'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
In thinking about my evening, instead of doing work of course, I think I am gonna watch 2 movies tonight.
Bourne Identity - then break for dinner and JoA - then Napolean Dynomite. That should give me sufficient knitting time too, maybe I'll finish the back of my sweater. woo.
Hec's oatmeal sounds like my oatmeal.
I liked Blade II but I love Ron Perlman, so that probably skews my opinion.
Technically he hasn't voiced on JLU, has he?
I knew that "U" would be trouble.
I've had and mostly liked all different viscosities of oatmeal. Except the absolute gluiest. It starts to trip my texture issues then. Which I prefer at any given moment depends on my mood and whether the emphasis is sweet or salt. Saltier needs to be on the thicker side.
Hec's oatmeal sounds like my oatmeal.
Mine, too.
All the feedback I've had so far from people here is that it is very mushy. Definitely not thin like gruel
When I've had it (either because I made it or a restaurant did), it was creamy with nutty little chunks in it (I assume that's because the steel cut oats don't disintergrate in the same way that rolled oats do). As I said, it's good, but it's not my heart's image of what oatmeal should be.
And ftr I don't think of gruel as universally thin, but rather as, well, 19th century oatmeal. Have I been wrong all these years? Is it usually made out of something other than oats?
I knew that "U" would be trouble.
:)
When I think of gruel I think of Cream of Wheat. And Oliver Twist, of course. Which is probably why I picture it as thin, because those poor orphans aren't getting hearty food.
My husband slices dried apricots into the morning oatmeal. Yummmm.
Is it usually made out of something other than oats?
You know, I'd been defining it by consistency, and not by ingredient. Couldn't tell you -- it's been meaning "watery porridge" to me all this time.