"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed 15 Feb 2006 02:28:25a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Alex Rast?
>
>> at Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:07:22 GMT in
>> >, (Dee Randall)
>> wrote :
>>>"Alex Rast" > wrote in message
. .. ...
>>>>
>>>> If you can afford the expense, Chefshop.com sells quite simply the
>>>> best oats you can buy - The Oatmeal of Alford. There is just no
>>>> comparison. Compared to standard steel-cut oats (e.g. McCann's, they
>>>> have a much more assertive oatey flavour and the texture is impossibly
>>>> creamy - MUCH creamier than any other porridge you will ever have had.
>>>
>>>How do "Alford's" compare to "Country Choice" Certified Organic,
>>>Distributed by Eden Prairie, MN, carried by Trader Joe's, if you tried
>>>these. I eat these everyday I'm home. I love them.
>>>Every night I soak them in water. The next morning they cook in about
>>>10 minutes on low.
>>>$2.49 for 1 lb. 14 oz = 840 g.
>>
>> It makes them seem like a cheap generic. The Oatmeal of Alford is just
>> completely in another league from other oats. I don't know that I can
>> convey the difference adequately - you have to try them to understand.
>> It's a bit like reaching spiritual enlightenment - nobody can explain
>> what they've seen or experienced, but when they know, they know.
>>
>> I'm trying to think of comparisons, but all the analogous things I can
>> think of have the same character - you have to have tried the better
>> version to understand what I'm saying. Thus:
>>
>> Ordinary fresh strawberries vs. Frog's Song Farm strawberries.
>> Ordinary USDA Prime beef vs. Skagit River Ranch.
>> Ordinary carrots vs. Dungeness Farms carrots.
>>
>> But hopefully these examples give you the idea. I'm sure you've had
>> certain foods of local and/or special sources that have been a
>> transforming experience, things that redefine your notions of the
>> possible. That's the kind of difference I'm trying to get across here.
>
> Alas, I fear I shall never be enlightened. <g>
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright ożo
Reading further about the Alford, I see that one can cook them in the
microwave -- well, that speaks volumes (to me).
I am now wondering about Alford.
Alex, have you, could you, would you, recommend cooking them in the
microwave?
I know there are advocates of microwave cooking, but it's still not my
forte. Me, Old-fashioned? I buy every new bells-and-whistles appliance I can
afford.
Thanks,
Dee Dee