Not Your Grandad's Oatmeal

[Accountable]

Do you experiment with your breakfast or are you more of a traditionalist?

I had always hated oatmeal until I discovered steel-cut oatmeal, also called Irish oatmeal here in the US. The traditional way we eat it is with dark brown sugar and raisins. Well, this morning I am out of brown sugar, so I decided to try it the way I eat good ol' Southern grits - with some hot sauce and a slice of cheese melted in. It was delicious!

Do you have adventurous breakfast ideas?

[tabby]

We recently started eating scrambled eggs rolled up into a burrito or tortilla flat, adding some cheese or salsa and they are so good!

[Accountable]

tabby;1411084 wrote: We recently started eating scrambled eggs rolled up into a burrito or tortilla flat, adding some cheese or salsa and they are so good! Add some fried cubed potatoes or sausage. That's a Tex-Mex staple down here. :yh_drool

[LarsMac]

We sometimes use chicken Broth to cook oatmeal, and crumble fresh cooked bacon on the top.

I cook Grits in water I used to cook shrimp, too.

[Accountable]

LarsMac;1411101 wrote: We sometimes use chicken Broth to cook oatmeal, and crumble fresh cooked bacon on the top.

I cook Grits in water I used to cook shrimp, too.

[Bruv]

Breakfast ?

[Snowfire]

I do like my porridge in the mornings but I dont have it the way most Scottish people might eat it, made with water and with salt. I'm a southern softie so I have it made with milk and a little sugar, sometimes syrup

[Lon]

I just finished a bowl of traditional oatmeal with sliced banana and sprinkled liberally with cinnamon.

[Accountable]

Snowfire;1411105 wrote: I do like my porridge in the mornings but I dont have it the way most Scottish people might eat it, made with water and with salt. I'm a southern softie so I have it made with milk and a little sugar, sometimes syrup
Is porridge oatmeal or something else?

Over here, oatmeal is usually rolled oats and cooks up really mushy. I like the steel-cut oats better, even though it takes longer to cook.

[Snooz]

Yep, gotta have the steel cut oats. I like to put in frozen fruit, preferably blueberries or strawberries when the water starts boiling, let it boil again and then add the oatmeal. Cook about 10 minutes, add coconut milk and brown sugar and it's a taste treat delight.

[Snowfire]

Accountable;1411110 wrote: Is porridge oatmeal or something else?

Over here, oatmeal is usually rolled oats and cooks up really mushy. I like the steel-cut oats better, even though it takes longer to cook.


I eat the Scots Porage Oats but we also have the Quaker Oats that you may be familiar with in the US

The oats are rolled thicker than standard oats and are gently kilned to create what the company considers to be "the truest taste"


Scott's Porage Oats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Accountable]

Rolled oats come out with the consistency of wallpaper paste.

[LarsMac]

Accountable;1411143 wrote: Rolled oats come out with the consistency of wallpaper paste.
That's cause you are using too much water, and cooking too long.