Can Anyone Help?

[4silva]

@4silva I know about "quick" rolled oats vs. regular rolled oats. Then there are oat groats vs. steel-cut oats, which are whole oat grains and oat grains which have been cut into several smaller pieces (respectively)- I had to "Google" those last two terms just now to make sure I had them straight. But I don't know if regular rolled oats come in different... I dunno.... "grades"?

I just ate about 2 hours ago, but your mentioning oats, peanut butter, raisins, maple syrup, and walnuts made me hungry again...

I bought a 25 lb bag from Azure Standard--they have shipping drops and you meet the truck for your stuff for like $4 shipping. Good prices and quality. That was the first I saw a rating. I've been using thick cut, just never saw a # before.
I thought of you lugging a big ole bag!

 

[Tom L.]

@4silva I'm getting low on oats. I anticipate some lugging in my near future.

 

[KLS52]

I remember doing a comparison awhile back between steel cut, thick rolled and quick oats and the difference was negligible, particularly in regard to fiber/protein. I was surprised and a bit disappointed.

 

[KLS52]

 

[KLS52]

I would love a good granola bar recipe but I like crunchy granola not chewy.

 

[Tom L.]

@KLS52 Huh... the picture on the package of McCann's "Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal" (in your post above) doesn't look like the "steel-cut oats" I saw for sale in a local health food store. Maybe that's yet another type of oats? It doesn't surprise me that all the different kinds of oats are pretty much the same nutritionally, though.

 

[4silva]

@KLS52 Huh... the picture on the package of McCann's "Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal" (in your post above) doesn't look like the "steel-cut oats" I saw for sale in a local health food store. Maybe that's yet another type of oats? It doesn't surprise me that all the different kinds of oats are pretty much the same nutritionally, though.

I was about to say that! Steel cut are also know as "pin head", and like groats cut in pieces, not rolled
I really like groats, but not steel cut. Like how I don't like short grain rice

 

[KLS52]

@KLS52 Huh... the picture on the package of McCann's "Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal" (in your post above) doesn't look like the "steel-cut oats" I saw for sale in a local health food store. Maybe that's yet another type of oats? It doesn't surprise me that all the different kinds of oats are pretty much the same nutritionally, though.

I agree. The ones I used to get look more like this...like pellets.

 

[Tom L.]

@4silva @KLS52 I was wondering... I've seen whole-grain wheat or rye, which I think would be the equivalent of oat groats, referred to as wheat berries or rye berries. I wonder why whole oat grains are referred to differently? And whole grain rice is usually just referred to as "brown rice". Maybe there's no particular reason for it, and that's just the way it is.

Language in general just interests me sometimes.

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[4silva]

@4silva @KLS52 I was wondering... I've seen whole-grain wheat or rye, which I think would be the equivalent of oat groats, referred to as wheat berries or rye berries. I wonder why whole oat grains are referred to differently? And whole grain rice is usually just referred to as "brown rice". Maybe there's no particular reason for it, and that's just the way it is.

Language in general just interests me sometimes.

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I thought the same, but now just searched 'oat berries' and appartently they do go by that name-

Whole grain oats are also known as groats. “Groat” is an old Scottish word for any hulled grain, but it’s mainly used for oats in modern English, while “berry” is used for whole grains of wheat and rye

 

[4silva]

Tips on buying garlic

Garlic is supposed to have a long shelf life when properly stored, so why is so much of the garlic I buy shriveled and in various signs of old? Whether loose from the produce market, grocery or Trader Joes, or in those 3 packs I find most is not fresh. Honestly, I find the best is from Aldi and labeled grown in China. It has good flavor and the best of the bunch.
Not going to get pricey with garlic. Hopefully I'll plant some this fall and get my own

Anyone think the jarred minced garlic is any good?
I just remembered I got some that was already peeled in an air tight bag from the Asian grocery that was good