Anyone buy those instant oats / porridge pots?
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StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
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How is proper porridge not cheap, easy and quick?
marshmella
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- Telford, Shropshire
Oat so simple 2mins porridge: salt 0.5g per 27g serving;sugar 0.3g per 27g
The washing up and cooking facilities....
Can you eat proper porridge just adding boiling water?
Scilly Suffolk
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I make porridge in the microwave, so I can't see the difference between "ordinary" and "instant" oats, you still need a bowl and a microwave (apart from the added salt, sugar and a massive mark-up for Mega Corp).
From the Sainsburys website:
- own brand porridge oats 9p per 100g
- Quaker Oatso Simple 68p per 100g
You need a kettle, no bowl, no microwave.
Scilly Suffolk
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I was going by this, which details making them in a microwave or a pan, presumably you're talking about something that comes in its own pot then?
Either way, you could just add water to ordinary oats: there's no special treatment to make them "instant", use the instructions on the instant ones as a guide.
However, if you can't wash-up a container at work or don't want to carry one on your commute, then you'll have to pay for the convenience.
There's nothing wrong with them as such (cost aside), just need to be aware of the added extras.
Either way, you could just add water to ordinary oats: there's no special treatment to make them "instant", use the instructions on the instant ones as a guide.
However, if you can't wash-up a container at work or don't want to carry one on your commute, then you'll have to pay for the convenience.
There's nothing wrong with them as such (cost aside), just need to be aware of the added extras.
growingvegetables
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- Leeds
Do it like an old shepherd I used to know - huge pot of porridge (the real stuff, please) made every Sunday. He'd have a hot bowl that day, and pour the rest into one of his bedroom drawers ... and lived off slices of cold porridge for the rest of the week. 
Must have done something for him - he was still working in all weathers well into his 70s!
Must have done something for him - he was still working in all weathers well into his 70s!
I swear by them myself and have the Golden Syrup flavor everyday for breakfast.
So you can use normal oats and just add boiling water, rather than using a pot or the microwave?
soulful dog
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- Glasgow
They use Oats So Simple according to their website so it's not got a daft McDonalds name.
I use the microwave sachets (prefer the 'Oats So Easy' to the 'Oats So Simple' variety), and as I have a sweet tooth use the sugar loaded syrup version. I''ve tried making standard porage oats and adding syrup, but it just doesn't taste the same. I wish I did like it, as already pointed out, it'd be far cheaper.
However, if you just use the standard un-flavoured porage, it's not really any different to normal oats.
Scotts So Easy Original
Cal - 364kCal
Fat - 8.5g
Sat Fat- 1.5g
Sugar - 1.0g
Salt - Trace
Scotts porgae oats
Cal - 356kCal
Fat - 8.0g
Sat Fat - 1.5g
Sugar - 1.1g
Salt - Trace
I really don't think you can make porage just by adding boiling water to oats, they needed to be cooked for them to break down a little. You might be able to get away with it using the instant/microwave porage.
caimg
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Do it like an old shepherd I used to know - huge pot of porridge (the real stuff, please) made every Sunday. He'd have a hot bowl that day, and pour the rest into one of his bedroom drawers ... and lived off slices of cold porridge for the rest of the week.
Must have done something for him - he was still working in all weathers well into his 70s!
That's AMAZING.
I have oats or oatbran in my protein shakes, always buy supermarket own brand oats if I'm buying porridge oats, so much cheaper!
Could I suggest, if you didn't want to add sugar, buying a bag of own brand oats and mixing in a large bag of raisins - I find that this, added with hot or cold milk, makes it sweet enough for a really nice porridge / muesli vibe without adding extra sugars. Then just stick some in a Tupperware container and eat it from there.
I agree the golden syrup sachets are lovely but ultimately it's extra, unnecessary sugar. If you don't care about that then that's cool but I tend to have a much lower amount of sugar in my diet these days and have noticed a huge improvement in general fitness and energy.
Scilly Suffolk
Über Member
I stand corrected: I'm fairly sure that "instant" oats are pre-cooked, so regular oats wouldn't give the same result.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
Do it like an old shepherd I used to know - huge pot of porridge (the real stuff, please) made every Sunday. He'd have a hot bowl that day, and pour the rest into one of his bedroom drawers ... and lived off slices of cold porridge for the rest of the week.
Must have done something for him - he was still working in all weathers well into his 70s!
It wasn't confined to shepherds. Though it seems to be confined to the Scots.
My granny had a porridge drawer too. I used to get slabs cut out and sprinkled with sugar to make them more palatable before they were given to me.
She also made clootie pudding but that's straying from the oats thread.
