SC - oat cakes

[david friedman]

At 6:24 PM -0500 8/17/99, Wajdi wrote:
>Greetings unto the list,
>
>OK, I got a problem.  I got diagnosed with high blood pressure,
>and got put on a low fat diet.  Somebody told me oatmeal was good
>for this, so I took a cup and a half of regular oat meal, and
>ground it fine, into a flour like consistancy.  Added one egg and
>beat 'em together.  Then thinned it out a bit with water, to
>about the consistency of a loose cookie dough.  Heated a
>cast-iron skillet, and pressed it out into a patty-like thing
>about a quarter of an inch thick.  Cooked it a few minutes, then
>flipped it; and kept flipping it until it felt done.  It wasn't
>bad; next time I'll add a little bit of salt.  It was kind of the
>consistancy of a thick middle eastern type bread, a little
>heavier than pita.  I dunno if its perioid or not, but it ought
>to help with the blood pressure.  Any comments??

Try it without the egg. I did oat cakes (using a fancy Irish oatmeal, not
rolled oats), water, and salt, and they were pretty good--and egg yolk has
fat.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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