• @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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        217 months ago

        I beg to differ. Just a bit of honey and milk make 'em fucking delicious, and if milk and honey are complex seasoning, something is very wrong with your ability to cook.

        • @wunami@lemmy.world
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          167 months ago

          Get a load of this guy from the land of milk and honey. Must be nice to live in the promised land with your fancy oatmeal. /s

      • @zaph@sh.itjust.works
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        197 months ago

        even with just basic seasons

        What are we calling basic seasonings? Brown sugar is pretty basic imo and oatmeal with brown sugar is basically crack.

      • @HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml
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        Chinese person here, the spices that work well on rice also work on congee, which is already similar to oatmeal, and IMO they work just fine on actual oatmeal too.

        Hell we even have a “lazy congee” where you literally just add leftover rice to hot water to make a sort of rice oatmeal. Super convenient in the morning when you’re in a rush!

      • @funktion@lemm.ee
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        57 months ago

        I don’t even need to put salt on my rice. It’s great on its own just boiled.

        • @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          27 months ago

          Thai Jasmin rice. Once I found a good hookup oh baby did my view on rice change.

          Idk what they’re doing to rice over there but everything about it is perfect. Aroma, flavour, texture. It’s delicious fluffy white rice every time.

    • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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      57 months ago

      Thank you. That’s exactly what I was thinking. This is not so much a “meme” as a “laughing at things stupid people say”.

  • @PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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    527 months ago

    Oatmeal is a grain product, so yeah, adding other things to it to make it more to your personal liking is kinda the point.

    This is like saying bread is bad because most people like it in a sandwich.

    • @m0darn@lemmy.ca
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      Wheat is bad because you have to add more than just water to make bread

      • bobor hrongar
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        117 months ago

        That’s actually not even necessarily true. You can just leave flour around in water and the natural yeast ferments. Then you can throw that in with some more water and flour and it’s sourdough. Would be better with some salt though.

        Or you can make super depressing unleavened flatbread.

    • @BluesF@feddit.uk
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      67 months ago

      Yes, no one who says “I love pasta!” is saying that to mean “I love just the pasta on its own without any sauce”

  • @CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    467 months ago

    Anyone making the assertion that ingredients must taste good on their own to be considered tasty is free to go try vanilla extract to compare it to vanilla icecream.

  • @HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml
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    Why do people insist on randomly hating what other people eat? The textbook definition of differing tastes between different people than cannot be accounted for? Unless your kid is named Oatmeal and they ate them, maybe mind your own business.

  • @Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml
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    I mean, in a pinch you can get away with just butter and salt. Oats taste fine by themselves, it’s just really boring after two bites.

    EDIT: I am not a horse.

  • @pyrflie@lemm.ee
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    227 months ago

    Oatmeal is a nothing base.

    Do you know how much work it takes to make a filling base stock that can pivot in any direction?

    Savory, Sweet, Salty?

    Oatmeal is a fucking miracle centuries in the making.

    Fish, Chicken, Beef, Pork, Vegetables, or Botanicals all go well with it.

  • @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    217 months ago

    And here I am, enjoying just plain oats with tap water 🤷‍♂️

    If all you eat is flavoured, over salted, over sweetened, highly processed food, then that’s all your tastebuds will find enjoyable.

    • IninewCrow
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      87 months ago

      I’ve had pain oats for probably 40 years now and at this point I don’t think I can have a normal morning without a bowl of oatmeal.

      At first my parents feed us this because we were poor, then I ate it out of habit, then I ate it to save money, now I just eat because I don’t want anything else any more.

        • IninewCrow
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          47 months ago

          lol … yes I love my pain oats … they go good with plain oats too … I don’t mind the spelling mistake, I’ll leave it in because it looks funny.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav
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      My sibling in oatmeal, I’ve found you! Plain oats taste good. It’s my favorite way to eat them.

  • @zilla@lemmy.world
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    217 months ago

    I love and eat oatmeal every day. More than ones through the day actually, plain

    Just oats and water.

    If i want something different than nothing beats fruits in this game for me. A good apple sauce is also awesome on oatmeal.

        • Transient Punk
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          47 months ago

          The article that someone else posted explains it well. The thing I would add is that once you start using steel cut oats, you’ll never go back

          • Cosmic Cleric
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            From the (AI generated?) article…

            Steel-cut oats

            Steel-cut oats are most closely related to the original, unprocessed oat groat.

            Steel-cut oats have a coarser, chewier texture and nuttier flavor than rolled or quick oats.

            They also take longer to prepare, with average cooking times ranging from 15–30 minutes.

            Rolled oats

            Rolled oats, or old-fashioned oats, are oat groats that have gone through a steaming and flattening process.

            They have a milder flavor and softer texture and take much less time to make than steel-cut oats, as they have been partially cooked.

  • Kevin
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    197 months ago

    I eat oats just about every single day. The only time I’m not eating oats is around the holidays.

    But I definitely don’t mind unflavored oats. Normally I eat them savory, but plain oats are fine I suppose.

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      No matter how much you try to trick us by posting on the internet, we can still tell you’re a horse!

  • @Toneswirly@lemmy.world
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    197 months ago

    The defense of Oatmeal is that it’s insanely good for your health and will help you lose weight if you can shovel unsweetened oatmeal down your pie hole every morning.

    • @aidan@lemmy.world
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      87 months ago

      Doesn’t have to be unsweetened, just unsweetened with natural sugars like, sugar or honey. Stevia or other artificial sweeteners are okay for weight loss.