Oatmeal prep

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Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.
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That's a pared-down, plain version of museli. Usually fruit or dried fruit
is added along with the milk and oats.
http://vegweb.com/recipes/breakfast/2503.shtml

Janet

"Melba's Jammin'" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients
does this with oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets
it in the fridge overnight and eats it cold in the morning.
Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds disgusting. Has
anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

A guy I used to work with used to eat oatmeal every day: he'd get to work in
the morning, immediately mix his oatmeal with cold water and chopped-up,
thin-skinned organic oranges (unpeeled), and then eat the whole mess for
lunch.

Not exactly my idea of a tasty treat, but he seemed to like it well-enough.
-j

Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

For the past year or so I have been using a method that I think I read
about here. It's for steel cut oats.

Place the oats in a dish.
Cover with water (about 2:1).
Microwave about 1 minute -- just until it starts to boil.
Cover and place in refrigerator overnight.

The next morning, I have delicious oatmeal that takes just reheating
as opposed to 20-30 minutes of cooking.

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Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

What's the interest in oatmeal? I never understood that. Things being
nutritionally equal, there have to be dozens of better tasting, more
appealing and easier to prepare foods.

I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

Andy

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Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

What's the interest in oatmeal? I never understood that. Things being
nutritionally equal, there have to be dozens of better tasting, more
appealing and easier to prepare foods.

I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

I've always suspected that oatmeal aficionados were born without
tastebuds -- or good eyesight. ;o)

Gabby

Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

The premise here would likely be that raw is better for you than cooked.
Cooking would break down some of the fiber and nutrients. OTOH she
just might like raw oatmeal. I used to eat it raw by the handfuls when
I was a kid. My tastes have changed since then 😉

Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

Oatmeal is one of the foods that is truly VILE when it's cold, I can't
imagine anyone doing this...

Even in the course of eating a big bowl of it I'll more often than not
pop into the MW for a re - heat...

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Greg

Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

No worst than eating it as granola or something. Dry with milk... at
least soaking it overnight allows it to soften some.

They do this sort of think in Europe.

Andy said:

Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

What's the interest in oatmeal? I never understood that. Things being
nutritionally equal, there have to be dozens of better tasting, more
appealing and easier to prepare foods.

I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

Andy

Andy, oatmeal lowers cholesterol and provides valuable fiber to your
diet while being low calorie and filling.

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Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.
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It's good 🙂 really lol
I will toss in a few big spoons of yogurt.

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Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

What's the interest in oatmeal? I never understood that. Things being
nutritionally equal, there have to be dozens of better tasting, more
appealing and easier to prepare foods.

I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

I've always suspected that oatmeal aficionados were born without
tastebuds -- or good eyesight. ;o)

Gabby

Like horses?
Dee Dee

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Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

Oatmeal is one of the foods that is truly VILE when it's cold, I can't
imagine anyone doing this...

Isn't musli made up of all or part of oats (wheat, rye, barley, etc.)? Yes.
Isn't this the way many Europeans eat their musli -- pour a little milk or
yogurt and fruit over it -- not cooked? Yes.
I've eaten it this way many times, but I always prefer added honey, as well.
I think COOKED oatmeal eaten cold IS Vile, too.
Dee Dee

Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

I have. It's not bad. Another thing I used to do with it is to cook it in
a butter in a frying pan and after it started to brown, add some white
sugar and keep stirring until the sugar starts to caramelize.

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Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

What's the interest in oatmeal? I never understood that. Things being
nutritionally equal, there have to be dozens of better tasting, more
appealing and easier to prepare foods.

I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

Andy

Confession: It's not the oatmeal. It's the heavy cream and brown sugar you
serve with it.

Felice

Andy said:

What's the interest in oatmeal? I never understood that. Things being
nutritionally equal, there have to be dozens of better tasting, more
appealing and easier to prepare foods.

I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

It must be a matter of taste. I like it. I was raised on the stuff. My
mother made a pot of it every morning. My father had his before heading off
to work and my mother kept the rest of it hot in a double boiler and my
brothers and I had ours. If there was any left my pet rabbit got it.

I stopped eating it for years but recently got back into it. I have it ever
morning. For a while I was making it four servings at a time, eating one and
then nuking a serving of it each morning. I decided that it was better to
just make it fresh each morning. I did make an exception yesterday when I
made a double batch. The second serving was added to a batch of pancake
batter that I had this morning.

Gabby said:

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I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

I've always suspected that oatmeal aficionados were born without
tastebuds -- or good eyesight. ;o)

Au contraire. We oatmeal lovers must have more taste buds. I like the flavour
of oats.

A number of animals also love oats. I used to love feeding oats to my
friend's horses. They used to get really excited over them. When they were
out in the paddock and we wanted to bring them in sometimes we would go out
with a scoop of oats and shake it. They would come running. When my
neighbour's buffalo escaped and showed up behind my place he came over with a
pail of oats and the followed him all the way home.

If like or dislike of oatmeal is a matter of having taste buds or not, I
would suggest that it is the dislike of oatmeal that comes from having none.

BTW.... oatmeal lovers do not use packaged instant oatmeal or minute oatmeal
or even fast cooking. Those are all bland. You need large flake or steel cut
for proper oatmeal.

~patches~ said:

Andy, oatmeal lowers cholesterol and provides valuable fiber to your
diet while being low calorie and filling.

It's also very economical. When I was eating Shredded Wheat for breakfast a
$5 box of it lasted me a week. A 1 kg. bag of large flake rolled oats for
half that price lasts at least three weeks. That works out to about 10 cents
per meal.

Melba's Jammin said:

Heidi the Hygienist told me that one of her patients does this with
oatmeal: Mixes milk with it, 2:1, sets it in the fridge overnight and
eats it cold in the morning. Uncooked, I guess. I think it sounds
disgusting. Has anyone ever heard of this or eaten it? Gack.

Hmm, ice cold from the fridge does indeed sound awful... why not just
use instant... what is it, three minutes in the nuker, and no pot to
clean.

Sheldon

Dave Smith said:

Gabby said:

Quoted message said:

I know! Millions of people can't be wrong, but...

I've always suspected that oatmeal aficionados were born without
tastebuds -- or good eyesight. ;o)

Au contraire. We oatmeal lovers must have more taste buds. I like the flavour
of oats.

A number of animals also love oats. I used to love feeding oats to my
friend's horses. They used to get really excited over them. When they were
out in the paddock and we wanted to bring them in sometimes we would go out
with a scoop of oats and shake it. They would come running. When my
neighbour's buffalo escaped and showed up behind my place he came over with a
pail of oats and the followed him all the way home.

If like or dislike of oatmeal is a matter of having taste buds or not, I
would suggest that it is the dislike of oatmeal that comes from having none.

BTW.... oatmeal lovers do not use packaged instant oatmeal or minute oatmeal
or even fast cooking. Those are all bland. You need large flake or steel cut
for proper oatmeal.

Steel cut. Daily. Dropped my cholesterol 35 points, too. That was the
only diet change in between the 3 month blood tests. It has stayed low
since then, too.

Boron