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

grits? what are they

Originally Posted by murph

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.

As a fellow Celt, surely "sassenach" is fighting talk! Saesneg indeed...

I've gotta admit I make my daily panful from jumbo (milled but unrolled) oats & milk. On high heat on the stove in a cast iron pan for 4 mins. Knob of butter, spoon of molasses & stewed fruit if it's in the fridge & a spoon & I'm set for the day.

How can it take any longer? You end uo with a slurry & lose the oat's gorgeous texture.

I've just become a porridge-at-breakfast person, having struggled for years to find a breakast cereal that suits; and being a novice, I'd not come across steel cut oats. I'm gonna give some a go asap

I don't even eat breakfast...i feel so left out...

I did eat oatmeal (rolled), but wasn't a fan really until I had Scottish oats in Edinburgh. Since then I've put aside all the sugar and fruit for a bit of salt. I've found an easy way to enjoy steel cut oats is to make up a whole week's worth on your day off (I sometimes add a little flaxseed), then each following day put some in a bowl with a little milk and reheat in the microwave. It saves me from 40 minutes of cooking every morning.

Only oatmeal I sometimes eat is Ota solgryn, Cold right out of the box and with milk, thats it. Did try some which had been boiled in water I think once at my grand-dads place once.
Prefer it cold with nothing added I think though.

morning gents,
Ever try making the steel cut oats in the crock pot? process is great put in the preferred flavorings (honey,syrup, berries dried fruit etc) add oats and the milk/cream and proper amount of h2o leave it on low overnight and in the moring its perfect. I buy mine at the local stores bulk section (they might order them for you, mine does) for right around 45-50 cents a pound. Only problem might be buying them in 25 or 50 pound bags lol.

Recipe can be found here:

Recipes : Overnight Oatmeal : Food Network

I gotta try these. I have Quaker oats a couple of times a week, with milk and a sprinkling of brown sugar, but the steel cut sound much better. I hope I can find them.

A couple years ago my wife got into making her own granola. It's not cheap to buy all the dried fruit, etc, and it takes half an afternoon to roast the oats, but the final product is so good you can never go back to store bought granola.

There i was at the grocery store that i work part time in. I was walking past the cereal isle and found myself looking at oatmeal and thinking about this thread. I decided i would give it a try. I ended up buying some steel-cut oatmeal made by "Bob Red Mills." Brought it home and boiled some up.. i gotta say, its pretty good! even the wife thought so. i threw in a couple bannana's and it was sweet enough. I think i found a hit. Im going to try and make up some of this and zap it in the am when im heading out the door.

thanks for the tip, its quite good.

Steel cut oats in bulk can be had for around 79 cents a pound. I can't tell the difference between this and McCann's. I found them at Whole Foods and at HEB in Texas - anywhere really where they carry bulk stuff.

A huge time saver: The night before, boil the water, throw in the oats, remove from heat, and cover. The next morning, all you have to do is heat them up - they're already cooked. I think I read that on the underside of a McCann's lid. It works.