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Thu Apr 10 15:59:49 PDT 2014


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)





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