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Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!)
April 18, 2007 2:58 AM
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pfft. Oatmeal TOTALLY gives you super-powers.

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Spider Jerusalem
April 18, 2007 3:39 AM
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You know, I actually watched an entire HOUR show in England about the difference between porridge and oatmeal.

I wonder if this is pointing to a new era in American history wherein there is truth in advertising?

I mean, I don't understand why the potato farmers of America aren't running similar campaigns, since potatoes apparently are more than carbohydrates and starch, and its probably healthier to microwave one for breakfast than to eat three packets of strawberries-and-cream oatmeal with Jammers! or whatever that gel stuff was called.

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krunk4ever
April 18, 2007 4:51 AM
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Haha, the flying comment reminds me of red bull and how it \"gives you wings\".

//krunk (^_^x)

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Maulleigh
April 18, 2007 10:01 AM
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How about oatmeal cookies? Cuz those are pretty magical.

Have you ever had one?

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kim
April 18, 2007 12:25 PM
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Duhh...all us super-powered folk know that it's not Quaker that makes us supercarbofunkylicious, it's John McCann's Steel Cut Oatmeal from Ireland.
(Plus the cans make handy pencilholders.)

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MonkeyMonk
April 18, 2007 12:44 PM
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Who has 30 minutes to make Oatmeal? My preferred brand of hot ceareal is Trader Joe's Multigrain Mix. Yummy and ready in only 5-8 minutes.

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Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!)
April 18, 2007 12:48 PM
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@MonkeyMonk: Psst: They sell QuickOats. Two minutes in the microwave.

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sandwich_pants
April 18, 2007 1:47 PM
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I will often make a large batch or Steel Cut Oats on a saturday morning, and put it in the fridge. I end up with a large, dense cake of oats from which I can cut a wedge off, toss it in the microwave with some milk, mix in delicious flavourings, and enjoy with about 3 minutes of work in a given morning (and 30 minutes of work on saturday). The recipe I use is prettymuch Alton Brown's oatmeal recipe from good eats (though I use less fattening ingredients whenever I can). Oh, and toasting your own oats in a buttered pan smells and tastes wonderful.

Also, it does seem that someone gave everyone a liscense to go crazy about the heart healthy labeling if their food product has almost any soluble fiber in it. And while soluble fiber is extremely good for you and definitely worth trying to include in one's diet, it's nice to see the ridiculousness of some of these products (like the \"heart healthy\" OJs that have just a dash of soluble fiber in them) be a bit more realistic about their claims. The studies that they cite usually had a daily dose of something like 12-16 grams of soluble fiber added to people's diets (I am pulling those numbers from the imaginary part of my memory, but they seem right), which is a lot to get unless you go for the fiber suppliments.

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Stepehn Colbert
April 18, 2007 4:45 PM
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It made me poop.

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NatalieMac
April 18, 2007 5:38 PM
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Yeah, everybody knows that it's Red Bull and not oatmeal that imparts the ability of flight.

You eat oatmeal for x-ray vision. Duh.

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tcabeen
April 18, 2007 5:39 PM
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First I learn the hard lesson that spinach doesn't make me immediately stronger, and then the lesson that oatmeal doesn't make my heart impervious to King-of-Town-esque butter binges.

What are they going to tell us next? My brand name purchases don't actually make me cooler?
I'm kidding, of course. That one is already an established law of the universe.

...right?

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