On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:52:24 -0400, George M. Middius
> wrote:

>George Leppla wrote:
>
>> I was surprised when McDonald's put oatmeal on their menu. The
>> marketing department there does a lot of research before doing
>> ANYTHING... so they must be confident that there is a demand for it.
>
>It's probably 40% sugar.

I seriously doubt that, I've never seen any eatery serve pre sugared
oatmeal... where would they even buy such a product... oatmeal is 100%
oats, I've only seen individual packets of instant oatmeal that is
sold flavored, and probably nowadays contains artificial sweetener.
Oatmeal can seem pricey at restos because there can be a lot of waste,
the folks who buy it pay for all that gets tossed out, some days very
few will buy oatmeal but they still need to prepare an adequate amount
in case it sells that day... that's the main reason all resto foods
are priced what seems inappropriately high.... like with any business
the consumer pays for waste.

A very nice way to prepare oatmeal is with tea rather than plain
water... were I to order oatmeal at a resto (I wouldn't) I'd bring a
baggie of instant oatmeal and order a large container of tea and mix
the two. I don't order oatmeal out because I don't like how watery
they prepare it... I like old fashioned oatmeal that needs to be
cooked, at home I make pin oats/steel cut oats, and I like it thick,
like cement... I usually add a pat of butter and a spoon of dark brown
sugar, I don't like cinnamon in cereal.