Huh. I once called my math teacher a "little lying Delilah" when he totally tricked us about when we were having an quiz. It's a good thing he's about 100 and completely oblivious, or else he might have given me a detention.
And oatmeal is only good if it's loooooaded with sugar. 'Course, most things are good loaded with sugar...
I used to think like that too when I was a kid. But since then, I've come to my senses, so to speak. I've realized how good it is to eat oatmeal porridge just before going to university lectures etc. I'm always incredibly hungry after a few lectures but never when I've been eating oatmeal. And I've actually started to enjoy my morning tradition of waking up, making some oatmeal porridge and then eating it with berries and reading the newspaper... But then again, I'm Finnish and oatmeal porridge is something like an unofficial national dish here, and it's one of those things that everyone has an opinion about. :-p
I don't know. I just really don't like the texture (actually, I think the taste is pretty good) and texture is a big issue with me; for example, I love the smell of bananas and the taste of pudding, but I won't eat either of them because the texture makes me sick. So, really, I have less aversion to the concept as to the fact that it's sort of gluey.
I have the same morning routine with my Kashi, 'owever. ^__^
Really? National dish? Do you flavour it, or make crazy whoa variations on it, or just go with the tried and true berries?
Perhaps the texture is something that you have to get used to. I've never thought about it because I've always been eating oatmeal (whether I liked it or not).
As for oatmeal being our unofficial national dish. A few hundred years ago oat was something that only horses ate but when it was discovered that it was easy to grow and harvest even in such a northern place as Finland it became rather an important part of our daily diet. And after that, the oatmeal has grown to be something that you should either love or hate. I think it's at least partly because we had during the 1930's and 1940's (a war-time in Finland) a children's radio program, and the speaker always ended it by saying that all kids should remember to eat a lot of oatmeal. Some people hated that program so much that they still can't eat oatmeal (my grand-father was one of them).
I'm sorry if I'm rambling; I study history so I tend to get a way too excited when explaining things like this... :-p
Really? National dish? Do you flavour it, or make crazy whoa variations on it, or just go with the tried and true berries?
I really can't think of anything we haven't eaten it with. People eat oatmeal with milk or sugar or berries or honey or jam or even fruits. Or they put it in the oven and let it stew for a while. But I guess most people (at least in the older generation) still prefer it as it is - just a bowl of oatmeal.
Perhaps. Perhaps, also, I put in too much water. :) And the eating-it-since-for-ever thing probably does add to it; I know there are lots of things other people think nasty that I've been eating all my life.
And that is--really interesting history, actually. Wow. They seriously can't eat oatmeal? That's--kind of neat, if you understand. ^^ I don't say what I mean very well.
You're not rambling! I'm actually rather fascinated.
Alas no! A reader suggested creating an oatmeal liquor as a joke science project, but put forward no hypothesis as to why one wasn't already on the market when everything else which could be turned into alcohol had been.
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Date: 2005-01-21 07:47 pm (UTC)And oatmeal is only good if it's loooooaded with sugar. 'Course, most things are good loaded with sugar...
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Date: 2005-01-22 02:20 am (UTC)That's probably true. But I am sticking to my nice Kashi. :P
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Date: 2005-01-21 08:28 pm (UTC)But then again, I'm Finnish and oatmeal porridge is something like an unofficial national dish here, and it's one of those things that everyone has an opinion about. :-p
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Date: 2005-01-22 02:25 am (UTC)I have the same morning routine with my Kashi, 'owever. ^__^
Really? National dish? Do you flavour it, or make crazy whoa variations on it, or just go with the tried and true berries?
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Date: 2005-01-22 07:32 pm (UTC)As for oatmeal being our unofficial national dish. A few hundred years ago oat was something that only horses ate but when it was discovered that it was easy to grow and harvest even in such a northern place as Finland it became rather an important part of our daily diet.
And after that, the oatmeal has grown to be something that you should either love or hate.
I think it's at least partly because we had during the 1930's and 1940's (a war-time in Finland) a children's radio program, and the speaker always ended it by saying that all kids should remember to eat a lot of oatmeal. Some people hated that program so much that they still can't eat oatmeal (my grand-father was one of them).
I'm sorry if I'm rambling; I study history so I tend to get
a way tooexcited when explaining things like this... :-pReally? National dish? Do you flavour it, or make crazy whoa variations on it, or just go with the tried and true berries?
I really can't think of anything we haven't eaten it with. People eat oatmeal with milk or sugar or berries or honey or jam or even fruits. Or they put it in the oven and let it stew for a while. But I guess most people (at least in the older generation) still prefer it as it is - just a bowl of oatmeal.
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Date: 2005-01-23 02:30 am (UTC)And that is--really interesting history, actually. Wow. They seriously can't eat oatmeal? That's--kind of neat, if you understand. ^^ I don't say what I mean very well.
You're not rambling! I'm actually rather fascinated.
Hee. Wow. It's like shredded wheat over here!
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Date: 2005-01-23 05:11 pm (UTC)I do understand. And 'neat' is a good word to use when you're not quite sure which word to choose. :-)
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Date: 2005-01-22 02:46 am (UTC)Brown sugar and maple syrup, dear. It's heaven. Maybe some walnuts.
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Date: 2005-01-22 03:52 am (UTC)Not if you take the bran flakes out. :P
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Date: 2005-01-22 04:07 am (UTC)Luckily, I have backup. Ralph Nader frowns upon you!
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