My Oatmeal Can

… kick your oatmeal’s ass.

Steel Cut!

Seriously. Keep your Quaker Oats, flakey as they are. You know they’re rolled and therefore inferior. My oatmeal is so righteous that it comes in a metal can. Why? Because it is steel cut, baby. That’s right. The each individual oat grain has been ninja-sliced into perfect little vectors of nutrition. And they’re Irish! Fightin’ Oats! If it weren’t for the can, these oats would rip their pantry mates to shreds.

(Seriously, these things are pretty good. And good for you, hence their recent introduction to our household. Especially with a lump of low-fat peanut butter mixed in.)

January 18, 2005 – 9:17 am | By Thomas | Posted in Food | Comments (13)
  • Nikki

    You do not mention that they are also “Devil in the White City” oats, as their can proudly proclaims they were introduced (along with Cornflakes) at the 1864 “World’s Columbian Exhibition.” And these are a pain in the keister to make, but they are five gazillion times tastier than Quaker Oats.

  • Darrell

    You know, adding a lump of Bushmill’s is also low-fat, and will things tastier as well.

  • Darrell

    I meant to say “make” things tastier

  • http://www.thezipman.com Zip

    I would think that these oats would already have a lump of Bushmills in them.

  • Amanda

    We use the quick cooking kind in the box and it is wonderful! We get it at World Market.

  • http://www.tonysimon.org/mt tony

    We enjoy our oatmeal with a handful of peanuts, a handful of dried cranberries, and a squirt of honey. We’re like a freaking TV commercial with that shit. I wish the Harry’s by the Big Chicken had a better selection of oats. I’ve seen the Irish Oatmeal before, but I’ve never tried it. Doesn’t it have to simmer for like 25 minutes?

  • Magess

    I had a can of that stuff.
    I like wimpy oats better. ;)

    They’d been sitting in the cupboard for a LONG time before I tried them though. Maybe they were bad.

  • Nikki

    They have tips for quicker prep, Tony. It’s on the website. We shall experiment (perhaps even *gasp* systematically) to see if any of the quicker methods works. This is the.best.oatmeal.evar.

  • http://www.immediatetheatre.org/hblog h

    The can is great, but you can’t say “It’s the right thing to do” about any oats other than Quaker oats and feel good about yourself (you just can’t (you’d make Wilford Brimley roll over in his grave (if he were dead))). And don’t we all want to do the right thing?

  • Nikki

    The presoak method from the McCann’s website works, by the way. Cut the prep time to 15 minutes. And I dont care if Brimley rolls over in his grave or not, this is truly edible oatmeal.

  • http://www.tonysimon.org/mt tony

    Well, we’ll be hitting Harry’s this weekend for a re-stock. I’ve always heard good things about McCann’s, but every minute counts during the weekday morning runaround. Maybe we will experiment.

  • Amanda

    McCann’s makes a quick cooking variety. They sell it at Cost Plus World Market. I guess I didn’t make that clear in my previous post. It is good stuff, even in the microwave.

  • Darrell

    Maybe ya’ll should have some damn grits.