All this talk of oatmeal reminds me that it’s time to read on the toilet for awhile.
Oatmeals rips my colon a new one. 
Good thing the glue on the wallpaper is strong.
I shave an apple into the oatmeal, then add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and if I get a wild hair, ground cloves. Oh, and butter. Mmm. 
Fry up some bacon and an over easy egg. Crumble the bacon onto the oatmeal, top with the egg and add some salt and pepper. Mix well. Add herbs, if you like.
Only because I used to work for Quaker Oats…
Ol’ Wilford hasn’t shilled for Quaker for well over a decade now – he’s too busy selling mail-order diabeetus testing supplies on direct-response TV ads these days. 
Agree. The salty/sweet interplay is important.
By far, the best use of oats is oatmeal cookies. These are the Best cookies in the world…
CAPE COD OATMEAL COOKIES
Ingredients :
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. melted shortening
1/2 c. melted butter
1 tsp. molasses
1/4 c. milk
1 3/4 c. uncooked oats
1/2 c. raisins
1/2 c. chopped nuts
1/2 c. chocolate chips
Preparation :
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon,
salt, together in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Arrange by teaspoonful on buttered cookie sheet. Bake about 12
minutes.
A Great Pie with Oatmeal
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Pie
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup corn syrup – light or dark
1 1/4 cups oatmeal
1 stick butter or margarine – melted
1 tsp Wonder brand flavoring — or vanilla extract
2 eggs – beaten
3/4 cup peanut butter – creamy
1 9" pie crust
Mix sugar through eggs together. Stir in peanut butter. Let sit about 15 minutes to allow
the oatmeal to soak up the filling a bit. Pour into pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for
45 to 50 minutes. Cool a bit before cutting.
Use any pie crust you like (or none at all; the pie sets up quite firm once it cools).
I like the peanut butter pie crust for this pie.
Peanut Butter Pie Crust:
1-1/2 cups pulverized peanut butter cookies (including the filling). Add 5 TBSP melted butter,
mix together. Pat into pie shell & pre-bake for about 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Soy sauce over steel-cut oats = win.
Thanks I’ll try some of the suggestions, especially the salt. I mean if you just cook oatmeal in a pot it really doesn’t taste like anything. Kind of like rice to me. Plain rice to me, doesn’t taste like anything.
Yes! I know I’ve mentioned this to death, but I LOVE my oats savory and have been known to mix any of the following (alone or combined) in with my oatmeal:
veggie burgers, onions, potatoes, eggs, curry powder, salsa, mushrooms, garlic, veggie broth, Laughing Cow Cheese, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper. Mmmm…
I brown my steel-cut oats (or whole oat groats) in butter, then cook 'em up. It does seem to bring out the oaty flavor I associate with decent oatmeal cookies.
Yum!
An easy flavour-inducing trick: add a cinnamon stick at the very beginning, then add sugar once the oats have started cooking (rather than after).
Some of my favourites are
Dried cranberry, sliced almonds, & banana. And maybe some shredded coconut.
and
Brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, & allspice. Maybe with some fried apples or a bit of maple extract.
I usually cook it with the flavourings. But I add the spices just as I take it off the heat so that I don’t risk burning the cinnamon or the like.
I tried a few suggestiongs, thanks, and it does make a difference, you need to cook the flavouring WITH the oatmeal instead of adding it afterwords. I still haven’t got the taste right, but it’s getting there