However it’s spelled (or pronounced), Wullie2009, it’s all delicious! 😋
Oats as Cooked Oatmeal or Fermented Overnight. Rolled, Steel Cut, or Whole Groat. Prebiotic, Probiotic, not Idiotic via Dr. Richard Matthews: healthunlocked.com/cure-art...
(As far as I’m aware, oats are ‘safe’ for diabetics & COPD-ers? 🤔 )
We love 🥰 our humble oats & even add a scoop to our blender drinks/ smoothies 🍹 . . . 😋
[We fluctuate from thick rolled oats to steel cut oats to whole oat groats.]
Whatever type/ style of oat that tickles your tastebuds 👅 (& your fancy 😄 ) is terrific, Wullie2009! ☺️ 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞
well done Kai, I just didn't realise what a diverse subject oats proved to be
that was a fascinating interview you linked, almost at degree level, just shows how good oats are for us generally
my mother had always bought "Scott's" brand porridge oats and they used "Porage" for their specific brand, on the front of the packets it just said "Scotts Porage Oats" ~ that is why I found it amusing about the correct way of spelling
annoyingly they were so very inexpensive to buy, probably the cheapest of breakfast cereals, until they suddenly became popularised. I have always enjoyed them though.
coincidently, having been diagnosed with COPD a few years ago, a long way ahead of the diabetes that I have just found out about of late, I had spent an age trying to find a non-dairy "milk"
whilst there's a good few "milks" that are now trendy, none appeared to suit my palette, then within the last few weeks I have found oat "milk"
I really am a happy guy now: I can experiment with different types of porridge oats knowing they are pretty well all good for us providing we avoid the popularised types and also enjoy my cups of tea with oat "milk" without spoiling the taste
there are other things in life Kai but thanks for your help with the porridge
Yes, perhaps the fact that they’ve become ‘popular’, gives business an opportunity to raise the price 📈 💰. . . ☹️ 😥
We end up buying our oats (rolled, groat, etc.) ‘in bulk’ 🛢🛢🛢 or when they’re discounted 📉. [It requires a bit of extra ‘storage space’, but worth the savings 💰 despite the (inconvenient) crowding. ]
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Love that the speakers 🗣💬. . .🗣💬 are so knowledgeable & understand the depth of benefits of ‘the humble oat’ 🌾 ! . . . 🤗 . . . (Reassuring that we’re eating healthily/ sensibly. 😌 )
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It is funny how marketing of the Scott's brand "Porage" does indeed influence the language — the spelling — that we routinely see on packaging & impresses upon our young minds 🧠 . ["Dunkin' Donuts" (instead of ‘doughnuts’), Cheez whiz" " (instead of cheese’‘), etc.. 😆 . . . Interesting to see the impact it has on young spellers 👫 & how language may evolve ♻️ to accommodate the shift toward the familiar (commonly/ routinely used) ‘marketing lingo/ spellings’. [Thinking of the wickedly funny movie 🎥 ”Idiocracy” ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi... , archive.org/details/Idiocra... ] which seems to be not too far afield from the world as it currently is. 😂 🤣 😱. . . Hmmm . . . Perhaps it’s actually a "documentary"? 😯 🤷♀️ 🤦♂️ ]
Oh no . . . it’s awful being hit with double whammy (COPD and diabetes). 😧 😞 . . . I’m so sorry, Wullie2009. 😔 That’s a lot to deal with. 🤯 😣 . . . Found lots of lovely folks at British Lung Foundation (BLF) forum ( healthunlocked.com/blf ) to be knowledgeable, friendly, supportive . . . 👍👍 . . . (A true blessing. 😇 )
Don’t know if these diabetes resources might be of interest to you? 🤔 . . . May be worth a ‘look-see’? 👀 . . . ‘A lot to wade through 🌊🏊♂️ , but may be some hidden gems 💎 💎 of use? 🤔 🤷♂️
Laughing so hard. 😂 . . . Oats seem to be good for everything — even soaking in bath 🛁 ( m.wikihow.com/Make-an-Oatme... )!! 😯 . . . Just wouldn’t eat (or drink) those used bathwater oats 🛀 . . . 🤣 🤪
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We need only remember our Cole Porter -- ’Experiment’ ⚗️ 👨🔬 🧪 . . . If something’s not to our liking, we can always try again: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ5T1...
"Before you leave these portals
To meet less fortunate mortals
There's just one final message
I would give to you...
You all have learned reliance
On the sacred teachings of science
So I hope, through life you never will decline
In spite of philistine defiance
To do what ALL good scientists do.
Experiment... Make it your motto day and night
Experiment... And it will lead you to the light
The apple on the top of the tree
Is never too high to achieve
So take an example from Eve
Experiment... Be curious
Though interfering friends may frown... Get furious
Welcome to the Healthy eating forum, and I hope you enjoy your porridge/porage. I love porridge and eat it most mornings, and I can see that Hidden has given you a link to our Porridge Topic. I hope you'll contribute some photos of yours, if you want to!
I prefer to use medium oatmeal and soak overnight with dried fruit and seeds. It seems more substantial that rolled oats. Takes a wee bit of planning to remember to put on the soak and in my case I have to cover to stop the cat licking it during the night. Happened to me today so had to have cereal instead.
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Porridge Sweetener 
World Porridge making Championship and do you know what a spurtle is?
I am very confused about porridge!
