Thread: Since when is oatmeal considered a "finer thing?"

I didnt claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat oats,Steak(ribeye)and four eggs for me.Best Regards Gary

Originally Posted by CaptainTex

Haha, would this be a bad time to mention grits?

No such thing as a bad time to mention grits! Since I've got the Northern blood, I never had grits until I joined the service. And I treated them like any other hot cereal...butter and sugar. My fiance spent a good part of her life in Georgia, and she has told me the error of my ways. I've since had cheese grits, and one of these days she promises to make cheese and shrimp grits! I feel like Andrew Zimmern!

Originally Posted by Traveller

I didnt claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat oats,Steak(ribeye)and four eggs for me.Best Regards Gary

LMAO!! lol

I've tried Scottish oats but they're a bit lumpy so I stick with Ready Brek/Quaker oats when I'm training. Nice fine oats.

Originally Posted by Traveller

I didnt claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat oats,Steak(ribeye)and four eggs for me.Best Regards Gary

Good one! The Mrs. prefers steak and eggs, but I'll go for oats and throw in whatever fruit we have on hand. When blueberries or cranberries are around, those are my first choices.

Originally Posted by CaptainTex

I make them when I can. I'm used to making them spiced though, with pepper, chilies and such.

Haha, would this be a bad time to mention grits?

There's no good time to mention grits...I'm not a big fan of eating anything that has been soaked in Lye for an extended period of time.

Back to the steel cut oats...I've no time to cook them in the morning, but a crock pot on low overnight wakes you to a wonderful aroma and ready to eat oats.

In a pinch, I'll prepare Old Fashioned Rolled Oats, but have to draw the line when it comes to 'Minute' Oats...I'd rather eat the box they came packaged in--it would have more flavor.

Cheers,
Ed

I eat steel cut oats every day and have for years. I actually bring a bowl with me to the shop on workdays. My recipe is half cup of oats, 2 cups of water, with ten minutes left I add a diced apple. After it cools a bit I add soy milk, walnuts, flax seed and a sliced banana. Stir it up cover with Glad Wrap and I eat it at room temperature a few hours later.

I eat the blue menu multi-grain oats with 2 tablespoons of flax seed that I ground into a powder form, flax seed in-cased in it's shell doesn't have time to break down itself in the body. Then I add a handful of raisins & a teaspoon if honey.Boiling water of course.
Saturday & Sunday It's bacon & eggs or steak & eggs.

I don't think I've seen McCanns in the grocery store. I'll check next time as
you make it sound so good.

Love em ! My breakfast of choice 3-4 days a week. Usually cook mine in the microwave with raisins, blueberries, or cranberries for about 4-minutes on high. When done I add a tablespoon if brown sugar, stir and eat .

You know it's sacrilege to eat porridge with anything but a little salt over here.
Only a sassenach would add anything sweet to oats.

Unless that is you're just having brose, where you put boiling water over the oats in a bowl or cup and cover it for a few minutes to allow the oats to soften a little. You follow this up by adding a little butter and milk, or cream.

No matter how you slice it, a good bowl of grits, maybe with a little salted pork, is heaven anytime of day.