The Oatmeal Thread

[Menolly]

LOL...hence using the crockpot. It's ready when you wake up in the morning!

[The Laughing Man]

"It's the right thing to do
and the tasty way to do it."

[Harbinger]

I dislike oatmeal, but I start out the day with it several times weekly. I always eat whole grain oats (single serving instant) and mix the flavors up. Even though I buy the more expensive ones with extra omega oils, fruit, nuts, etc. it's a cheap, quick, easy breakfast that will satiate me and keep me from snacking until lunch.

[Skyweir]

oatmeal is porridge right?

yeah its awesome

[Menolly]

Sky...
...have I said how awesome it is to have you back?

[Skyweir]

lol

menolly are you foamy??

[Menolly]

Nope.

"I yam what I yam
and that's all that I yam."

[Skyweir]

you flew by a different name in the past didnt you even the spinach seems familiar .. do you like pie??

ok that was wrong .. but I do make spinach pie .. spanokopitas .. little baby spinach and fetta pies

please dont keep me in suspenders .. you are known by other names yes?

[Menolly]

you flew by a different name in the past didnt you even the spinach seems familiar .. do you like pie??

ok that was wrong .. but I do make spinach pie .. spanokopitas .. little baby spinach and fetta pies

please dont keep me in suspenders .. you are known by other names yes?

*shaking head*

Not on the Watch.
Other forums on the 'net, and on AOL's message boards, yes.
But not on the Watch.

Well...other than my Gravin Threndor alter egos...

O-gon-cho for Pantheon.
The Sisters of Solace for Borderlands.

[Skyweir]

wow .. smashed!

a thousand apologies menolly .. you seemed so familiar .. *bows deeply*

it is an honour nevertheless

[Worm of Despite]

Oatmeal is evil. I renounce it.

Why? It was what I ate during my anorexic phase, though that's my fault and not oatmeal. Still, when I see the Quaker Oats man, it seems to me he has a devilish grin.

I ruin all nutritional value of oatmeal by adding about a quarter stick of butter, and a pile of brown sugar.

Man, Cail. That sounds so funny, looking at how uber-athletic you are now.

[aliantha]

I had something the other day at the Corner Bakery restaurant that they call Swiss oatmeal. It's served cold, and given the way cold oatmeal usually behaves (as in, you can use it for mortaring a brick wall...), it's surprisingly good. Here's what they claim is in it: rolled oats, chopped green apple, bananas, currants, dried cranberries, lowfat yogurt, and skim milk.

[Menolly]

I had something the other day at the Corner Bakery restaurant that they call Swiss oatmeal. It's served cold, and given the way cold oatmeal usually behaves (as in, you can use it for mortaring a brick wall...), it's surprisingly good. Here's what they claim is in it: rolled oats, chopped green apple, bananas, currants, dried cranberries, lowfat yogurt, and skim milk.

Meusli???

I've been eating that for years. I love it with plain yogurt.

[aliantha]

That's the stuff, yeah. The "fresh" version. Very tasty! I equate the other kind with granola, which I avoid because it typically has a lot of fat.

[Worm of Despite]

My memory of muesli is rather hazy, though I remember it being like eating uncooked oatmeal. It was kind of a fun impression--like eating cookie dough as a kid or something. I should get more of it.

[Prebe]

You better hold your oatmeal munching!
Check this out! Heh!

Get HLT in here! He's easily spooked.

[Worm of Despite]

You better hold your oatmeal munching!
Check this out! Heh!

Get HLT in here! He's easily spooked.

I rarely trust these "research-based" articles. For one thing, there's only one group (or person) in them that does the research, and there's never any follow-up or other groups to see if it's true. And the sample is never comprehensive--maybe a few people (or lab rats). Unless it says "100% chance," then the cause of cancer could be random. I mean, one article recently said that belly fat causes dementia. Geez. Journalists.

Oh, sorry, better shut up before HLT gets in here. Ahhhhh!! OATMEAL CANCER!!!

[aliantha]

Thanks for the link, Prebe. I dunno what was more entertaining -- the article or the Danish-language ads....

[iQuestor]

I like Quaker Old Fashioned Oats -- 1/2 cup oats, a cup of water, nuke for 2 minutes, stir, nuke ofr 1 inurte -- then add dash or 2 of salt, splenda (sugar substitute) and some whole milk. Love it.


I do love steel cut, but lack the time for making it.

[Menolly]

I do love steel cut, but lack the time for making it.

The crockpot version is awesome, and ready when you are. I would make it without all the dried fruit next time though.