# Steel Cut Oatmeal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389 "2006-06-04T17:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389/21 "2006-06-05T15:31:40Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] You should try a rice cooker. [/QUOTE] I will break down and buy a good rice cooker. I have a cheapo model, and it leaves a nasty burnt crust on the bottom each use. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389/22 "2006-06-05T16:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=caveman] ??=Water Steel Cuts Oatmeal Oatmeal Absorbs Water Water Rusts Steel Now, we need hand gestures to use… [/QUOTE] I propose: Water should be you hand making a wavy gesture to represent flowing water Steel should be a karate chop downwards to represent the cutting power of steel Oatmeal should be you vomiting into your cupped hands. ---
**Author:** ![jakeline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jakeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakeline)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389/23 "2006-06-05T17:03:18Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] You should try a rice cooker. [/QUOTE] An alternative, if you live someplace where there’s a Trader Joe’s nearby, is their frozen steel-cut oatmeal. It’s absolutely perfect. You microwave it for like 3 or 4 minutes, and you have fabulously tasty steel-cut goodness. I kind of balked at the price at first ($1.60 for two servings), but the serving size is pretty generous, and it isn’t the least bit gluey. YUM! If you don’t live near a Trader Joe’s, please accept my condolences. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389/24 "2006-06-05T21:20:33Z")
[QUOTE=jakeline] If you don’t live near a Trader Joe’s, please accept my condolences. [/QUOTE] No Trader Joe’s here but we do have the Whole Foods flagship store here (it’s huuuuuuuge) so don’t feel too bad for us. 🙂 Let’s see, steel cut oats in bulk are .99 a pound so I'm gonna guess that each serving runs me about .05. My rice cooker was around $100 (it’s a really nice model) so it’d take me under half a year to make up the cost. (and I need the savings, I spend my entire paycheck at Whole Foods 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389/25 "2006-06-05T23:15:54Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] (and I need the savings, I spend my entire paycheck at Whole Foods 🙂 ) [/QUOTE] … which is why, around here, a lot of people refer to Whole Foods as “Whole Paycheck.” Love the place, though. And we’ve been told that we’re getting a Trader Joes soon. I’m SOOOO looking forward to that. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389/26 "2006-06-06T05:12:39Z")
I buy mine in bulk at a slightly upscale, not-quite-WholeFoods grocery store. I keep it in a two gallon canister on my counter, and eat it almost every day. Raisins and brown sugar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-cut-oatmeal/359389.md?page=1)