On 8/21/2012 4:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 21/08/2012 9:59 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>
>> The breakfast of choice for folks 70+ here in Hawaii is oatmeal and
>> papaya. I don't know why it is but that's what my years of experience
>> with old people is. This means something.
>>
>> I suspect that this is true on the mainland too. They probably don't eat
>> papaya but I'm betting that the oatmeal is accompanied with something to
>> aid digestion. Oatmeal will probably be pretty commonplace on menus soon.
>
>
> There is a greasy spoon in our town that has oatmeal on the breakfast
> menu. I was stunned at the price.. IIRC... $3.75. That is almost as
> much as they charge for bacon and eggs. Given that it costs only a few
> pennies to make a serving of oatmeal I thought that was outrageous.

That does sound a little high - it's probably about right for my town
but it seems high for the mainland. My daughter had some oatmeal for
breakfast at Denny's this morning. It came with a couple of oz of milk
and a good amount of brown sugar on the side and some dried, sweetened,
cranberries. It cost $1.29. Hey come to think of it, next time, I'm
gonna get some oatmeal at Denny's! That's even cheaper than the biscuits
and gravy for $2.