January is National Oatmeal Month

I think Samuel Johnson said something to the effect that oatmeal was food for horses, but in Scotland they served it to people.

As a kid, I hated it, but that might have been a matter of cooking time, or quantity. Later on I liked it better, and the Quaker Oats instant oatmeal with various fruits/spices became a favorite backpacking breakfast.

Well, I won't be eating them. They contain enogh gluten to set my digestive system off... Shame, coz I like 'em!

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I used to like oats as a kid (in porridge form, but with Golden Syrup rather than Salt as Scots reputedly take them). Without namimg names (I'm Quaking in my boots ), makers make claims about how oats can help lower cholesterol. The wording in the adverts is carefully chosen, which leads me to suspect that the claims might not be as concete as implied/stated. I'm inclined to think oats are a healthy food, though it may be more in respect of the 'roughage' than anything else. Having experimented with cabbage soup the other day, I can vouchsave that it will be long before you reach the Crematorium that a 50' hole can be blown in the wall. Haven't seen such horror since the Brussel Sprout incident of '79

Oatmeal is a great way to begin the day. Some instant oats have garbage ingredients in them like high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners, so choose wisely. Luckily, the "natural foods" movement is making it so more companies are providing natural versions of their instant oats.

I keep a package of natural, flavored rolled oats in my desk at work. It provides a filling, vitamin rich, whole grain, and fibrous meal that gives me the energy to get going in the mornings.

It's funny, in the same month that Oatmeal is being honored, there is also a "Pie Day" (not to be confused with Pi Day 3.14) on the 23rd. What a delicious month!

I like oatmeal and the best kind is that you grind your own self and cook right away

When I left boarding school I swore I wouldn't ever let that "stuff" pass my lips again. I had to tolerate that "stuff" again as it was my sons favorite as a toddler. Well, at least we had food and I shouldn't complain.

I know "mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"

I'm sorry, but you misspelled almost everything there. To get a handle on this, it helps to start with the correct misspelling, "Mairzy Doats." A search on this will tell the whole story.

Sincerely yours--Editor Crankshaft

If January is national oatmeal month does that make February national constipation month? Honestly, who dreams up this s**t?

Been eating old-fashioned rolled oatmeal religiously most every morning now for around 25 years. It's the one food I found I could stomach 'every' morning, no matter how I felt. I still love it for breakfast.

How does one eat oatmeal 'religiously?'

Why, on one's knees of course.

Not in the 'missionary' position?

I always eat my rolled oats like a cold cereal not cooked but with milk and sugar only, well, sometimes with a bit of strawberries or banana.

Guess my mom was too lazy to cook them and that was how we ate them when we were kids. (sometimes we had oats cooked)!

"If you would like clean, fresh oats you must pay a fair price. If you would like oats that have already been through the horse, well....that comes a little cheaper."