Blech!

[thistlechaser]

Holy cow, "normal" oatmeal tastes bad! Blech blech blech! Two spoonfuls into this attempt and I don't think I can go much further. Eating three packets of much much much better tasting instant oatmeal would be better than eating three-fourths of a cup of this stuff (which absorbs enough water to make it look equal to three packets of the other stuff). Man, how does anyone eat this? It tastes like... well, not like much... a little like the sugar I added (but not in a good way, if that's possible). But the consistency is what's really odd. It slimes your lips. It's icky and mushy in your mouth (more than instant). It really has this gross slimy feeling, it hits your roof of your mouth and tongue before you start chewing.

I should probably have known this was too good to be true. There are no shortcuts and no easy ways to get healty. Oh well, back to instant tomorrow for me... and back to trying to force myself to eat as much of this as I can.

Blech!

Comments

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

Weird. I like this stuff better than the instant. All oatmeal is slimy and such, so...but the instant does things like coat your mouth with a layer of icky stuff. Or maybe it was just the last instant I bought because it was some of that cool ocean kind that had little eggs in it that became candy sharks in the blue oatmeal.

That oatmeal was cool, but the icky stuff so icky I never was able to finish the whole box. I probably ought to throw those packets out at some point, they're over two years old now.

Anyway, I'm not a big oatmeal person, but when I do make it, I put loads and loads of brown sugar on it and I think it tastes very good that way.

[niqui.livejournal.com]

yeah, a little brown sugar does wonders for rolled oatmeal, or molasses is better if you like the strong flavor.

but if you're looking for really tasty oatmeal, save the Quaker rolled oats junk for cookies, and go get a can of McCann's steel-cut oats (irish oats). It's sooooo good, you won't believe it comes from the same plant. The quaker stuff is steamed and squished and rolled out and squished some more and toasted and has the yumminess processed right out of it -- the steel-cut oats are pretty much just cut up into smaller bits. It's nutty and sweet and tasty. it takes forever to cook (like 30 minutes, or you can do the overnight soak method, which is what I do because I'm lazy), but it's SOOOOOO good.

you can get the McCann's stuff at Trader Joes (http://www.traderjoes.com/), Whole Foods (http://www.wholefoods.com/), or pretty much any upscale/health food store worth its salt.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info! I'll check that out.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

I agree with niqui, although I tend to avoid oatmeal in general.

I like adding dried fruit to my oatmeal, although, the best way would to be stew it (cook it on low in a little water, first) to rehydrate it before adding to the oatmeal. Brown sugar or maple syrup is also nummy.

Also, I'm betting that 'sliminess' is partially the water-soluble fiber. Although I could be smoking crack.

[mallen.livejournal.com]

The reason "instant" oatmeal tastes good is because it has assloads of sugar.