Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>The last time I saw McCann's steel-cut
>oats in a store, the price was nearly $8
>for the can. I've been buying steel-cut
>oats from the bulk bin at Sprouts for
>=A250/pound.
>>Dave=A0Smith adds:
>>$7.99 a pound here too, but I have not
>>yet found a bulk store that sells it.
First, please honor that I was raised on only the "Quaker Oatmeal"
coming in the diameter-round cardboard container, and graduated to the
packets for microwave in the late eighties, early nineties. With the
past talk of steel cut oats here, my curiousity began. This thread
caused me to go a-link-looking for a resource to purchase my very first
from, as I am in the California High Desert and have too few drive to
the market resources for such. Although I was shopping (in the Cabazon
Mall an hour or so away) yesterday, and coiuld have stopped at Hadley's
(large dried fruits, nuts and grains outlet) for a check on them having
steel cuts, I was simply too tired and my damaged legs wanted only to
come home.

To end this tale, I've just ordered my very first, and the website
offers a questions/comments opportunity, which I did fill in. I bought
one 28 oz. McCann's, at $5.95 (plus same in shipping). What I asked
with the comments box may be answered to my email address aboard the
Base, but I should also ask here in the event this "netrition" site
ignores all but my Visa card number:
http://www24.netrition.com/mccanns_oats_page.html

Easy enough and time enough for me to do the initial cook of a night for
sitting over on a work night, then to refresh with a mere 10-12 minutes
cook in the morning. But isare the dried fruit and nuts I may want
mixed in to be added at the night-begin, or could they be incorporated
to the morning's rush with good results? Can any of an excess amount be
refrigerated and micro-heated as wanted? What may be the least
attention demanding way to cook these steel cuts, and are there good
websites I may peruse for other ways in which I may enjoy using them,
such as in cookies, quick breads and bars?

Picky ~JA~