oatmeal?!

emg9
emg9 Posts: 112
in Food and Nutrition
i'm from the uk and from what i've learn on MFP is that americans like their oatmeal! ha, is it like porridge? someone please explain!

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  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Yes.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    Yes, it's porridge oats.

    Americans are very preoccupied with steel cut oats, which are wholegrain and fine cut. Our whole grain rolled oats are just as good.
  • Nana_Booboo
    Nana_Booboo Posts: 501 Member
    Yep, it's oats rehydrated with water or milk and heated. Eaten with fruit or milk and sweetener or nuts. Depends on your likes. But yes, it's a hot cereal. Is porridge the same? I'm confused to what porridge is.
  • emg9
    emg9 Posts: 112
    Yep, it's oats rehydrated with water or milk and heated. Eaten with fruit or milk and sweetener or nuts. Depends on your likes. But yes, it's a hot cereal. Is porridge the same? I'm confused to what porridge is.

    oatmeal sounds so much better.. porridge is sort of like ground oats, it's quite powdery but not quite powder.. ha. you heat milk and then mix it in and it forms a sorta oaty thick mixture. it is very yummy but it's much healthier to buy actual porridge oats which i think might be oatmeal?
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    :headdesk:
  • Nana_Booboo
    Nana_Booboo Posts: 501 Member
    Yep, it's oats rehydrated with water or milk and heated. Eaten with fruit or milk and sweetener or nuts. Depends on your likes. But yes, it's a hot cereal. Is porridge the same? I'm confused to what porridge is.

    oatmeal sounds so much better.. porridge is sort of like ground oats, it's quite powdery but not quite powder.. ha. you heat milk and then mix it in and it forms a sorta oaty thick mixture. it is very yummy but it's much healthier to buy actual porridge oats which i think might be oatmeal?

    It's all in the mix in's =)
    I love adding flax meal to mine also.
    Or berries and yogurt with a few chopped almonds
  • emg9
    emg9 Posts: 112
    :headdesk:

    we don't use the term oatmeal, i hear a lot about it on MFP hence i wondered exactly what it was and how it differs to porridge.

    ':headdesk:'
  • emg9
    emg9 Posts: 112
    Yep, it's oats rehydrated with water or milk and heated. Eaten with fruit or milk and sweetener or nuts. Depends on your likes. But yes, it's a hot cereal. Is porridge the same? I'm confused to what porridge is.

    oatmeal sounds so much better.. porridge is sort of like ground oats, it's quite powdery but not quite powder.. ha. you heat milk and then mix it in and it forms a sorta oaty thick mixture. it is very yummy but it's much healthier to buy actual porridge oats which i think might be oatmeal?

    It's all in the mix in's =)
    I love adding flax meal to mine also.
    Or berries and yogurt with a few chopped almonds

    sounds yummy! i'm going to get my hands on some :)
  • jodyd61
    jodyd61 Posts: 10
    yes,, but use the one minute not the prepackaged. you can eat it several ways...with butter honey and cream... I eat mine plain with fruit ..like banana or blueberries and sprinkle with cinnamon powder. add a little honey if you want... its good for you ... it can lower cholesterol. :)
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    :headdesk:

    we don't use the term oatmeal, i hear a lot about it on MFP hence i wondered exactly what it was and how it differs to porridge.

    ':headdesk:'

    I think you'll find 'we' do use the term oatmeal. IS and I are both from the UK.


    The 'powdery' rubbish you describe is processed oats. Get some proper porridge oats, and make them up properly.

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