In Australia we don't use the term 'oatmeal'. In recipes from the US and
Britain when it calls for this I can't work out from the photo what product
has been used. In the recent thread on oats I thought I might be able to
glean the info, but it didn't happen.

We have rolled oats, which are like your Quaker traditional rolled oats, and
we have steel cut oats. We can use both of these for porridge. There are
also the quick sort of flavoured oat mixes that nuke in a minute. We have
oat bran as well. So what is oatmeal? Is it another name for rolled oats,
or is a more refined product?

Chris