Oatmeal prep

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> EastneyEnder wrote:
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> >
> > > Especially when you back it up with a definition that indicates it
doesn't
> > > have to be oatmeal. :-)
> >
> > True, but here we don't eat any other kind of cereal porridge - only

the

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oat
> > kind :-)
> >
> > > Cream of Wheat and the 8 minute stuff, and a row of Red River, and
sometimes
> > > one other. Basically, the non Oatmeal porridges account for less

than

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10% of
> > > the hot cereal choices.
> >
> > Never see those here.
> > Oh, I lie.... I once saw a small box of Cream of Wheat in a small
specialist
> > Caribbean shop in Ridley Road Market, Dalston, London. But I had to

go

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home
> > & look it up on the internet to find out what it was, and what it

was

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used
> > for!
>
> So if you were buy some Cream of Wheat and cook it up, would you not

call

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it
> porridge?

Gawd nose, but likely I'd call it cream of wheat.

> When I used to have Shredded Wheat for breakfast every day I could
> honestly say that I had Shredded Wheat, or that I had cereal. It was

the

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only cold
> cereal that I ate. But there were still other cereals.

We often eat that hot too. It's a bit like a stringy porridge,

heheheheh...

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',;~}~

Shaun aRe

When I was a kid (a long time ago) my dad would put the big shredded
wheat biscuits in a bowl and pour boiling water over them and then
drain. I haven't thought about that in many years. I just may try it
again...Sharon

I would have thought that would wash a lot of the toasted wheaty flavour
out?

I used to eat loads of those things when I was just hitting my teens, like
about 6 in a big green plastic mixing bowl my mum used to have, covered in
sugar and a whole pint of milk (hot sometimes, but usually cold). Breakfast
and often for supper too.

That was before the 'Can *you* eat 3 whole shredded wheat?!?' (or similar)
ad. campaign. After the campaign, I could just about manage one ',;~}~

Shaun aRe

The flavour was still there. We had a product called "muffets" (no
wise-cracks from you Sheldon..lol) which were the same wheat cereal,
only in round shapes like a hockey puck.....Sharon

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"biig" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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"Dave Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> EastneyEnder wrote:
>
> >
> > > Especially when you back it up with a definition that indicates it
doesn't
> > > have to be oatmeal. :-)
> >
> > True, but here we don't eat any other kind of cereal porridge - only

the

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oat
> > kind :-)
> >
> > > Cream of Wheat and the 8 minute stuff, and a row of Red River, and
sometimes
> > > one other. Basically, the non Oatmeal porridges account for less

than

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10% of
> > > the hot cereal choices.
> >
> > Never see those here.
> > Oh, I lie.... I once saw a small box of Cream of Wheat in a small
specialist
> > Caribbean shop in Ridley Road Market, Dalston, London. But I had to

go

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home
> > & look it up on the internet to find out what it was, and what it

was

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used
> > for!
>
> So if you were buy some Cream of Wheat and cook it up, would you not

call

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it
> porridge?

Gawd nose, but likely I'd call it cream of wheat.

> When I used to have Shredded Wheat for breakfast every day I could
> honestly say that I had Shredded Wheat, or that I had cereal. It was

the

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only cold
> cereal that I ate. But there were still other cereals.

We often eat that hot too. It's a bit like a stringy porridge,

heheheheh...

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',;~}~

Shaun aRe

When I was a kid (a long time ago) my dad would put the big shredded
wheat biscuits in a bowl and pour boiling water over them and then
drain. I haven't thought about that in many years. I just may try it
again...Sharon

I would have thought that would wash a lot of the toasted wheaty flavour
out?

I used to eat loads of those things when I was just hitting my teens, like
about 6 in a big green plastic mixing bowl my mum used to have, covered in
sugar and a whole pint of milk (hot sometimes, but usually cold). Breakfast
and often for supper too.

That was before the 'Can *you* eat 3 whole shredded wheat?!?' (or similar)
ad. campaign. After the campaign, I could just about manage one ',;~}~

Shaun aRe

The flavour was still there. We had a product called "muffets" (no
wise-cracks from you Sheldon..lol) which were the same wheat cereal,
only in round shapes like a hockey puck.....Sharon

biig said:

The flavour was still there. We had a product called "muffets" (no
wise-cracks from you Sheldon..lol) which were the same wheat cereal,
only in round shapes like a hockey puck.....Sharon

They still make Muffets. They're pretty good, but I prefer Shredded Wheat.

Then there is Wheatabix <sp?>, which looks like compressed bran flakes and turns
mushy wen you add milk.

Shaun aRe said:

Heheh, more isn't enough is usually mine around that time of the year,

esp.

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since NYE is my b'day ',;~}~

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Shaun aRe

My late father was a NYD baby. When we all used to celebrate NYE together,
we couldn't wait 'til midnight to sing "Happy Birthday" directly after "Auld
Lang Syne".

Shaun aRe, I thank you. Nagging *is* love, if one thinks on it long enough!

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Dave Smith said:

biig said:

The flavour was still there. We had a product called "muffets" (no
wise-cracks from you Sheldon..lol) which were the same wheat cereal,
only in round shapes like a hockey puck.....Sharon

They still make Muffets. They're pretty good, but I prefer Shredded Wheat.

Then there is Wheatabix <sp?>, which looks like compressed bran flakes and turns
mushy wen you add milk.

I tried Wheatabix and didn't like it. I finished the package so as
not to waste it, but wouldn't buy it again....Sharon

Dave Smith said:

Then there is Wheatabix <sp?>, which looks like compressed bran flakes and
turns
mushy wen you add milk.

Yuck! I hate Weetabix. My younger sister used to mush it up with hot milk. I
just don't like anything that is "pappy" i.e. anything that resembles pap.
Soggy bread is my worst dislike... maybe I was a duck in the park in my
previous life?

No wonder I like real porridge/oatmeal... it has some texture apart from
slush!

They could never get me to eat school dinner mashed potato on account of the
texture.... I have always had trouble swallowing dry, cake-y or paste-y
textured food.

Ho hum, you didn't need to know that. Boredom sucks.

biig said:

Dave Smith said:

biig said:

The flavour was still there. We had a product called "muffets" (no
wise-cracks from you Sheldon..lol) which were the same wheat cereal,
only in round shapes like a hockey puck.....Sharon

They still make Muffets. They're pretty good, but I prefer Shredded Wheat.

Then there is Wheatabix <sp?>, which looks like compressed bran flakes and turns
mushy wen you add milk.

I tried Wheatabix and didn't like it. I finished the package so as
not to waste it, but wouldn't buy it again....Sharon

Hmm read that as your having eaten the actual *package*, which has
about the same nutritional value LOL.

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biig said:

The flavour was still there. We had a product called "muffets"
(no
wise-cracks from you Sheldon..lol) which were the same wheat cereal,
only in round shapes like a hockey puck.....Sharon

They still make Muffets. They're pretty good, but I prefer Shredded
Wheat.

Then there is Wheatabix <sp?>, which looks like compressed bran flakes
and turns mushy wen you add milk.

I think it's Weetabix in the UK, which I think is much the same as our
Weetbix (http://www.weetbix.com.au/) a biscuit of wheat flakes compressed
together. I don't really eat them now, but when I was a kid these were a
regular winter breakfast. My mum would put a couple of weetbix in a bowl,
pour a little condensed milk* over it, and then some boiling water. Let
it soften a bit,and then mush it up. Iloved it, but you couldn't dawdle
over it, because if it went cold it wasn't so nice.

* that's sweetened condensed milk. The only product with the words
condensed milk on the label here is the sweetened condensed milk, so
condensed milk has become shorthand for sweetened condensed milk.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Rhonda Anderson said:

I think it's Weetabix in the UK, which I think is much the same as our
Weetbix (http://www.weetbix.com.au/) a biscuit of wheat flakes compressed
together. I don't really eat them now, but when I was a kid these were a
regular winter breakfast. My mum would put a couple of weetbix in a bowl,
pour a little condensed milk* over it, and then some boiling water. Let
it soften a bit,and then mush it up. Iloved it, but you couldn't dawdle
over it, because if it went cold it wasn't so nice.

* that's sweetened condensed milk. The only product with the words
condensed milk on the label here is the sweetened condensed milk, so
condensed milk has become shorthand for sweetened condensed milk.

We have a vile product called condensed milk, quite different from sweetened
condensed milk. SDM is not something I relish on its own, but it makes great
squares, and it is an essential ingredient for Irish cream liqueur.

Arri London said:

biig said:

Dave Smith said:

biig wrote:

>
> The flavour was still there. We had a product called "muffets" (no
> wise-cracks from you Sheldon..lol) which were the same wheat cereal,
> only in round shapes like a hockey puck.....Sharon

They still make Muffets. They're pretty good, but I prefer Shredded Wheat.

Then there is Wheatabix <sp?>, which looks like compressed bran flakes and turns
mushy wen you add milk.

I tried Wheatabix and didn't like it. I finished the package so as
not to waste it, but wouldn't buy it again....Sharon

Hmm read that as your having eaten the actual *package*, which has
about the same nutritional value LOL.

hehe

Arri London said:

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I tried Wheatabix and didn't like it. I finished the package so as
not to waste it, but wouldn't buy it again....Sharon

Hmm read that as your having eaten the actual *package*, which has
about the same nutritional value LOL.

The cereal probably had a much greater nutritional value, but the flavour was likely the
same. The cardboard would retain a better texture :-)

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Boron Elgar said:

Dave Smith said:

Gabby 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.

I dropped mine fifty points in about as long by eating bean soup for lunch
and oatmeal for breakfast. Most of that was the "bad" stuff, too.

Charlotte

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Boron Elgar said:

Dave Smith said:

Gabby wrote:

>
> > 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.

I dropped mine fifty points in about as long by eating bean soup for lunch
and oatmeal for breakfast. Most of that was the "bad" stuff, too.

Charlotte

You've convinced me -- I eat oatmeal and beans on a regular basis, but not
'every' day. Were you home everyday to cook your oatmeal? That might be
hard to do if you go on mini-vacations. But I'm going to try. You swear,
now, you did eat oatmeal and beans EVERY DAY??
I will try. I love both.
Dee Dee

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Boron Elgar said:

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:47:50 -0500, Dave Smith
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>Gabby wrote:
>
>>
>> > 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.

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>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.

I dropped mine fifty points in about as long by eating bean soup for lunch
and oatmeal for breakfast. Most of that was the "bad" stuff, too.

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You've convinced me -- I eat oatmeal and beans on a regular basis, but not
'every' day. Were you home everyday to cook your oatmeal? That might be
hard to do if you go on mini-vacations. But I'm going to try. You swear,
now, you did eat oatmeal and beans EVERY DAY??
I will try. I love both.

I seem to recall I had them most weekdays. I had already done the
bean-soup routine when I was (successfully as it turned out) trying to
drop weight, so I was at least used to that part.

The oatmeal got put in a microwavable container the night before with milk
and flavorings and taken to the office. I will say that I trashed a lot
of containers during that period misjudging the microwave time.

I should start doing it again. (The oatmeal, that is ... I still eat a
fair amount of bean-based soup. See "Minestrone" and "Curried Lentil
Soup" on my blog's recipe sidebar for two I can cook on autopilot.) My
acupuncturist wants me to stay away from dairy (hah) and soymilk, so I'm
going to try almond milk this time. It's nice to have hot breakfast in
the winter and the fiber won't hurt.

Charlotte

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