Oatmeal

[DrPizza]

Didn't eat much oatmeal growing up, except for those little packets of flavored instant oatmeal.

Now, I'm having a very late dinner tonight: a bowl of oatmeal with an apple, cinnamon, and a little brown sugar. Anyone else become a bigger fan of oatmeal as they got older?

 

[QueBert]

I hated it as a kid but I like it now, well the Cinnamon Roll flavor any ways. It doesn't do anything for me filling me up wise though.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I've always liked oatmeal but, not the instant variety.

 

[lxskllr]

I get in kicks with it. I actually liked it more when I was younger, but I'll eat it kind of frequently for a week or 2, then that'll be it for a few months.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I loved oatmeal as a kid, although I always added a half cup of brown sugar and chocolate chips.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I like it more than I did as a kid, but I'm lazy so I still use the Quaker instant packets in the microwave. One bowl, 2:40, done. I do toss in some chopped walnuts though for extra fanciness.

 

[lxskllr]

For long cook, I like steel cuts oats, for quick, I like quick oats, but I cook them per the instant directions. They still have a firmness that way that I like better than instant oats.

 

[Farang]

Oatmeal is a poor man's staple. I keep a big bag of it around. Usually is breakfast, with sugar and fruit on the side, but can also work in a pinch as part of a meal.

Example is I paid $2 for 24 eggs the other day (~$.08 each). I'll always have some extra lettuce or fruit or whatever on hand. So you piece together the eggs and the produce and the oatmeal and its a meal that really ends up doing nothing to your budget. Whole meal is filling, nutritious, and under $1. Just not something you'll think is tasty every day of the week.

 

[DrPizza]

I used to think the packets were the lazy way, but that's only because it saves the 5 seconds of measuring ingredients (if you measure) - roughly 2 parts water, 1 part quaker instant oats. Dump the oats in boiling water; cook for 1 minute.

The nice thing about them is that they fill you up... pretty quickly. I made two servings, and it's more than I want. I wonder how many meals a week I could tolerate oatmeal for - with different things added. And, for how long before I got sick of oatmeal?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Give barley a try. Gruel be cool.

 

[TridenT]

Nope. Never really liked it.

I like the instant packets somewhat sometimes. It depends on how sugary they are, too sugary and I just feel like I am going to barf. Similar experience is had with drinking regular soda.

 

[Ronstang]

I have always liked oatmeal but was partial to Cream Of Wheat when I was a kid. Instant oatmeal is shit.

 

[IronWing]

We've recently started eating atole a couple times a week. I don't give the sugar crash from it I used to get from oatmeal.

 

[SagaLore]

Try making steel-cut oats. mmmm.

 

[SKORPI0]

Repost :hmm:

I'm in the same boat, oatmeal for breakfast and sometimes late at night. Buy them in bulk at Costco. I usually do 3 packets at a time. Mix with soy milk, water and sometimes honey to taste. Microwave for 2 minutes. :awe:

 

[Alone]

Oakmeal is quite possibly the healthiest thing you can eat for breakfast. Fast, cheap, easy, healthy, and pretty tasty. Who can complain?

EAT YOUR FUCKING OATS!

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I've had oatmeal maybe twice in my entire life. And I thought it wasn't too bad. My friends practically had it every day when they were younger, so they think I'm a bit warped and twisted. But it's nice with sugar and milk.

 

[DrPizza]

Repost :hmm:

I'm in the same boat, oatmeal for breakfast and sometimes late at night. Buy them in bulk at Costco. I usually do 3 packets at a time. Mix with soy milk, water and sometimes honey to taste. Microwave for 2 minutes. :awe:

Probably the biggest change in my oatmeal preference is realizing that those packets are a huge ripoff for the "convenience" of having packets. The big tubs of instant oats are a better "bulk" purchase. Preflavored "brown sugar and cinnamon" - like I can't add cinnamon and brown sugar during the 2 1/2 minutes it took me to prepare them (on the stove.)?

I'll have to give the steel cut oats a try.


Other things instant oats are good for: meatloaf. At first I though "no way, that meatloaf can't be as good as my mom's meatloaf." Best meatloaf I've had. Plus oatmeal cookies & no bake cookies.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

18 replies and not an "instant oatmeal sucks" post yet?

This thread is a travesty. Are there no ATOT oatmeal purists?

 

[zerocool84]

Meh I love the instant Quaker packets. Quick and easy. Just like my women.

 

[bfdd]

I have always loved oatmeal. Always been a fan of spinach also.

 

[Farang]

The tubs are a ripoff, too. You're still paying for the name brand.

 

[IronWing]

Meh I love the instant Quaker packets. Quick and easy. Just like my women.

And flat and pasty.

 

[lxskllr]

18 replies and not an "instant oatmeal sucks" post yet?

This thread is a travesty. Are there no ATOT oatmeal purists?

Instant is my least favorite, but it's edible. My biggest problem with it, is the flavored ones are too sweet.

 

[zerocool84]

And flat and pasty.

lol I get the flavored kind so flat, pasty, and full of cinnamon