Feeling our oats

[kinzel]

Feeling our oats...

Actually, that's oat cereal. You want to write good books you gotta eat good food. Or something like that.

It looks like the (Complete brand?) oat cereal we'd been eating has disappeared from the marketplace, as things will from time to time. So, we've been experimenting ... getting a somewhat passing grade so far are Barbara's Shredded Oats and Mother's Tasted Oat Bran. We use Cheerios from time to time, and now have Oatios to try. Displeasing to the point of feeding half the box to the birds -- Nature's Path Organic Mulitgrain Oatbran Cereal.

Chess last evening was disappointing; I played two rated games and lost them, though I wasn't blown out of the water, then I played a bunch of unrated games where I was ... really not sharp. Even the last one where I had a huge advantage .. and let my opponent get a stalemate. Got to slow down, looks like.

And looking ahead, I'm probably going to declare another break in Saltation, as in no Saltation next week, as I reread and go over the existing Longeye portions so we can rectify two plot problems we've just spotted before they bite us in the last chapter.

Comments

[muehe.livejournal.com]

I get tired of eating the same thing for breakfast. Today it was nuts and a banana.
Another break – a sad thing. I am sure we will all curse your name.
I have not played a real game of chess since high school – LOL, and I could not play well then.

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

Might try Kashi brands: they're not all oats, but they are all whole grains...and quite tasty. I think if you go to their home page, they'll even send out free samples.

Quaker Oats

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Steve,

I buy the Old Fashioned (not quick cooking) Quaker Oats (half a cup), along with some Craisins (dried cranberries most mornings, but you can vary it; this morning it was real strawberries - which add some additional liquid) in a bowl with some milk (soy, vanilla, for me because I decided I needed more soy in my life) and cook it for 3 minutes in the microwave. Then I add cinnamon, some honey, and OK some mini-marshmallows that can go all meltey and gooey.

I do this most weekday mornings and sometimes on the weekend. Nice and filling. I've stopped buying other cereals and because it's oats I tell myself it's healthy for me. Anyway, it's easy, tastes good, and I can add what *I* want.

Barbara Karpel

[(Anonymous)]

I do half oat bran and half Irish stile oats in the cold seasons. We are now moving int homemade granola time (because the store bought is so blasted expensive, and much too sweet).