Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:34:03 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
>>>>>>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
>>>>>> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
>>>>>> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
>>>>> oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
>>>>> consumes massive amounts of sugar.
>>>> I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
>>>> American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
>>>> will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
>>>> Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
>>>> how many of them are sweetened.
>>>>
>>>> I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
>>>> instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
>>>>> On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
>>>>> I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
>>>>> called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
>>>>>
>>>> I love the taste of oats.
>>>>
>>>> Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
>>>> because they got so excited over it.
>>> When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
>>
>> Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
>> microwave. It's good.
>>
>> Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
>> and sugar
>
> Ha!
>

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