# Mold or quirky nature of oatmeal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-or-quirky-nature-of-oatmeal/401480 "2007-04-24T17:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hiyacynthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ab992/32.png) [@hiyacynthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hiyacynthia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-or-quirky-nature-of-oatmeal/401480/21 "2011-04-29T13:14:56Z")
I had this happen this morning and did my research. I have well water, so that is probably the cause in my case. I ate it and am not dead. > **[What Causes Blue Green Foam in Steel Cut Oats?](https://www.leaf.tv/articles/what-causes-blue-green-foam-in-steel-cut-oats/)** > > Nothing makes a bowl of piping hot steel cut oatmeal less appetizing than a thin film of bluish-green foam bubbling up to the surface. While some jokingly blame the color change on oats of Irish origin, a study conducted in 2009 reveals that the real... ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-or-quirky-nature-of-oatmeal/401480/22 "2011-04-29T14:04:51Z")
> [@hiyacynthia](#): > > I had this happen this morning and did my research. I have well water, so that is probably the cause in my case. I ate it and am not dead. > > [http://www.ehow.com/info\_8054241\_causes-foam-steel-cut-oats.html](http://www.ehow.com/info_8054241_causes-foam-steel-cut-oats.html) Wow that was an awesome link. I didn’t even realize it was a zombie thread. But a good zombie in this case 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-or-quirky-nature-of-oatmeal/401480.md?page=1)