[Sca-cooks] parkin and lambs in apples

[Sue Clemenger]

Yeah, probably (ignoring all the nasty quick-cook and instant
versions).  Oh, darn, I just might have to try it each way, just to
see....<g>
--Maire

Hrolf Douglasson wrote:
>
> >From the sound of it, it is the rolled stuff. They are certainly not cut.
> They cook for oatmeal cereal in about 20 mins. Is that the stuff?
> vara
>
> > I think I'm running into one of those AmericanEnglish/EnglishEnglish
> > difficulties here....When one takes oats, and either flattens them out,
> > or cuts them in a certain way, and then cooks them, we call it
> > "oatmeal."  (generic term for both cooked and uncooked).  The flattened
> > oats are "rolled," have a quicker cooking time, and work pretty good in
> > cookies; the cut ones (often called "steel cut" oats) make something
> > I've seen called "Irish oatmeal," with a longer cooking time, and a
> > "chewier" texture.  Hence my confusion--"porridge" is not a term I'd use
> > in reference to hot cereal.....
> > --Still confused, though.....
> > --Maire, who went through a corn maze tonight with a bunch of other
> > baronial folk, got thoroughly lost, and was actually the first one out
> > <g>....now sitting here, quite comfortabley, with some hot spiced cider
> > and applejack (yummmmmm)