Defenders of oatmeal

To be fair, most things don´t taste that well on their own.

Wait until you hear about rice and pasta.

Defenders of McDonald’s chicken nuggets surprised to learn they contain 38 ingredients.

Oatmeal is a grain product, so yeah, adding other things to it to make it more to your personal liking is kinda the point.

This is like saying bread is bad because most people like it in a sandwich.

Oatmeal like rice, tofu, grits, or any number of other foods is a flavor vehicle.

Anyone making the assertion that ingredients must taste good on their own to be considered tasty is free to go try vanilla extract to compare it to vanilla icecream.

Well no shit, ever heard of cooking?

Why do people insist on randomly hating what other people eat? The textbook definition of differing tastes between different people than cannot be accounted for? Unless your kid is named Oatmeal and they ate them, maybe mind your own business.

I mean, in a pinch you can get away with just butter and salt. Oats taste fine by themselves, it's just really boring after two bites.

EDIT: I am not a horse.

Steel cut oats don't need anything except maybe a little milk. They're delicious, fight me.

Oatmeal is a nothing base.

Do you know how much work it takes to make a filling base stock that can pivot in any direction?

Savory, Sweet, Salty?

Oatmeal is a fucking miracle centuries in the making.

Fish, Chicken, Beef, Pork, Vegetables, or Botanicals all go well with it.

And here I am, enjoying just plain oats with tap water 🤷‍♂️

If all you eat is flavoured, over salted, over sweetened, highly processed food, then that's all your tastebuds will find enjoyable.

I love and eat oatmeal every day. More than ones through the day actually, plain

Just oats and water.

If i want something different than nothing beats fruits in this game for me. A good apple sauce is also awesome on oatmeal.

It's fine by itself. I mean, it ain't winning any awards for taste, because it's not good but it's not awful either. It just exists. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I just put a handful of blueberries or cut up strawberries in mine for some stimulation. The main reason for me to have oatmeal is that it is super quick and extremely filling with just a small portion. Efficiency food.

The defense of Oatmeal is that it's insanely good for your health and will help you lose weight if you can shovel unsweetened oatmeal down your pie hole every morning.

I eat oats just about every single day. The only time I'm not eating oats is around the holidays.

But I definitely don't mind unflavored oats. Normally I eat them savory, but plain oats are fine I suppose.

Everyone defending blank canvases arw like, "once I add 17 things to it, it looks so good."

That's what op sounds like.

I make it with milk instead of water and mix in some sugar and cinnamon. I don’t feel like that’s an excessive amount of condiments lol

I use stArch BTW

It's like saying you like plain white flour, when an reality you like lasagna

You ever eat plain oatmeal? It's alright, a bit plain but it's got it's distinct subtle flavor and isn't bad.

I've eaten oats with oatmilk. It was good.

Same with Starbucks coffee

7 of those 17 things are sugar and sugar accessories

Oatmeal can't compare to the natural tasting notes of cinnamon toast crunch

Edit: On a serious note, Oatmeal is kind of like Coffee where you start by getting the ready made instant stuff, get a taste for it, begin to narrow your selection and then create your own perfect formula

Alright, well, fuck off then. Go eat whatever. If I catch you wrinkling your nose at my breakfast I dehumanize you and treat you as an NPC, just one of the things that's installed in here that I have to walk around.

Or you can let people eat their food without commenting on their business

I literally eat oatmeal raw and dry like a godamm horse eating out of a trough. Yes I have a problem.

I just do a cup of soymilk, pinch of salt, teaspoon of molasses until it boils, them i add a cup of oats and a quarter cup of raisins and it's a quick and delicious breakfast

Leave 50g jumbo oats and 100ml soy milk and some cinnamon mixed in a closed container overnight in your fridge. Then in the morning add a splash of additional soy milk, other stuff*, and some honey.

The other stuff I use (all at the same time):

• pear/strawberries (depending on season)
• walnuts
• milled flaxseed
• Brazil nuts
• omega 3 seed mix (cheap and healthy)
• dried cranberry (or raisins)
• macadamia nuts

You can also use a nut mix (without peanuts). I just don't because I don't tolerate hazelnut well.

This breakfast is super useful because it includes so many nuts, which are recommended but quite tricky to include in one's diet. And it adds a ton of fiber and a piece of fruit.

Y'all sleeping on savory oatmeal. Make it with stock instead of milk or water, throw a fried egg on top, and that's good eatin

Pinch of salt for me.

If imma be fancy I add bananas and a libble but of honey.

*little bit of honey... ._.;;

Meanwhile: Grits + salted butter

Oats, milk, chia seeds and maple syrup in a container. Leave overnight in fridge. Great breakfast meal and a good substitute for sugary cereal.

I've been eating a bowl of overnight oats for breakfast with just soymilk and some sugar for like two years now and I can't see it changing anytime soon. It just hits the spot for me.

I don't need 17 things,Just sugar and milk is fine.

I'll eat oats by themselves and dry

See also: Grits, coffee

Uh...brown sugar is one thing, not 17.

Oh god. For a moment, I thought the web comic artist did something.

Just had oatmeal and blueberries. But fine. Have it your way and die angry about something innocuous that no body else cares about.

Tbh I've always seen oatmeal as a I don't care what I'm eating so long as I'm able to eat kind of food. Infact it's the main reason I've always seen those meal replacement shakes. Like your doing all this sciencey stuff just to make what is essentially just oatmeal put through a blender. Not to mention that there really isn't anything stopping you from just putting normal oatmeal in a cup and drinking oatmeal.

Meanwhile I don't even cook the oatmeal, just eat the little flakes straight up and like it.

Salt and sugar, that's it.

Same with wheat though?

When I was doing a meal plan, my breakfast was oatmeal and egg whites microwaved together, with a pinch of Splenda. None of those things should have gone together. It was not good. They would have been much better separate, but I was in a hurry. Cinnamon helped.

Two things for me- honey and raisins. I'm good with that.

80g rolled oats

190g high quality H2O

--microwave 90 seconds--

63g unsweetened applesauce (refrigerated)

28g shelled, crushed walnuts

16g PBFit

25g Muscle Pharm chocolate protein

1 diced Granny Smith apple

Every morning.

Sure, it will have the flavor of cardboard if you are making instant oatmeal with hot water. It tastes great if you make kasha: slowly simmer oats in milk and sugar. It is just not worth the time investment if you are not a babushka.

Traditional porridge is amazing. Just with a little salt added it's the most fantastic breakfast food.

Honestly there’s a Townsend 18th century about “water gruel” I.e. oatmeal and they have a variety of unheard recipes. If y’all don’t like oatmeal, maybe some Onion Gruel would be your speed? 18th Century Working Man’s Meal

Add a bit of barley, some yeast, water and wait. After a week add heat and distill. Add oak chips and age it a few weeks outside. Add water to taste.

I eat plain oatmeal

Treat it like rice and add the same things. Works out really well with less cooking time and healthier.

I think it's fine alone

Image Transcription: Twitter

zae @ItsZaeOk

everyone defending oatmeal is like, "oh once i add 17 things to it, it tastes so good!"

Pizza is made of flour.

I'm eating a bowl of tasty paste right now. Magical.

Who "defends" oatmeal? And since when does it require more than one or perhaps two additives?

1lb of sugar, some fake strawberries color with one cup oatmeal and it will taste good

Same with rice enjoyers. Either you like rice or you mix it with other stuff. Be honest to yourself

My recipes, adjust the amount to taste.

#1

• oatmeal
• sugar
• butter
• cinnamon powder

#2

• oatmeal
• sugar
• milk
• cornflakes

More for me I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

It only needs cinnamon

Oatmeal is a base, like soup broth. It's a vehicle for added flavor and texture to other stuff.

I generally add milk, chia seeds, flaxseed and cocoa powder, but just oatmeal+milk is good enough for me.

I also sometimes bake them by making cookies (oatmeal, flour, butter, salt, water and various seeds) and the predominant taste is oatmeal. So yes, to me, oatmeal tastes good by itself, it's only shortcomming is that it's dry, but I have munched on just oatmeal from time to time.

olny blueberry instant oatmeal

Literally just milk, honey, and fruits.

I'm currently eating oatmeal with raisins, cinnamon, honey, and peanut butter

Perhaps people aren't put off by the flavour (or lack thereof) so much as the texture. I like oatmeal myself but can't stand the texture of mushrooms. The taste doesn't bother me, just the texture.

raw rolled oats >>>> oatmeal or porridge

I eat oatmeal most mornings and for years I hated it until I figured out how I like it. This is my formula and it works for me.

Old fashioned oats (quick oats are fine too)
Peanut butter power
Truvia brown sugar

I use tap water and only just enough. I like my oats thick and not mushy. Just enough water that it's not crunchy.

Oatmeal, milk, and sweetener for me. So 2 things.