# What can I do with a can of oats? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534 "2005-04-22T01:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/1 "2005-04-22T01:37:56Z")
My sister left them behind after a visit to el rancho Kabong. I’m not much for oatmeal as a breakfast item. I suppose I could make oatmeal cookies, but I’m wondering if any of the pros here might know of an oat-based food that’s a bit more er, imaginative. All suggestions welcome. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/2 "2005-04-22T02:17:55Z")
Are they from Holland? ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/3 "2005-04-22T02:33:48Z")
What is their current form? Quick oats, rolled oats, steel cut oats, oat groats? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/4 "2005-04-22T02:40:35Z")
You could always try making [apple crisp](http://pie.allrecipes.com/az/AppleCrispII.asp). ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/5 "2005-04-22T02:48:39Z")
Are you a homebrewer? How about a nice thick oatmeal stout. If you start it in a month or so, you’ll have a wonderful brew around the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/6 "2005-04-22T02:59:04Z")
No-bake cookies have oatmeal as one of their main ingredents (I think the others are peanut butter, butter, and chocolate chips, but don’t quote me). Granola is also good. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/7 "2005-04-22T03:12:43Z")
You could make haggis. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/8 "2005-04-22T03:14:14Z")
What **picker** said. 😃 Oatmeal stout…yummy! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/9 "2005-04-22T03:18:55Z")
> [@](#): > > What is their current form? Quick oats, rolled oats, steel cut oats, oat groats? Quick, although at the moment they don’t appear to be moving at all. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/10 "2005-04-22T03:29:14Z")
[Matrimonial Cake](http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/cakes/35/rec3528.html) is an old standard in western Canada. (In other places it’s “Date Cake” or “Date Squares” or a few other names.) You can fill it with raisins, figs, or mincemeat if you like, but dates are traditional. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/11 "2005-04-22T03:33:14Z")
Granola sounds so boring. But really, it’s delicious when it’s homemade, and you can guess all the amounts. Just use oil (or melted butter or margarine), honey (or maple syrup, molasses) and mix enough with the granola to get it pretty moist (you can also add a little water). Then mix in toasted nuts, sunflower seeds, crystallized ginger, coconut, cinnamon, vanilla, flax, etc. Mix well and spread it all out on a pan. Bake in a toaster overn (or conventional) for about 15-20 minutes. Serve with vanilla yogurt. Have a little more. Then a little more. Admit you are an addict. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/12 "2005-04-22T04:44:01Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > You could make haggis. Haggis…yummy! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/13 "2005-04-22T08:10:35Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Haggis…yummy! :dubious: It is! You could always make flapjacks – oats, butter, sugar and a splash of milk. Bake in oven. Heavenly. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/14 "2005-04-22T09:06:44Z")
You could always make [_ **Shampoo** _](http://www.dog.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=191041+401&Cat=) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/15 "2005-04-22T15:25:50Z")
I vote for cookies, can’t go wrong with oatmeal cookies … unless you put raisins in them. I had a recipe for some really nice lacy oatmeal cookies that I made around Christmas and now my Swiss Cheese memory won’t let me remember which cook book it was in. If I find it I will post it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/16 "2005-04-22T15:37:07Z")
Slice the tops off apples, hollow out the core (melon baller works great) fill with a bit of honey, and sprinkle a mixture of oats and brown sugar over the top. Heat in oven. Yummy. I think I may have stolen this recipe from Alton Brown. The last time I did it, I mixed the oats and brown sugar with melted butter… ::runs off to store to buy some apples and oats:: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/17 "2005-04-22T16:57:56Z")
You can use them as bait to catch a horse. Or a Scot. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/18 "2005-04-22T17:06:46Z")
Turn over the container, get a spoon, play some percussion. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/19 "2005-04-22T17:08:45Z")
Sow them. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534/20 "2005-04-22T17:16:50Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Sow them. But only if they’re wild. If they’re just plain old oats, you CAN, however, feel them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-can-of-oats/300534.md?page=2)