* Is this one
>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>>
>
>
> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the flavour.
> In the list of ingredients it is the third item.

Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
consumes massive amounts of sugar. On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.

Jill

On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:

>>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal.Â* Is this one
>>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
>> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
>> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
>
> Thanks for looking that up.Â* I've never bought any "flavoured instant
> oatmeal".Â* It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
> consumes massive amounts of sugar.

I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
how many of them are sweetened.

I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.



>On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
> I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
> called "sweet".Â* I actually like the taste of oats.
>

I love the taste of oats.

Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
because they got so excited over it.

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
> >>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
> >>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
> >> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
> >> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
> >
> > Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
> > oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
> > consumes massive amounts of sugar.
> I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
> American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
> will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
> Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
> how many of them are sweetened.
>
> I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
> instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
> >On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
> > I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
> > called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
> >
> I love the taste of oats.
>
> Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
> because they got so excited over it.

When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > >>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
> > >>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
> > >> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
> > >> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
> > >
> > > Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
> > > oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
> > > consumes massive amounts of sugar.
> > I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
> > American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
> > will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
> > Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
> > how many of them are sweetened.
> >
> > I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
> > instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
> > >On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
> > > I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
> > > called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
> > >
> > I love the taste of oats.
> >
> > Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
> > because they got so excited over it.
> When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.

Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
microwave. It's good.

Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
and sugar in it, and a container with a measured amount of water. At midnight
he wakes up, prepares and eats the oatmeal, takes a Hydrocodone (which
upsets his stomach if it's empty), and goes back to bed.

Cindy Hamilton

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8:34:06 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > > > On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > >> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > >
> > > >>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
> > > >>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
> > > >> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
> > > >> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
> > > > oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
> > > > consumes massive amounts of sugar.
> > > I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
> > > American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
> > > will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
> > > Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
> > > how many of them are sweetened.
> > >
> > > I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
> > > instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
> > > >On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
> > > > I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
> > > > called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
> > > >
> > > I love the taste of oats.
> > >
> > > Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
> > > because they got so excited over it.
> > When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
> Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
> microwave. It's good.
>
> Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
> and sugar in it, and a container with a measured amount of water. At midnight
> he wakes up, prepares and eats the oatmeal, takes a Hydrocodone (which
> upsets his stomach if it's empty), and goes back to bed.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

If it was cheaper, faster, and good, I would have been doing that very thing. It ain't.

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:44:06 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8:34:06 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > > > > On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > >> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
> > > > >>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
> > > > >> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
> > > > >> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
> > > > > oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
> > > > > consumes massive amounts of sugar.
> > > > I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
> > > > American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
> > > > will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
> > > > Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
> > > > how many of them are sweetened.
> > > >
> > > > I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
> > > > instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
> > > > >On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
> > > > > I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
> > > > > called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
> > > > >
> > > > I love the taste of oats.
> > > >
> > > > Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
> > > > because they got so excited over it.
> > > When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
> > Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
> > microwave. It's good.
> >
> > Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
> > and sugar in it, and a container with a measured amount of water. At midnight
> > he wakes up, prepares and eats the oatmeal, takes a Hydrocodone (which
> > upsets his stomach if it's empty), and goes back to bed.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> If it was cheaper, faster, and good, I would have been doing that very thing. It ain't.

As I said, it requires advance planning.

I cannot fathom how someone as feckless as you had a business.

Cindy Hamilton

On 3/19/2021 2:34 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
>
That's so friggin' sad.

> Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
> microwave. It's good.
>
I do believe the instructions can be found gee, on the side of the
container of rolled oats. Yeppers!

I'm looking at mine right now. Microwave directions complete with
measurements of water, oats and (optional) salt. One serving: 1 cup
water, 1/2 cup of oats. Place in a 2 cup microwave-safe bowl .
Microwave on High, 1-1/2 to 2 minutes. Stir.

At this point you could add in brown sugar, raisins, drizzle it with
maple syrup, whatever the heck you want. Or simply add a little butter
and eat it without all that jazz. That's a personal choice.

> Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
> and sugar in it, and a container with a measured amount of water. At midnight
> he wakes up, prepares and eats the oatmeal, takes a Hydrocodone (which
> upsets his stomach if it's empty), and goes back to bed.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I take it he is supposed to take the medication during the night? I
can't imagine any other reason to get up and eat at midnight.

Jill

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:51:36 PM UTC-4, wrote:

> > Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
> > and sugar in it, and a container with a measured amount of water. At midnight
> > he wakes up, prepares and eats the oatmeal, takes a Hydrocodone (which
> > upsets his stomach if it's empty), and goes back to bed.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> I take it he is supposed to take the medication during the night? I
> can't imagine any other reason to get up and eat at midnight.

Yes, he takes it every 6 hours like clockwork. Since he started that
regimen, his pain has been much more manageable.

Cindy Hamilton

jmcquown wrote:
> I take it he is supposed to take the medication during the night? I
> can't imagine any other reason to get up and eat at midnight.

Just different schedules for different people, Jill.
I often like a small snack late. Last night around 11pm, I had 3
pancakes with butter. That's all...no syrup or anything else. Was quite
tasty.

When I work at home, I usually work all night for however long it takes.
No different from a day job except for different schedule.

Even when I don't work, I like the late night hours for tv and reading
and I *always* get up by 4am. On non-working days, I get some of my
sleep in the mid-afternoons. Those hours (1pm-5pm) have always been the
boring hours of the day to me anyway.

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:34:03 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> > > On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > >> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> >
>> > >>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
>> > >>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
>> > >> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
>> > >> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
>> > > oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
>> > > consumes massive amounts of sugar.
>> > I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
>> > American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
>> > will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
>> > Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
>> > how many of them are sweetened.
>> >
>> > I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
>> > instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
>> > >On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
>> > > I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
>> > > called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
>> > >
>> > I love the taste of oats.
>> >
>> > Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
>> > because they got so excited over it.
>> When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
>
>Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
>microwave. It's good.
>
>Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
>and sugar

Ha!

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Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:34:03 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
>>>>>>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
>>>>>> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
>>>>>> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
>>>>> oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
>>>>> consumes massive amounts of sugar.
>>>> I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
>>>> American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
>>>> will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
>>>> Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
>>>> how many of them are sweetened.
>>>>
>>>> I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
>>>> instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
>>>>> On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
>>>>> I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
>>>>> called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
>>>>>
>>>> I love the taste of oats.
>>>>
>>>> Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
>>>> because they got so excited over it.
>>> When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
>>
>> Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
>> microwave. It's good.
>>
>> Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
>> and sugar
>
> Ha!
>

Good sniff there, Master! You catch everyone now. Glad you are back
to your excellent game.

Tonite, I'm having chiles releno. *YOUR FAVORITE*

Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:34:03 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
>>>>>>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
>>>>>> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
>>>>>> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
>>>>> oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
>>>>> consumes massive amounts of sugar.
>>>> I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
>>>> American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
>>>> will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
>>>> Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
>>>> how many of them are sweetened.
>>>>
>>>> I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
>>>> instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
>>>>> On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
>>>>> I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
>>>>> called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
>>>>>
>>>> I love the taste of oats.
>>>>
>>>> Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
>>>> because they got so excited over it.
>>> When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
>>
>> Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
>> microwave. It's good.
>>
>> Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
>> and sugar
>
> Ha!
>

A fly on shit.

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:34:03 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:


>Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
>and sugar in it, and a container with a measured amount of water.

What a good man. I do hope the oatmeal, raisins
and sugar benefited and overcame whatever the task was.

On 3/19/2021 1:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal I add a bit of brown sugar to it
>> but not to the point it could really be called "sweet".Â* I actually
>> like the taste of oats.
>>
>
> I love the taste of oats.
>
I think I got my like (not necessarily love) of the taste of oats from
my Mom's Scottish parents. Grandpa had to have his 'parritch' every
morning. It was probably Quaker Rolled Oats; steel cut wouldn't have
been a thing they could find in a small town in Ohio in the 1920's or,
when we were there in 1971. One tiny grocery store in a tiny town.

Fast forward... my mother made oatmeal for my brothers and I when we
were little kids.

I never got into the habit of eating oatmeal for breakfast as an adult.
I like it well enough, I simply don't think about it when it comes to
breakfast. Hot cereal. Heck, I don't even eat grits all that often.

I'd much rather have eggs and toast. Sometimes bacon, sometimes sausage.

> Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
> because they got so excited over it.
>
I've never been around horses but I did know that factoid from watching
some old television Westerns. "Give 'em extra oats." LOL

Jill

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:36:50 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 3/19/2021 1:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal I add a bit of brown sugar to it
>>> but not to the point it could really be called "sweet".Â* I actually
>>> like the taste of oats.
>>>
>>
>> I love the taste of oats.
>>
>I think I got my like (not necessarily love) of the taste of oats from
>my Mom's Scottish parents.

Are they part horse?

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Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:36:50 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/19/2021 1:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal I add a bit of brown sugar to it
>>>> but not to the point it could really be called "sweet".Â* I actually
>>>> like the taste of oats.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I love the taste of oats.
>>>
>> I think I got my like (not necessarily love) of the taste of oats from
>> my Mom's Scottish parents.
>
> Are they part horse?
>

<*SNIFF*>

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:07:23 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 3/19/2021 9:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2021-03-19 12:14 a.m., wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 8:34:50 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was probably pre-sweetened oatmeal.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Â* Nope.Â* Just plain old everyday oatmeal that I had to cook.Â* I
>>>>> can't stand that
>>>>> instant or flavored oatmeal and the smell is horrible.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I add just a little very dark brown sugar for taste. It does not need
>>>> sweetening.
>>>>
>>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal.Â* Is this one
>>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
>> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the flavour.
>> In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
>
>Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
>oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
>consumes massive amounts of sugar.

More than elsewhere in the world.

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