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Dave Smith > wrote in news:SyHgv.348184
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> On 2014-05-26 9:10 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> I use about 3 Tbsp of oatmeal to make a batch and
>>> usually end up with more than I can eat,

>>
>> Really? :-o You call that a "batch?" And usually end up with more
>> than you can eat? I'm just surprised. That would be a starvation diet
>> to me. I start with 3/4 cup of dry rolled oats and have a good meal
>> out of that. I add a few raisins, some butter and some brown sugar to
>> mine. It's a good late-night thing for me occasionally.
>>

>
> It is a batch big enough for me. It makes close to two cups of porridge
> and that is way more than a reasonable serving of oatmeal.
>

Three tablespoons makes two cups? That's not porridge. That would barely
qualify as gruel.
>




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