# Uncooked Oatmeal **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 1, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncooked-oatmeal/402394 "2007-05-01T23:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncooked-oatmeal/402394/21 "2007-05-02T22:22:52Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] I’ve mentioned this before in threads but if you like real steel cut oatmeal, get a good rice cooker with a porridge setting. I pop mine in the cooker every evening, set the timer, and have fresh every single morning. And I find steel cut oats cooked with water so tasty, I usually only add a little salt instead of sugar. (can’t tell you about the effects on my cholesterol tho’, as a healthy veg, I’ve always had very low cholesterol numbers) [/QUOTE] Me too! I note that one needs less water than is listed on the side of the McCann’s Irish Oatmeal can if you cook it in the rice cooker. And also as mentioned upthread, oatmeal cooked in this way makes great leftovers, so I cook twice as much as I need. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncooked-oatmeal/402394/22 "2007-05-03T00:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] Me too! I note that one needs less water than is listed on the side of the McCann’s Irish Oatmeal can if you cook it in the rice cooker. And also as mentioned upthread, oatmeal cooked in this way makes great leftovers, so I cook twice as much as I need. [/QUOTE] I like my oatmeal chewy - I cook it for much less than the side of the McCann’s tin says, with less water. Will a rice cooker work for me? ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncooked-oatmeal/402394/23 "2007-05-03T10:28:24Z")
ENugent,crock pots work as well and aren’t uni-taskers.(to quote another guy who likes pin head oats) ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncooked-oatmeal/402394/24 "2007-05-03T11:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] Is there any particular benefit to cooked vs uncooked oats? Am I missing (or gaining) something by eating them raw? I’ve eaten raw oats for a long time, no problems that I can think of (no horrible GI impact, no urge to strap on a feedbag, etc). [/QUOTE] As for GI impact, I once ate non-fat yogurt mixed with uncooked oats every day for lunch for a month. My family would beg to differ…must have been the yogurt. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncooked-oatmeal/402394/25 "2007-05-03T18:24:51Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Oh, and they need to substitute the oatmeal for the Frosted Flakes and the Hash Browns with Cheese, etc. Not add them to the breakfast menu to “make up” for eating the rest of the breakfast. [/QUOTE] What?? And drinking a chocolate shake doesn’t help with the “more calcium = more weight loss” thing? Drat! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncooked-oatmeal/402394.md?page=1)