Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2017-09-16 1:39 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 9/16/2017 1:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2017-09-16 1:07 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 9/16/2017 8:26 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>>>> dsl1, re the old folks and oatmeal....the older they get, the more
>>>>> they need the extra fiber
>>>>> from oatmeal.* ;-))
>>>>>
>>>>> N.
>>>>>
>>>> Nancy2, some people just like oatmeal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I do. I love it. If it wasn't for the number it does on my guts I
>>> would eat it every day. It has to be the real deal, not the instant or
>>> quick cooking stuff.
>>>
>> Quick cooking oats are good for making cookies.
>
> True. Many cookie, pancake and muffin recipes call for quick cooking. I
> can't be bothering keeping both on hand do I sub with large flake. If
> their is soaking involved I soak it longer, or else I blitz it in the
> food processor.
>>
>> I grew up eating oatmeal.* I don't know what kind Mom bought but it
>> wasn't "instant".* I certainly didn't have digestive issues as a child.
>> It was simply something my mother cooked for my brothers and me for
>> breakfast during the winter (snow!) before school.* Or before we went
>> out in our snow-suits to have snowball fights or go sledding.
>
> My mother used to make it for breakfast several times a week. She got up
> and cooked it first thing in the morning for my father and then kept it
> warm in a double boiler and my brothers and I had ours. My pet rabbit
> got whatever was left over.
>
>>
>> Hot cereals were not uncommon where it's cold.* Maypo, Cream of Wheat.
>> Not something dsi1 need be concerned about.* You get my point to Nancy2.
>> *Enjoying oatmeal is not age related.
>
> Perhaps some old people rediscover it, and when they are retired they
> have time to cook it and enjoy it.

I sure do, at least once a week!

Angie